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Space RaceBy Connor Holmes
The Stars Common terms Moons
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Tiebreaker
The Stars
Question:• What star lies at the center
of our solar system?
Answer:• The sun.
The Stars
Question:• Collections of stars thought
to be signs from the gods by ancient cultures are called this. Also, The Zodiac is comprised of twelve of these.
Answer:• Constellations.
The Stars
Question:• This type of star is very, very
dense and can have a diameter of as little as ten miles.
Answer:• A neutron star.
The Stars
Question:• This type of star is very
bright, but is usually smaller in size than stars like our sun.
Answer:• A white dwarf star.
Common Terms
Question:• Define the word “satellite”.
Answer:• An object that orbits a
larger object. This includes man-made satellites and natural satellites such as moons.
Common Terms
Question:• What is the term that
comes from a Roman word meaning “wanderer”?
Answer:• A planet. The Romans saw
that they had certain paths across the sky and called them “wanderers”.
Common Terms
Question:• What is a space object
who’s force of gravity is so strong that not even light can escape it?
Answer:• A black hole. Were you, in
the confusion of being sucked in, to shine a flashlight, the light itself would bend back toward you.
Common Terms
Question:• What would you call a
depression visible on a planet’s surface?
Answer:• A crater.
Moons
Question:• From Earth, we will always
see the same side of the Moon. Why is this?
Answer:• The Moon’s rotation and
revolution have the same speed.
Moons
Question:• What is the name of the
Latin word that means “sea” and describes the vast, dark areas on our moon’s surface?
Answer:• Maria.
Moons
Question:• On Earth, Methane takes
only one form, gas. However, on a faraway moon, scientists suspect liquid lakes of Methane exist. Name this moon.
Answer:• Titan, one of the moons of
Saturn.
Moons
Question:• What moon of Jupiter is
considered the smallest Galilean satellite?
Answer:• Europa.
Tiebreaker Question
Question:• The team who can name
the man controlling the space shuttle while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the Moon wins!
Answer:• Michael Collins.