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What is Astronomy?

What is.. Astronomy is the study of the universe. 

100

True or false: Galileo Galilei was the first astronomer to build a microscope. 

What is false.. He built one of the first telescopes. 
100

What are the two definitions of the word "constellation"?

what is 1. A pattern or design made by a group of stars 2. Each of 88 regions of the sky

100

What three things determine which stars and constellations you see?

What is your 1. location on Earth 2. The time of year 3. The time of night 

100

What is a nebula?

What is a large cloud of dust and gas that can be seen in a galaxy.

200

What includes stars, planets, moons, and all the matter and energy around and between them?

What is the universe

200

What kind of telescope was Galileo's?

What is a refracting telescope

200

What is the descriptions of these constellations; 1. Ursa Minor, 2. Cygnus, 3. Canis Major, and 4. Ursa Major?

What is 1. The little Bear 2. The Swan 3. The Great Dog and 4. The Great Bear 

200

What star stays in about the same place every night?

What is Polaris or North Star 
200

What is the first stage in the life cycle of a star?

What is a protostar

300
How does looking through a telescope change the appearance of that object?

what is: 1. makes the object appear larger or closer 2. increases how bright the object appears 3. makes it easier to see the details of the object. 

300

What does an astronomer use to explore the universe?

What is a telescope 

300

What is an asterism?

What is a pattern of stars within a constellation

300

In what asterism is Polaris (north star) located?

What is The Little dipper.

300

True or false: Our sun is a red giant

What is false. Our sun is a main-sequence star. (If they got what our sun is, they win 100 extra points)

400

What did Galileo make?

What is a refracting telescope.
400

What kind of lens is the eye piece on a refracting telescope?

What is a concave lens

400

What asterism is a part of Ursa Minor?

What is Little Dipper

400

How many constellations are there?

What is 88

400

What does a collapsed supernova become?

What is a neutron star or black hole. 

500

What are four things Galileo was able to see using his telescope?

what are: 1. Sunspots on the moon 2. mountains on the moon 3. Four of Jupiter's moons 4. stars that cannot be seen by the naked eye. 

500

What is the difference between a concave lens and a convex lens

What is concave is thinner in the middle and thicker on the edges, Convex is the opposite. 
500

What asterism is apart of Pegasus?

What is the Great Square
500

What is a galaxy?

What is a huge collection of stars, dust, and gas held together by gravity.

500

What kind of galaxy/ what is the name of the galaxy we live in?

What is a spiral galaxy and we live in the Milky Way Galaxy.

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