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QUESTION
ANSWER
89.
How far is the nearest star not in our solar system?
Approximately 4.3 light years
90.
Can the moon be claimed by any nation?
No
91.
Why are communication satellites important?
They relay information between 2 points on the Earth.
92.
What are extrasolar planets?
Planets that orbit other stars.
93.
What tools do the National Weather Service use to learn
about cloud cover?
Weather satellites
94.
What are the northern lights?
Charged ions that get trapped in the Earth’s magnetic field and
interact with the atmosphere
95.
TRUE or FALSE: Energy is emitted from quasars as radio
waves and light.
True
96.
TRUE or FALSE: The speed of light in air is nearly the same
as it is in space.
True
97.
TRUE or FALSE: Light bouncing off an object is reflected.
True
98.
TRUE or FALSE: Distortions occur in reflecting telescopes.
True
99.
TRUE or FALSE: The refracting telescope was used by the
Italian astronomer Galileo.
True
100.
TRUE or FALSE: Most galaxies contain thousands of stars.
True
101.
The band of hazy light made up of millions of stars that
appears across the night sky is called the _______ .
Milky Way
102.
What direction does a comet’s tail point?
Away from the Sun
103.
What is a neutron star?
A collapsed star consisting entirely of neutrons; the end result
of a supernova.
104.
What is a Neutrino?
Subatomic particle with zero mass.
105.
How fast does light travel?
186,000 miles per second
106.
What is a light-year?
The distance light travels in one year (almost 6 trillion miles)
107.
Two stars in orbit around each other make a _______ .
Binary star.
108.
What is the winter solstice?
When the daylight is shortest-the sun is farthest south in the
northern hemisphere and the farthest north in the southern
hemisphere.
109.
What is the summer solstice?
When the daylight is longest-the sun is farthest north in the
northern hemisphere and the farthest south in the southern
hemisphere.
110.
When is the Sun at its Zenith?
When it is directly over the observer.
Directions:
111.
How does the moon’s orbit affect the oceans?
It causes the tides to rise and fall.
112.
What is a shooting star?
A meteor burning up as it enters Earth’s atmosphere.
113.
What is an orbit?
The path one body takes as it revolves around another.
1 Choose a timekeeper. You also will need a monitor - teacher or student - to keep track of correct answers.
114.
A very compact star close to the end of its life that emits
white light is a _______ .
White Dwarf
2 Divide the class into two lines of equal length, students facing each other.
115.
An exploding star is a _______ .
Supernova
3 At the timekeeper’s signal, toss Clever Catch® to the first student. As quickly as possible, this student reads and answers the problem underneath his/her left thumb.
*Bold = advanced questions
Clever Catch®
ASTRONOMY
Your Astronomy Clever Catch® provides an excellent way for children to learn about the
universe, how we perceive it, and how we interact within it. Clever catch® can be used at
school in organized classroom activities. It can also be used on the playground or at home.
115 questions are included. Grades 4+, Ages 9+.
BASIC PLAY:
Basic play for Clever Catch® is simple. Two or more players toss the ball to each other,
answering the problem underneath or closest to their left thumb. Each problem is
numbered and enclosed in its own space, assuring the child will know which problem to
answer. Answers are provided in this insert for independent play by students.
PLAYOFFS:
Pairs of children toss the ball back and forth for one minute answering problems.
A scorekeeper tallies which team has the most correct answers in the time limit.
BEAT THE CLOCK:
The entire class plays cooperatively as one team, trying to better its own time and number
of correct answers in each game.
4 This student then tosses Clever Catch® to the student directly across from him/her in the second line. This student reads and answers the problem under his/her left thumb.
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5 Play continues until all students in both lines have had a turn. When the last student has answered, the time and correct number of answers are recorded.
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QUESTION
ANSWER
QUESTION
ANSWER
1.
TRUE or FALSE: The Earth rotates on its axis.
True
2.
TRUE or FALSE: The Earth revolves around the Sun.
True
47.
What is a solar eclipse?
When the shadow of the moon passes across the lighted side
of the Earth
3.
TRUE or FALSE: The Sun is a star.
True
4.
TRUE or FALSE: A star is a mass of burning gas.
True
48.
What is an astronomical unit?
The average distance between the Earth and the Sun.
49.
Why is Venus called Earth’s sister planet?
5.
TRUE or FALSE: The sun goes out 12 hours a day.
Because it is similar in mass, density, and size
False
50.
What is a satellite?
6.
A small body or moon orbiting a planet.
TRUE or FALSE: The sun lights up the whole Earth at the
same time.
False
51.
Why is Mars called the red planet?
Because its surface is reddish in color.
52.
What is the asteroid belt?
7.
TRUE or FALSE: The Earth is rotating all of the time.
True
Small planetary bodies that circle the sun in a belt between the
orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
8.
TRUE or FALSE: Right now it is night on some part of the
Earth
True
53.
Why is Jupiter called a gaseous planet?
It has no solid crust.
54.
Jupiter has how many satellites?
67
9.
TRUE or FALSE: The Sun is lighting up part of the Earth
when it is night where you live.
True
55.
What are comets?
Silicate rock and metal particles embedded in ice.
56.
What is a star?
10.
TRUE or FALSE: The Earth is tilted on its axis.
True
A celestial object that consists of hot gasses and emits light
and radiation, like a Sun.
11.
The Earth _______ once every twenty-four hours.
Rotates
57.
It takes the Earth _______ days to travel once around the sun. 365 1/4 days
What instrument measures a star’s brightness when observed
from Earth?
Photometer indicates the star’s magnitude.
12.
13.
One turn of the Earth takes _______ hours.
24 hours.
58.
Describe what a variable star is.
A star that changes its magnitude.
14.
Does the sun travel around the Earth?
No
59.
What is a constellation?
A group of stars that form an image.
15.
When it is noon where you live, it is _______ on the other side midnight
of the world.
60.
What is the celestial equator?
The extension of the Earth’s equator onto the Celestial Sphere
that divides it into two hemispheres.
16.
The United States has _______ time zones.
six
61.
What is the zodiac?
The 12 constellations along the ecliptic
17.
The first planet from the Sun is _______ .
Mercury
62.
What does the Hertzsprung-Russel diagram show?
The relationship between the stars’ color and their energy.
18.
The second planet from the Sun is _______ .
Venus
63.
It becomes a Red Giant.
19.
The third planet from the Sun is _______ .
Earth
How will a yellow star, like the sun, change when its supply
of hydrogen is gone?
20.
The fourth planet from the Sun is _______ .
Mars
64.
What is a supernova?
An exploding star.
21.
The fifth planet from the Sun is _______ .
Jupiter
65.
What is a neutron star?
A very small dense star.
22.
The sixth planet from the Sun is _______ .
Saturn
66.
TRUE or FALSE: The path of a planet’s orbit around the Sun
is elliptical.
TRUE
23.
The seventh planet from the Sun is _______ .
Uranus
67.
What is a black hole?
A collapsed star.
24.
The eighth planet from the Sun is _______ .
Neptune
68.
How many layers are there in the sun?
6
25.
The ninth planet from the Sun is _______ .
unnamed and undiscovered
69.
What are Sun Spots?
A local magnetic field on the Sun that appears like a dark spot.
26.
All of the planets in our solar system _______ around the
Sun.
Revolve or Orbit
70.
What is the solar wind?
High energy radiation from the Sun.
27.
The Sun, planets, comets, and moons are all part of our
_______ .
Solar System
71.
What are Solar Flares?
Parts of the outer surface of the Sun that are ejected into
space.
28.
The Earth’s moon has _______ phases.
eight total, four major
72.
What is a galaxy?
A large group of stars.
29.
You see the Earth’s moon because the light from the _______
is shining on it.
Sun
73.
In what galaxy is the Sun?
The Milky Way galaxy
74.
What is a star cluster?
Groups of stars which are close together.
30.
When the moon is directly between the Earth and Sun, can
we see it from Earth?
NO
75.
What is a quasar?
An astronomical object that emits strong radio waves and light.
76.
What is the Big Bang Theory?
31.
The pot holes in the moon are called _______.
craters
The theory that the universe was created at one instance in
time and expanded rapidly.
32.
People who travel in a spacecraft are called _______.
Astronauts
77.
What is a telescope?
33.
Planets closest to the Sun are very _______.
Hot
An instrument used to gather light and magnify images from
distant objects.
34.
How many stars are in our Solar System?
one
78.
What is the difference between a telescope and a microscope?
35.
Constellations are groups of _______ .
stars
A telescope is an instrument used to magnify objects far away,
and a microscope is an instrument used to magnify microscopic
items.
36.
The Milky Way is the name of a _______ .
galaxy
79.
Name a dwarf planet.
Ceres, Pluto, Makemake, Eris, Haumea
37.
Astronomy is the study of the _______ .
planets, sun, stars
80.
What are radio waves?
Long wavelength electromagnetic waves.
38.
The North Star can be found from the two pointer stars in
the _______ .
Big Dipper (Ursa Major)
81.
What is Newton’s third law of motion?
For every action there is an equal, but opposite, reaction.
82.
What force keeps jet engines and rockets moving forward?
39.
What is the force that attracts one body to another?
Gravity
Thrust; however rockets in space stop delivering thrust and
coast on momentum.
40.
Is the Earth smaller or larger than the Sun?
Smaller
83.
When did the United States put its first satellite into orbit?
1958
41.
What degree is the Earth tilted on its axis?
23.5 degrees
84.
Do moons only orbit planets?
No
42.
What direction does the Earth rotate on its axis?
Counterclockwise
85.
Who was the first person to “walk” in space?
Colonel Alexei Leonov
43.
What is the largest planet in our Solar System?
Jupiter
86.
What year did the Russians launch Sputnik?
1957
44.
Does the Earth’s revolution affect our seasons on Earth?
yes
87.
Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin.
45.
What are the phases of the moon?
new, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full, waning
gibbous, third quarter, waning crescent.
Name the Astronauts aboard the first mission to land on the
moon.
88.
What is a dwarf planet?
46.
What is a lunar eclipse?
When the Earth’s shadow falls on part of the moon’s surface.
An object that orbits the sun, is spherical, but has not cleared
its orbit of other objects.
*Bold = advanced questions
*Bold = advanced questions