Download Astronomy Scavenger Hunt! AST 1101 – Introduction to Astronomy

Astronomy Scavenger Hunt!
AST 1101 – Introduction to Astronomy
Museum of Science
Boston, Massachusetts
R.F. Pinizzotto, R.P. Pass and J.R. Pinizzotto
Version 16
Last File Update: 17 January 2017
Museum of Science Level 2
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What is the scale of the large Moon Globe? _____________________________________________________________________
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Who are the features on Moon named after? ____________________________________________________________________
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What kind of star fighter is the large model suspended from the ceiling? ______________________________________________
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From the top of the escalator to Level 2, when you turn around and look across to the Giant Sequoia Tree, in which direction is
the Earth-facing side of Moon? ______________________________________________________________________________
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The sign on the Lens Table says it, “Brings Lenses ______________________________________________________________”
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What are the wavelengths of the Radio Sky and Far Infrared Sky images in the Electromagnetic Spectrum exhibit in the Light
House? _________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Where can you see a parabolic mirror and a diagram of how it works? _______________________________________________
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Where can you see an example of a segmented mirror? ___________________________________________________________
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Where is Galileo’s Gravity Test located? _______________________________________________________________________
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Approximately how long does it take a ball to fall from the top of Galileo’s Gravity Test? ________________________________
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Who discovered the magnetic field of Ganymede? _______________________________________________________________
(Hint: There is a photo of the Aurora Borealis nearby)
Museum of Science Level 1
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When were the following people born?
Copernicus ______________ Newton _____________ Ptolemy __________
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When did the following people die?
Galileo _________________ Kepler ______________ Einstein __________
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In the very large satellite photo of the Boston area, what panel shows Fenway Park? ____________________________________
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Who was the first person in space? ___________________________________________________________________________
Particles from Moon embedded in plastic are from which two Apollo missions? _______________________________________
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The rock on display from Apollo 17 was found in what valley of Moon? _____________________________________________
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The US flag on display that visited Moon is from which Apollo mission? _____________________________________________
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When did Apollo 11 land on Moon? __________________________________________________________________________
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Where is the medical kit in the LEM? _________________________________________________________________________
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How many astronauts were in one of the Apollo capsules at launch? _________________________________________________
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How many humans have walked on Moon? _____________________________________________________________________
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The Massachusetts flags on display are from which Apollo missions? ________________________________________________
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How much thrust was generated by the Saturn V launch vehicle? ____________________________________________________
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Who took the portrait photograph of the Apollo 11 astronauts? _____________________________________________________
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What color is the Apollo spacecraft mockup? ___________________________________________________________________
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How many manned missions used each of the following spacecraft:
Mercury ___________________________________________
Vostok ___________________________________________
Gemini ____________________________________________
Apollo (Lunar Landing Missions Only!) _________________
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Where can you find Kepler’s Laws? __________________________________________________________________________
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The display “Celestial Mechanics” consists of? __________________________________________________________________
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Who won the Draper Prize in 2006 for inventing the CCD? ________________________________________________________
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Were Kepler, Galileo and Newton alive at the same time? _________________________________________________________
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Where can you see a large photograph of a nebula? ______________________________________________________________
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What temperature does the 50,000 W light bulb operate at? ________________________________________________________
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What organization donated the Elihu Thomson telescope photograph? _______________________________________________
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Where can you view a timeline of life’s origins on Earth? _________________________________________________________
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What is the name astronomers have given the object that struck Earth and created Moon? ________________________________
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How many control stations are there at the Mars Rover Operations Center? ___________________________________________
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What is the NASA “PER?” __________________________________________________________________________________
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How many star charts are in the mapping display? _______________________________________________________________
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Which star charts show stars that cannot ever be seen from Boston? _________________________________________________
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Where is the very large Earth globe located? ____________________________________________________________________
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Where would you stand so that the large Earth globe appears to be the same size as Earth appears to be from the Moon?
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What does the motion of the Foucault pendulum demonstrate? ______________________________________________________
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Museum of Science Lower Level
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In the exhibit Light in the Darkness, it is stated that we only see stars directly because? __________________________________
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Where is the picture of the Arecibo Radiotelescope in the exhibit View from Space? ____________________________________
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What elemental spectra can you see in Fingerprints of Light? _______________________________________________________
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Where can you see a satellite picture of Los Angeles at night? ______________________________________________________
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What is unusual about Kent Cullers, the American Physicist and Astronomer? _________________________________________
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Where is the Galileo poster? _________________________________________________________________________________
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Two pages from what work of Galileo’s are shown on the Galileo poster? _____________________________________________
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What did Galileo draw on the two pages? ______________________________________________________________________
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Where can you see an image of yourself in the thermal infrared part of the EM spectrum? ________________________________
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The photograph of M42 and M43 (The Orion Nebula) is associated with what human sense? ______________________________
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The star trails photograph is associated with what sense? __________________________________________________________
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Where is Larry Ralph’s Periodic Table located? _________________________________________________________________
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How old was Larry Ralph when he created his Periodic Table? _____________________________________________________
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What is to the right of the large moonfish skeleton (not the small one!)? ______________________________________________
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Who collects Star Wars and Star Trek Pez dispensers? ____________________________________________________________
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The Light/Dark exhibit says that the most important part of what we perceive at night is? ________________________________
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Where can you see a satellite image of the Gulf Stream? __________________________________________________________
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Where is the weather globe? _________________________________________________________________________________
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What is nowcasting? _______________________________________________________________________________________
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Where in the MoS can you see petrified lightning? _______________________________________________________________
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Where is the Blue Hill Weather Observatory? ___________________________________________________________________
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At what university did Robert Goddard teach? __________________________________________________________________
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During what years did Robert Goddard teach at that university? ____________________________________________________
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When was the first successful flight of a liquid fueled rocket? ______________________________________________________
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When high was the first successful flight of a liquid fueled rocket? __________________________________________________
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Where was the first successful flight of a liquid fueled rocket? ______________________________________________________
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Where is the small mene or moonfish fossil located? _____________________________________________________________
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Exhibits Outside of the Planetarium
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Who painted the mural showing the Milky Way from 400 k lyr away? _______________________________________________
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Where can you watch a video slide show about astronomy? ________________________________________________________
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How much does the large meteorite from Meteor Crater, Arizona weigh? _____________________________________________
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Where can you find a meteorite from Mars? ____________________________________________________________________
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What is the yellow-green mineral in the stony-iron meteorite? ______________________________________________________
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Where was the stony meteorite in the exhibit found? ______________________________________________________________
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What percentage of the mass of the Solar System is the Sun? _______________________________________________________
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Which feature(s) of each planet are highlighted in the displays outside of the Charles Hayden Planetarium?
Mercury ____________________________________________ Jupiter ___________________________________________
Venus ______________________________________________ Saturn ____________________________________________
Earth ______________________________________________
Uranus ___________________________________________
Mars ______________________________________________
Neptune ___________________________________________
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What are the six photographs on the left side of the back wall of the Planetarium exhibit area?
1. ______________________________________________
4. ________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________
5. ________________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________
6. ________________________________________________
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What are the six photographs on the right side of the back wall of the Planetarium exhibit area?
1. ______________________________________________
4. ________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________
5. ________________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________
6. ________________________________________________
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What are the six answers to Where in the Universe are we?
1. ______________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________
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How many stars are in the Sun’s neighborhood? _________________________________________________________________
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The Local Group of galaxies is part of what supercluster of galaxies? ________________________________________________
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In the exhibit Many Kinds of Light, what are the six classifications of light?
1. ______________________________________________
4. ________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________
5. ________________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________
6. ________________________________________________
4. ________________________________________________
5. ________________________________________________
6. ________________________________________________
I have personally seen the exhibits and answered the questions in this scavenger hunt, signed:
Signature: _________________________________________________________________________________
Print Name: _______________________________________________________________________________
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