Stars
Sextant
Longitude
Marshmallow cookers
Planetarium
100
This is the brightest star in the sky
What is the North Star (Polaris)
100
A sextant is used to help navigate these firms of transportation
What are ships
100
Longitudinal lines run in this direction
What is vertically
100
Black paper has this reaction to heat
What is absorbs it
100
The shape that worked best for our dome was
What is trapezoids
200
These constellations look like ladles used for soup.
What are the Big Dipper and the Little Dipper
200
In order to use a sextant, one must first locate this star
What is the North Star
200
One can determine his longitude using two of these
What is a clock or chronometer
200
Aluminum foil has this reaction to heat
What is reflects it
200
The planetarium dome is circular because
What is it mimics the curvature of the Earth
300
This constellation is known as " the hunter"
What is Orion
300
A sextant measures this
What is latitude
300
The first clock used to determine longitude is set based on this
What is the time where you began your journey
300
Transparencies have this reaction to heat
What is allows heat in and traps it
300
We painted the constellation spheres back or this reason.
What is so that light would only pass through the holes
400
This constellation is known as "the bull"
What is Taurus
400
A sextant uses these type of measurements
What is degree of angle
400
The second clok would be set at what time?
What is high noon.
400
The best cookers were (enclosed or open)
What is enclosed
400
A planetarium allows us to study constellations during what time of day
What is any time of day
500
One can locate the North Star by first locating the two stars in this constellation which point directly to the North Star.
What is the Big Dipper
500
A sextant string includes a weight for this purpose
What is so the string hangs in a straight line
500
Longitude is based on the time difference between two places. Each hour represents how many degrees?
What is 15 degrees
500
The highest temperature reached by one of our cookers was
What is 120 degrees
500
Why don't constellations stay in the same place!
What is the Earth is rotating
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