Tools &
People/Places
People/Places
Basic early instrument that combined two lenses and a tube to magnify distant object
refracting telescope
Natural satellites that orbit a planet
Moons
Large, irregularly shaped rocky or metallic objects that orbit the Sun.
asteroids
The presentation format required for your most recent group project
News Broadcast
Name the 5 colors a main-sequence star may appear - name ALL 5!
red, orange, yellow, white, blue
Type of observation instrument that uses lenses AND mirrors to help magnify distant object
reflecting telescope
Name two factors that make it possible for life to exist on Earth (need both)
Atmosphere & Temperature
Small pieces of rock or metal that are found randomly throughout the Solar System
Meteoroids
The extraterrestrial commercial shopping center proposed by the first presenting group.
Moon Mall
The core of a collapsed Super Giant (2 possible answers)
neutron star
OR
black hole
Italian inventor/creator of a type of telescope in 1609
Galileo Galilei
TWO terms used to describe the four closest planets to the Sun (must name both terms)
Inner Planets
Terrestrial Planets
Ceres & Eris are examples of these. Name the category (PLUS one more example)
Dwarf Planets
(Pluto)
Score sheet used to determine grades on your presentations
Rubric
The Sun rotates once every how many days?
25
Buildings used in places far from cities to house equipment used to view the night sky
observatories
TWO terms used to describe the four furthest planets from the Sun (must name both terms)
Outer Planets
Gas Giants
The name of famous comet that originates in the Kuiper Belt and is visible from Earth every 76 years.
Halley's Comet
The "space plane" proposed by a group that could be used to resupply cargo to the International Space Station
Dream Chaser
Classification system of galaxies, also a name of a large space telescope (named after astronomer Edwin ______.)
Hubble
The amount of magnification (how many times?) of the earliest telescopes in the 1600's
30 X
Name the eight planets, as identified in 2006 by the IAU, in their order from the sun
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Area of gas and dust beyond the Kuiper Belt, about 1,500X farther from the Sun than Neptune
Oort Cloud
Two Planet Names discussed by separate groups during space exploration presentations (must name two)
Mickey Mouse
Banana
Catalog still used today of objects in the night sky first compiled in 1700s (named after French astronomer Charles _______)
Messier