Lesson1
What is.. Astronomy is the study of the universe.
True or false: Galileo Galilei was the first astronomer to build a microscope.
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
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
What is a nebula?
What is a large cloud of dust and gas that can be seen in a galaxy.
What includes stars, planets, moons, and all the matter and energy around and between them?
What is the universe
What kind of telescope was Galileo's?
What is a refracting telescope
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
What star stays in about the same place every night?
What is the first stage in the life cycle of a star?
What is a protostar
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.
What does an astronomer use to explore the universe?
What is a telescope
What is an asterism?
What is a pattern of stars within a constellation
In what asterism is Polaris (north star) located?
What is The Little dipper.
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)
What did Galileo make?
What kind of lens is the eye piece on a refracting telescope?
What is a concave lens
What asterism is a part of Ursa Minor?
What is Little Dipper
How many constellations are there?
What is 88
What does a collapsed supernova become?
What is a neutron star or black hole.
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.
What is the difference between a concave lens and a convex lens
What asterism is apart of Pegasus?
What is a galaxy?
What is a huge collection of stars, dust, and gas held together by gravity.
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.