DISCOVER THE WONDERS OF THE UNIVERSE!

NAME: ________________________ TEACHER: ________________________ DATE: ______________ SCORE: _____

1. 2. 3. What (approximate) date is the Winter Solstice? _______________ ____________

What time of day (approximately) does the sun set on the longest day of the year?

The reason for the seasons is the ___________ of Earths __________________ ____________ realtive to Earths orbit around the sun.

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A sloar eclipse can only happen at ___________ ____________ How many total solar eclipses will the United States experience between 2001 and 2025? __________ There are at least __________ lunar eclipses each year. How many phases of the moon are depicted on the Moon Phases exhibit? __________

What is the name of the type of pendulum used to show our planets rotation? ________________ Clouds form when there is more _____________ ______________ in the ____________ than it can hold. Using optics, if you were to use a converging lens in the path of parallel lilght beams, how do the light beams bend? (circle the best choice) ( a ) Not at all ( b ) Toward each other ( c ) Away from each other

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Using optics, if you were to use a diverging lens in the path of parallel lilght beams, how do the light beams bend? (circle the best choice) ( a ) Not at all ( b ) Toward each other ( c ) Away from each other __________________ ___________________

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What are the two types of telescopes we have on exhibit? What is the most common energy used to power things? What two kinds of energy are not solar powered?

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What are the two most common types of rocket motors? How many Earths could fit inside the sun?

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On Mercury, if you wanted to stay up a full day, how many Earth days would you be up for? _______ The atmosphere of Venus is made mainly of what? _________________________________

How many hours does it take the Earth to rotate once on its axis on the longest day of the year? _______ Mars gravity is ___________ compared to Earths. Jupiters size is ________ many times bigger than the Earth. On Saturn, winds in the upper atmosphere can reach _____________ miles per hour. Uranus ____________ on its side and its ________________ last __________ years. The Earths seasons last one year. How long do Neptunes seasons last? ________________

On August 24, 2006 the International Astronomical Union (IAU) announced the reclassification of Pluto as a ____________ ______________

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Comets that orbit the sun less than once every 200 years are thought to originate in the ____________ ______________

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If you could drive an automobile going 75mph, how long would it take you to get to the Oort Cloud? _______________________________

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What is a meteoroid called if it survives passage through the Earths atmosphere all the way to the ground? ____________________

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What major meteor shower appears closest to your birthday? _________________ What 3 space projects were mission milestones in helping us get to the moon? __________________ __________________ __________________

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The mission the Clark Planetarium has allowed to keep a sample of the moon from which Apollo mission? ____________________

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How old is the moon rock we got to keep?

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