Space Race By Connor Holmes. The StarsCommon termsMoons One Two Three Four One Two Three Four One Two Three Four Tiebreaker.

Space RaceBy Connor Holmes

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Tiebreaker

The Stars

Question:• What star lies at the center

of our solar system?

Answer:• The sun.

The Stars

Question:• Collections of stars thought

to be signs from the gods by ancient cultures are called this. Also, The Zodiac is comprised of twelve of these.

Answer:• Constellations.

The Stars

Question:• This type of star is very, very

dense and can have a diameter of as little as ten miles.

Answer:• A neutron star.

The Stars

Question:• This type of star is very

bright, but is usually smaller in size than stars like our sun.

Answer:• A white dwarf star.

Common Terms

Question:• Define the word “satellite”.

Answer:• An object that orbits a

larger object. This includes man-made satellites and natural satellites such as moons.

Common Terms

Question:• What is the term that

comes from a Roman word meaning “wanderer”?

Answer:• A planet. The Romans saw

that they had certain paths across the sky and called them “wanderers”.

Common Terms

Question:• What is a space object

who’s force of gravity is so strong that not even light can escape it?

Answer:• A black hole. Were you, in

the confusion of being sucked in, to shine a flashlight, the light itself would bend back toward you.

Common Terms

Question:• What would you call a

depression visible on a planet’s surface?

Answer:• A crater.

Moons

Question:• From Earth, we will always

see the same side of the Moon. Why is this?

Answer:• The Moon’s rotation and

revolution have the same speed.

Moons

Question:• What is the name of the

Latin word that means “sea” and describes the vast, dark areas on our moon’s surface?

Answer:• Maria.

Moons

Question:• On Earth, Methane takes

only one form, gas. However, on a faraway moon, scientists suspect liquid lakes of Methane exist. Name this moon.

Answer:• Titan, one of the moons of

Saturn.

Moons

Question:• What moon of Jupiter is

considered the smallest Galilean satellite?

Answer:• Europa.

Tiebreaker Question

Question:• The team who can name

the man controlling the space shuttle while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the Moon wins!

Answer:• Michael Collins.