While you are waiting, here are some questions about astronomy and space. Try your best to answer them now, before 8:00 PM. When you are finished, please hold on to them. Take these quizzes with you as you go to the activities tonight.
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1. How large is the Earth compared to | |
Jupiter? Is it about | |
one-half as massive | |
one-tenth as massive | |
one-hundredth as massive | |
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2. Are Saturn's rings twice as wide as | |
the planet, or three times, or | |
five times? | |
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3. Why does the Moon sometimes look | |
like a thin crescent? | |
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4. How long does it take the Moon to | |
make one rotation around its center? | |
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5. What is the main ingredient of the | |
Sun? | |
oxygen | |
iron | |
helium | |
hydrogen | |
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6. When there is a "Full Moon", which is | |
the right way to arrange things? | |
put Earth between Moon and Sun | |
put Moon between Earth and Sun | |
put Sun between Earth and Moon | |
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7. Which planets have rings? | |
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8. The Earth is how large compared to | |
the Moon? | |
about the same size | |
about twice as large | |
about four times as large | |
about ten times as large | |
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