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Astronomy Bowl (blind)
Astronomy Bowl (blind)
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A Blind Quiz that introduces 8th grade students to astronomy concepts.
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1
What causes a lunar eclipse?
The moon passes through the earth's shadow.
The moon passes through it's own shadow.
The earth passes through the sun's shadow.
The earth passes through the moon's shadow.
2
What is quintessence?
The impact ratio of meteors and comets on Earth
The electricity a Neutron star releases.
fifth element beyond the standard earth
How fast something is moving at a certain time
3
How long does it take for the moon to complete all of its phases?
1 year
31 weeks
29 days
2 week
4
What is unusual about most comets orbits?
The don't orbit, they hit the sun.
It is highly elliptical
They travel in the opposite direction around the sun
They are perfectly circular
5
What causes tides?
a tsunami
an earthquake
The moon's gravity
The earth's gravity
6
What type of galaxy is ours?
Spiral
Elliptical
Barred Spiral
Irregular
7
The Big Bang Theory explains.....
how stars explode
how long it will take to travel in space
how the sound travels through space
the formation of the universe
8
What means "belonging or relating to the sky"?
Celestial
Astrology
Cellphone
Astronomy
9
Neap tides cause what to happen to tides?
They have no effect on the height of tides
They are higher than usual
They are lower than usual
They cause tsunamis
10
light travels at ......
1 light year
186,000 miles per second
75 miles per second
2 million miles per second
11
The first monkey in space was Albert II. In which year did he go into space?
1962
1964
1958
1949
12
How did the solar system form?
From a the gases left over from an exploding star.
Both of the answers are correct.
From the gravitational attraction between molecules.
None of the answers are correct.
13
Where was the center of the Big Bang?
Nobody knows
There was never a "big bang"
Black hole
White hole
14
What causes the aurora borealis?
Solar winds
The moon
The Northern lights
Sun
15
What causes the seasons?
Both the tilt of the earth's axis and the earth's orbit
How close earth is to the sun
The earth's orbit
The tilt of the earth's axis
16
What is the age of the Universe?
14 million years
14 billion years
14 trillion years
14 thousand years
17
How big is the sun?
1.3 million km in diameter
864,000 miles in diameter
32,000 miles in diameter
One light year in diameter
18
What is it called as the moon goes from new moon to full moon?
Gibous
Quartering
Waxing
Waning
19
What did Isaac Newton do?
Invented the Fig Newton cookie
Had an apple dropped on him
Created the Laws of Motion
Created the Theory of Relativity
20
Which planet is largest?
Venus
Neptune
Jupiter
Saturn
21
The first spacewalk was from Voskhod 2. What was its duration?
13
5 minutes
17 minutes
12 minutes
22
_________ discovered Uranus by accident.
Stewart stong
William Herschel
Bill Nye
Aristotle
23
What is the hottest star?
Super Giant
yellow
red
Blue
24
How far away is the sun from the earth?
1 light year
93 thousand miles
93 million miles
93 billion miles
25
Uranus takes a total of ____ earth years to orbit the sun.
26
38
100
84
26
Who was the first man to walk on the moon
Neil Armstrong
Neil tyson
Neil harris
Neil young
27
One year is a 1 __________ of the earth around the sun.
sostice
revolution
rotation
season
28
What is the position of the sun, moon and earth for a new moon?
moon, earth, sun
Sun, moon, earth
Sun, earth, moon
earth, sun, moon
29
What does the term "heliocentric" mean?
The earth is at the center and all bodies orbit around it
Your mom is at the center of the world
The sun is at the center and pluto orbits it
sun is at the center and all other bodies revolve around it
30
What is the closest planet to Earth
Mars
Venus
Moon
Jupiter
31
What month does the 1st day of spring occur?
June
March
May
April
32
Where on the Moon did Apollo 11 land?
Plato
Mare Tranquillitatis
Stevinus
Mare Vaporum
33
About how many Earths could fit inside the sun?
About 10,000,000
About 1,000,000
About 100,000
About 10,000
34
What is the dark matter?
Matter that is in another Universe
Matter that can only reflects light
Matter that makes up 75% of the known Universe
Matter that is in a different frequency than we are?
35
How many planets are there in our solar system?
8
8.5
7
10
36
On what day does fall start
Autumn Equinox
Autumn Mare
Autumn Solstice
Solar Equinox
37
Between which two planets are most of the asteroids located?
Uranus and Neptune
Jupiter and Saturn
Mars and Jupiter
38
The sun gives off all parts of the electromagnetic spectrum.
True
False
39
All of the energy that we use on Earth come from this form of energy
Nuclear Fusion
Fossil Fuels
Geothermic energy
Nuclear Fission
40
Our Galaxy, the Milky Way, has about _____ stars.
200 million to 400 million
30 million to 40 million
2.5 million to 3.5 million
1 billion to 2 billion
41
What is a blue moon?
The second full moon of a month
The first full moon of a month
when the man on the moon is sad
42
What is a comet?
Gas balls
Ball
A ball of ice and dust that orbits around the sun
A ball of gas that burns
43
Why is Galileo Galilei famous
Father of modern physics
Went blind
Was shot by Hamilton
He was a part of Queen
44
What type of star is the sun on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram?
Main sequence
Red
Super Giant
Yellow
45
What property shows that the universe is expanding?
Blue crunsh
Red shiff
Red shift
Red expantion
46
What causes the phases of the moon?
The sun's gravity
The earth's rotation
The moon's orbit
The earth's orbit
47
As of 2013, how many moons are known to orbit the planet Neptune?
2
13
12
7
48
In what year were the first components of the International Space Station launched?
1998
1982
1991
1984
49
The sun is 93 million miles away how long does it take light from the sun to get to earth?
1 second
8 minutes
25 seconds
35 minutes
50
About what date do the seasons change?
When the earth tilts a little more to the left
21st
They never change
1st
51
How old is the oldest white dwarf in the "known: Universe?
They are all the same age
16 billion years old
13.6 Billion years old
12.8 billion years old
52
Another name for the sun is...
Chorma
Sol
Luna
Apera
53
Who is the first man in space?
Yuri Gagarin
Neil Armstrong
Lucky
O.J. Simpson
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In which globular cluster does the oldest white dwarf reside?
M4
Large cloud and Small cloud
M23
Milky way
