What’s your What’s your Wager?Wager?

Reminder… Here are the rules!

• You will start with $1000. • You will wager an amount of money before you hear the question (like Final Jeopardy)

• Answer the question…- if you are correct, add the waged amount to your total score- if you are not correct, subtract the waged amount from your total score

• You must wager at least $100 for each question.

• You can ONLY wager $100 if you are at $100 or less (like zero).

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1. The “fate” of a star (what happens to it as it ages) depends

on its… What?

The “fate” of a star depends on its mass.

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2. There are countless galaxies in our

universe. How do we classify them?

Galaxies are classified by shape - there are elliptical, spiral and irregular shaped galaxies.

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3. What is the difference between the

sun and a star?

Answer: NOTHING!

Did you know??? The sun is a star!

It is actually a pretty average,

typical star in the galaxy.

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4. What is the name of

the telescope that has

most significantly advanced

our understanding of the universe?

Hint… This is it!

Answer:The Hubble Telescope has most significantly advanced our understanding of the universe because it has been able to “see” further than any other telescope…

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5. A star’s luminosity (brightness) is referred to as either its absolute magnitude or its apparent magnitude. What is the difference?

Answer:

Absolute magnitude is the actual luminosity (brightness) of the star;

Apparent magnitude is how bright it appears to us on earth.

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6. What celestial body has enough

gravitational pull to enact a force that changes the level of the water on Earth?

Answer:

The moon!The moon!

Did you know?The moon is responsible for the changing sea levels that occurs regularly around the world - often referred to as the tides.

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Believe it or not, stars are different colors (even though

they all look like little white dots in the sky).

7. What is one thing we can learn by knowing the

color of a star?

Answer:

There are four possible things we can learn about a star based on its color…

• the kind of gas it is burning currently,

• the temperature of the star,• the age of a star &• the speed at which the star is moving.

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Answer: One year!Answer: One year!

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9. A star produces 9. A star produces energy by _____ energy by _____ hydrogen atoms hydrogen atoms into helium atoms into helium atoms in its core.in its core.

Answer:

9. A star produces 9. A star produces energy by energy by fusingfusing hydrogen atoms hydrogen atoms into helium atoms into helium atoms in its core.in its core.

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Question:

10.For a main sequence star (a typical star), you can generally say that _____ stars are hotter.

Pick one term to use:

YellowYellow BrighterBrighter DimmerDimmer

WhiteWhite BlueBlue DwarfDwarf

Question:

10.For a main sequence star (a typical star), you can generally say that brighterbrighter stars are hotter.(Blue is also acceptable, since it is usually true.)

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11. What celestial phenomenon is shown

here?

11. This is showing a total solar eclipse, when the moon blocks the sun’s light.

12. Our sun is one of many stars in the Milky

Way Galaxy. Approximately how many

stars make up this galaxy?a. 100,000 (hundred thousand)

b. 1,000,000 (million)c. 100,000,000 (hundred million)d. 100,000,000,000 (hundred billion)

d. A Hundred Billion Stars!

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13. Sometimes objects from the asteroid belt fall from orbit and

hit the earth. These are called…

Meteorites

14. What is the difference between an asteroid and a meteoroid?

14.Both celestial bodies are made of the same thing - rock, inorganic material, carbon, and other metals.

The difference is that… an asteroid is a large mass, a meteoroid is a small mass - both are out in space!

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15. The tail of a comet always points in what direction?

15. The tail of a comet always points away from the sun.

16. This is a singularity in space left from a star collapsing upon itself. Nothing can escape its gravity, including light.

A A Black Black HoleHole

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17. What is significant about the

winter solstice?

a.the first day of winterb.the longest day of the year.c.the shortest day of the year.d.equal amounts of day and night hourse.the coldest day of the year

Select as many as apply…

Both a + ca + c are correct!Winter solstice is the first day of winter which is also the

shortest day of the year.

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18. What causes us to have different seasons

here in Ohio?

The combined effect of the Earth's orbit around the sun and the tilt of Earth’s axis result in

the seasons.

Did you know??? Earth is furthest away from the Sun in June when it is summer in

the northern hemisphere.

Northern Hemisphere:

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Equal amounts of daylight

Equal amounts of daylight

Longest amount of daylight

19. What would the moon look like if it is referred to as a “new moon”?

… no moon!

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20. The earth rotates 20. The earth rotates as it revolves. What as it revolves. What is the difference is the difference between the motion of between the motion of rotatingrotating and and revolvingrevolving??

20. The earth spins, 20. The earth spins, or or rotatesrotates around its around its axis as it orbits, or axis as it orbits, or revolvesrevolves around the around the sun.sun.

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Rotation

Revolution