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