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Astronomer Directed Reading – 59, 62, 67, 70, 71, 76, 80 Due Thursday! MILLIONAIRE SCOREBOARD $16,000 $1 MILLION $8,000 $4,000 $500,000 $2,000 $250,000 $1,000 $125,000 $500 $64,000 $300 $32,000 $200 Click the $ for questions $100 Galaxies are classified based on their………. Click on the letter of the correct answer A: shape C: composition $100 Question B: color D: temperature INCORRECT! TRY AGAIN! Correct! SCORE 3 types–irregular, elliptical, & spiral. Click on the money bag to return to the scoreboard Which celestial objects orbit the Sun? Click on the letter of the correct answer A: stars B: planets C: black holes D: quasars $200 Question INCORRECT! TRY AGAIN! Uranus Correct! Jupiter Earth Mercury Mars Venus Click on the money bag to return to the scoreboard Saturn Neptune Stars are classified by their……. Click on the letter of the correct answer A: shape C: temperature and color. $300 Question B: elevation D: area of the sky. INCORRECT! TRY AGAIN! Correct! Click on the money bag to return to the scoreboard _______are a group of stars located in the night sky. Click on the letter of the correct answer A: Quasars C: Nebulas $500 Question B: Black holes D: Constellations INCORRECT! TRY AGAIN! Correct! Constellations are stars that are group together to help identify their location. Click on the money bag to return to the scoreboard What is the diagram that illustrates how the temperature and brightness of a star is related? Click on the letter of the correct answer A: Star map C: Star chart B: HR Diagram $1,000 Question D: Road map INCORRECT! TRY AGAIN! Correct! The HR diagram illustrates the relationship between how bright a star is, its color and its temperature. Click on the money bag to return to the scoreboard What is the theory of the Big Bang? Click on the letter of the correct answer A: that the universe was B: a nuclear weapon exploded. created by a huge explosion. C: stars just appeared from no where. D: That the universe is constantly expanding. $2,000 Question INCORRECT! TRY AGAIN! The Big Bang Theory is one theory of the formation of the Universe. It states that the universe began with a tremendous explosion. $2,000 Click on the money bag to return to the scoreboard Correct! Astronomers use ____ ____ to measure the distance to celestial objects outside of our solar system. Click on the letter of the correct answer A: meter sticks C: yard sticks B: light years $4,000 Question D: their fist INCORRECT! TRY AGAIN! Correct! Light years are a measurement of how fast light travels (time), not distance. Stars are to far away to use other types of measurement and would make the numbers astronomical! Click on the money bag to return to the scoreboard A _______ is a baby star factory made of gas and dust. Click on the letter of the correct answer A: Nebula C: Quasar $8,000 Question B: Galaxies D: Black hole INCORRECT! TRY AGAIN! Correct! Nebulas are remnants of stars that have exploded in the past. Gravity will pull the dust back together to form new stars! Click on the money bag to return to the scoreboard If a star becomes a black hole at the end of its life, it is … Click on the letter of the correct answer A: nebula. C: high mass star. B: quasar. D: low mass star. $16,000 Question INCORRECT! TRY AGAIN! Correct! $16,000 Click on the money bag to return to the scoreboard What is the process that produces a star? Click on the letter of the correct answer A: star birth C: a galaxy B: a nebula $32,000 Question D: fusion INCORRECT! TRY AGAIN! Correct! Gravity pulls the nebula together until it fuses together in a nuclear reaction. Click on the money bag to return to the scoreboard A _______ is a dirty celestial snowball that orbits the Sun. Click on the letter of the correct answer A: comet C: quasar B: snowman $64,000 Question D: star INCORRECT! TRY AGAIN! Correct! A comet is made of dry ice and stellar dust. It orbits the sun, with the solar wind blowing the tail away from the Sun. Click on the money bag to return to the scoreboard Halebopp Comet What season is it if the Earth tilts away from the Sun in the northern hemisphere? Click on the letter of the correct answer A: Fall C: Winter $125,000 Question B: Spring D: Summer INCORRECT! TRY AGAIN! Correct! In the winter, the Earth tilts away from the Sun, causing it to be cooler in the northern hemisphere. Click on the money bag to return to the scoreboard If the Earth is tilting toward the Sun, it is ______ in the southern hemisphere. Click on the letter of the correct answer A: Spring C: Fall B: Summer $250,000 Question D: Winter INCORRECT! TRY AGAIN! Correct! In the winter, the Earth tilts towards the Sun, causing it to be cooler in the southern hemisphere. Click on the money bag to return to the scoreboard If the Earth is not tilting toward or away from the Sun, what season is it? Click on the letter of the correct answer A: Winter C: Summer B: Fall or Spring $500,000 Question D: Hunting INCORRECT! TRY AGAIN! Correct! The sun rises in the northeast in the summer time and the southeast in the winter time. Click on the money bag to return to the scoreboard Name the order of the universe from the smallest to the greatest. Click on the letter of the correct answer A: Planets, Earth, sun, universe and galaxies C: Moon, Earth, Sun, Galaxy, Universe B: Sun, Moon, Earth, stars, planets D: The Sun is the center of the universe. $1 Million Question INCORRECT! TRY AGAIN! Mars 1.88 yrs. 228 million km Moon 29.4 days Sun Solar system International Space Station 2 days 250 million yrs. 28,000 Light Years Earth 365 days 150,000 km Milky Way Galaxy 100,000 Light years Infinity