Celestial Objects
Viewing Technology
Constellations
Calendars
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100
A giant ball of hot gas that gives off its own light.
What is a star?
100
A handheld device that makes distant objects look closer.
What are Binoculars?
100
A group of stars that make a picture.
What is a Constellation?
100
The calendar we use with 12 months and 365 days.
What is The Standard or Gregorian Calendar?
100
What is our sun? A planet, moon, star, or asteroid?
A star
200
A large round object that orbits a star and does not make its own light.
What is a planet?
200
A tool that uses lenses of mirrors to gather light so we can see distant objects such as stars and galaxies.
What is a Telescope?
200
This bright star near the end of the Little Dipper/Ursa Minor points north.
What is Polaris (the North Star)?
200
This calendar follows the moon phases.
What is the Lunar Calendar?
200
What do you call anything in space such as a star, planet, asteroid, moon, or comet?
What is a celestial object?
300
A rock made of ice, dust, and rock that can have a bright tail.
What is a comet?
300
A safe method or device specifically designed to let people safely look at the sun during an eclipse.
What are Solar Eclipse glasses (or a solar filter)?
300
The constellation famous for it's belt made of three bright stars in a row.
What is Orion?
300
The calendar used by Indigenous communities to track events in nature, weather, and animal patterns.
What are The 13 Moons?
300
Why is it easier to see stars and planets at night rather than during the day?
Example answer: The sunlight is so bright during the day we cannot see the stars.
400
Small rocky objects, often found around Mars and Jupiter. Can sometimes crash into Earth.
What is an Asteroid?
400
A place with a dome and projectors that shows the night sky for learning about stars and planets.
What is a Planetarium?
400
Explain why constellations can only be seen at certain times of the year.
Short answer example: because earth moves and orbits, turning parts of the earth away from the constellations.
400
Name one holiday/celebration/event that follows the Lunar Calendar.
Examples: Chinese New Year, Ramadan, Eid.
400
Give a short description of the difference between a moon and a planet?
Example Answer: A planet orbits a star and is usually larger, a moon orbits a planet and is smaller.
500
The order of the planets.
list of planets:
Venus
Uranus
Mars
Mercury
Jupiter
Neptune
Saturn
Earth
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
500
Name two different kinds of telescopes designs: one uses lenses, the other uses mirrors.
What are reflecting and refracting telescopes?
500
Name two ways people used constellations and the stars.
For navigation, or tracking seasons/agricultural timing.
500
Explain why we add an extra day (leap year) in February every four years.
Example Answer: To keep the calendar year in sync with Earth's orbit around the sun to make up for the extra ~0.25 days a year.
500
What celestial object used to be a planet but no longer is considered a planet?
Pluto - it is now a dwarf planet.