Download ASTRONOMY WEBQUEST…… EXPLORE THE UNIVERSE

Name_____________________
Date February 23, 2012
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me. I am Mr. Aguilar, your 8th grade science teacher.
1. If your home is your universe, how would you like your
home to be? Would you like your home to be getting bigger,
or smaller?
The Word for today is nebula, how well do you know the
word?
Write your own definition of the nebula.
Write a sentence about where you will find the word in use.
Write five similar words that you can think of.
ASTRONOMY WEBQUEST…… EXPLORE THE UNIVERSE
Use the suggested websites to answer the following questions.
General Astronomy
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/questions/question19.html
What is a light year?
What is a parsec?
What is an astronomical unit?
Stars
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/1364/Stars.html
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What is a nebula?
How are stars born?
What happens to stars as they age?
What are red giants?
What is a white dwarf?
What is a Globular Cluster?
What is the relationship between Globular Clusters and the Milky Way?
Lifecycle of a Star
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/stars/lifecycle/
http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/html/LifeCycle/starsbackground.htm
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/the_universe/Nebula.html
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/the_universe/Strange.html
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/the_universe/Galaxy.html
http://www.ioncmaste.ca/homepage/resources/web_resources/CSA_Astro9/files/html/module2/module2.ht
ml#6
http://outreach.atnf.csiro.au/education/everyone/pulsars/
Stars and planets are made from gases in a __________________.
The Milky Way Galaxy is approximately _______________ light years across.
How much longer will our Sun last? _________________________
Lifetimes of stars range from ___________ to ____________ years.
Our star orbits the centre of our galaxy about once every ________________ years.
A teaspoon of material from a neuron star can weigh about _____________________.
Stars are made mainly from the gases _____________ and ______________.
Describe the stages of a star’s life cycle in the correct order.
What is a supernova?
What are the possible end-products of a supernova?
What is a pulsar?
How is a pulsar formed?
Universe - http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/universe_level2/universe.html
What is a black hole?
Quasar is short for…
How much energy do quasars give off?
What gives a star its light?
Which galaxy most closely resembles our galaxy.
Read the following background articles on how the universe began, and how galaxies merge
and collide.
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/051212_mystery_monday.html
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/merging_backhole_021119.html
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/spongy_universe_010522-1.html