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How Far? You can use that?
How big is that?
That looks like what?
Which star is it?
Misc.
The distance from the Sun to a distant star is measured in
this.
A 100
What is a light year?
A100
Distances in space are measured in light years
because of this.
A200
What is distances in space are so great that a large unit is
needed.
A 200
This distance is most different in size from a light year.
A. Distance across the solar system
B. Distance across the Milky Way
C. Distance across a constellation
D. Distance across the sun
A 300
What is the distance across the sun. (D)
A 300
You send a space probe one way into space with a range of eight light years.
According to the chart this is the farthest star the probe could reach.
A 400
What is Star A?
A 400
Astronomers thought that galaxies were single stars because of this.
A 500
What is they are so far away they look like single stars?
A 500
The ancient mariners (sailors) used the North Star for
navigation because of this.
B 100
What is its position in the sky stayed the same.
B 100
The ancient cultures used the stars as a calendar by doing this.
B 200
What is watching to see which constellations of the
zodiac were in sight?
B 200
The ancient sheep herders didn’t check their watches to
tell time, they did this.
B 300
What is checked the position of the stars, moon, and sun.
B 300
Early civilizations navigated at night mostly by using this.
B 400
What are the stars.
B 400
Jenna was typing a question on “Ask Jeeves for Kids” internet website
because she wanted to research how stars may be used for navigation. This question would help her get the most
information for her research.
A. Why is the North Star important?
B. How did ancient astronomers name stars?
C. How far away is the sun?
D. Why do constellations have different names?
B 500
What is question A?
B 500
If the Milky Way was the size of a bike tire, the solar
system would be the size of
a. A bowling ball
b. a soft ball
c. A golf ball
d. A pin head
C 100
What is (d.) a pin head?
C 100
Listing a planet, the milk way galaxy, the solar system, and
the universe sizes from smallest to largest would be
like this.
C 200
What is planet, solar system, milky way galaxy, and
universe?
C 200
The amount of space galaxies occupy compared to the amount
of empty space is this.
C 300
What is galaxies take up an extremely small amount of
space?
C 300
DAILY DOUBLE
C 400
DAILY DOUBLE
Place A Wager
You would use this model to help your friend understand the distance across the solar system.
C 400
Model A : yards on a football field.
Model B: markers on the highway.
Model C: city blocks
Model D: matching scale 1
Earth mile = 1,000,000 space
km
What is model D?
C 400
“Distances from the sun to the inner planets are like the
distance from city hall to other businesses in town,
while distances from the sun to the outer planets are like
the distance between city hall and other distance cities within the state” is an
example of this.C 500
What is a comparison to the distances in the solar system?
C 500
The stars in a constellation have this in common.
D 100
What is the same general direction from Earth?
D 100
In this map of the constellations, the constellation Gemini is found in this direction.
D 200
What is the East?
D 200
D 300
In this map of the constellations, the constellation Pegasus is found in this direction.
D 300
What is the Southwest?
Constellation A is known as “the great hunter”, while
constellation B is known as “the greater dog” because of
this.
D 400
What is they look like a hunter and a dog?
D 400
This is how the constellations were named and identified.
D 500
What is because the ancient civilizations thought they
looked like certain people or animals.
D 500
This star would be the best to use to help you find your way
at night.
E 100
What is Polaris (the North Star)?
E 100
Alpha Centauri is 4.3 light years from the sun. The graph shows it is this star.
E 200
What is Star B?
E 200
We always see these stars during the entire year.
E 300
What are the stars over the North Pole (circumpolar stars)?
E 300
Alpha Centauri is our nearest star neighbor. It is too
difficult to visit because of this.
E 400
What is it is too far away?
E 400
This graph shows the distance from Earth to five of the stars visible in the night sky. This chart best represents
the data.
E 500
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B.
C.
What is chart A?
E 500
F 100
Galaxies are made up of this.
F 100
What are millions of stars?
F 200
When compared to the Universe, the Milky Way
galaxy is this.
F 200
What is very small?
F 300
Earth, the universe, the solar system, a galaxy, and the sun are correctly listed in order of size
like this.
F 300
What is Earth, the sun, the solar system, a galaxy, and the
universe?
F 400
The set of constellations visible in the night sky changes from month to month because of this.
F 400
What is the orbit of the Earth around the Sun?
F 500
McKenna records her observations of the night
sky one evening in September. She see several constellations. In March,
she goes outside to find the same constellations, but
can’t see them because of this.
F 500
What is the revolution of the Earth?
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Constellations
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The Big Dipper is found in this constellation.
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What is Ursa Major?
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