Scavenger+Hunt

The following scavenger hunt has been created to help you increase your knowledge on the subject of Earth + Space Science. After reading the question, click on the link for the web-site and read all material before answering. Have fun and good luck.



Sub category: Gravity(by Kepa Sarduy) 1. What is [|gravity] ?

2. What was [|Newton’s] conclusion?

3. Without gravity what would happen to [|you] ?

Sub category: Energy (by: Lisa Roux)

4. Two forms of **[|Energy]** are fundamental – any other form consists of one or both of these. They are blank and _blank.

5. What do scientist's use to calculate quantities of energy? To help you answer this questions please use the online resource [|http://worldbookonline.com], code word: energy. a. ordinary scales b. Newtonian equations c. calculator d. mechanical energy

6. Write two or more sentences explaining the conversion of matter. To help you answer this questions please use the online resource [|http://worldbookonline.com], code word: energy.

dark **energy** fate of universe

Sub Category: Stars (by: Courtney Sneed) Use the links provided to answer each question.

7. True/False: A star orbits a planet. []

8. Explain in your own words: What is a binary star system? []

9. How hot is the Sun's core? []

A.) 1,000,000° F. B.) 27,000,000° F. C.) 11,000,000° F. D.) 50,000,000° F. E.) None of the above Space dust from the Antennae Galaxies

10. In 1930 Pluto was named as the 9th planet of our solar system. In 2008 this changed. Pluto was downgraded to the status of ‘dwarf planet’ and officially there are now only 8 planets. Prior to 2005 Pluto had 1 [|moon], now it has 2. They are called?.

Pluto

11. Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. This planet contains 2 1/2 times the mass of all the other planets combined. Unlike our own planet, Earth, Jupiter has more than 1 moon. The four largest of Jupiter’s [|moons] are? __Jupiter__

12. In 1915, Albert Einstein proposed to the world a revolutionary new theory. It was called the General Theory of Relativity. One of the first real physical proofs of Einstein’s theory was its solution to why the planet Mercury’s orbit around the Sun, using calculations from Newton’s laws, to have errors. These [|errors]  were evident in the **__BLANK__** **__BLANK__** of the**__BLANK__**.  What is [|precession] ? (nothing to answer here, just a very cool graphic)