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100 200 300 400 500 How Far?You can use that? How big is that? That looks like what? Which star is it? Misc.
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The distance from the Sun to a distant star is measured in this. A 100
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What is a light year? A100
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Distances in space are measured in light years because of this. A200
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What is distances in space are so great that a large unit is needed. A 200
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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
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What is the distance across the sun. (D) A 300
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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
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What is Star A? A 400
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Astronomers thought that galaxies were single stars because of this. A 500
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What is they are so far away they look like single stars? A 500
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The ancient mariners (sailors) used the North Star for navigation because of this. B 100
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What is its position in the sky stayed the same. B 100
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The ancient cultures used the stars as a calendar by doing this. B 200
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What is watching to see which constellations of the zodiac were in sight? B 200
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The ancient sheep herders didn’t check their watches to tell time, they did this. B 300
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What is checked the position of the stars, moon, and sun. B 300
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Early civilizations navigated at night mostly by using this. B 400
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What are the stars. B 400
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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
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What is question A? B 500
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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
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What is (d.) a pin head? C 100
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Listing a planet, the milk way galaxy, the solar system, and the universe sizes from smallest to largest would be like this. C 200
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What is planet, solar system, milky way galaxy, and universe? C 200
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The amount of space galaxies occupy compared to the amount of empty space is this. C 300
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What is galaxies take up an extremely small amount of space? C 300
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DAILY DOUBLE C 400 DAILY DOUBLE Place A Wager
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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
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What is model D? C 400
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“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
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What is a comparison to the distances in the solar system? C 500
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The stars in a constellation have this in common. D 100
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What is the same general direction from Earth? D 100
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In this map of the constellations, the constellation Gemini is found in this direction. D 200
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What is the East? D 200
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D 300 In this map of the constellations, the constellation Pegasus is found in this direction.
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D 300 What is the Southwest?
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Constellation A is known as “the great hunter”, while constellation B is known as “the greater dog” because of this. D 400
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What is they look like a hunter and a dog? D 400
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This is how the constellations were named and identified. D 500
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What is because the ancient civilizations thought they looked like certain people or animals. D 500
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This star would be the best to use to help you find your way at night. E 100
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What is Polaris (the North Star)? E 100
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Alpha Centauri is 4.3 light years from the sun. The graph shows it is this star. E 200
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What is Star B? E 200
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We always see these stars during the entire year. E 300
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What are the stars over the North Pole (circumpolar stars)? E 300
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Alpha Centauri is our nearest star neighbor. It is too difficult to visit because of this. E 400
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What is it is too far away? E 400
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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 A. B. C.
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What is chart A? E 500
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F 100 Galaxies are made up of this.
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F 100 What are millions of stars?
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F 200 When compared to the Universe, the Milky Way galaxy is this.
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F 200 What is very small?
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F 300 Earth, the universe, the solar system, a galaxy, and the sun are correctly listed in order of size like this.
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F 300 What is Earth, the sun, the solar system, a galaxy, and the universe?
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F 400 The set of constellations visible in the night sky changes from month to month because of this.
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F 400 What is the orbit of the Earth around the Sun?
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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.
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F 500 What is the revolution of the Earth?
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The Final Jeopardy Category is: Constellations Please record your wager. Click on screen to begin
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The Big Dipper is found in this constellation. Click on screen to continue
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What is Ursa Major? Click on screen to continue
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