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4. ANSWER: This a group of stars held together by their own gravity.ANSWER: This a group of stars held together by their own gravity. QUESTION: What is a galaxy?QUESTION: What is a galaxy?

5. ANSWER: This is a group of stars that forms a pattern in the sky.ANSWER: This is a group of stars that forms a pattern in the sky. QUESTION: What is a constellation?QUESTION: What is a constellation?

6. ANSWER: This star is known as the North Star.ANSWER: This star is known as the North Star. QUESTION: What is Polaris?QUESTION: What is Polaris?

7. ANSWER: This causes constellations to rise and set in the sky.ANSWER: This causes constellations to rise and set in the sky. QUESTION: What is the Earth’s rotation?QUESTION: What is the Earth’s rotation?

8. ANSWER: This is the correct arrangement of the universe from smallest to largest.ANSWER: This is the correct arrangement of the universe from smallest to largest. QUESTION: What is Earth, solar system, galaxy, and universe?QUESTION: What is Earth, solar system, galaxy, and universe?

9. ANSWER: This type of telescope uses mirrors to gather light.ANSWER: This type of telescope uses mirrors to gather light. QUESTION: What is a reflecting telescope?QUESTION: What is a reflecting telescope?

10. ANSWER: This part of a radio telescope gathers radiation.ANSWER: This part of a radio telescope gathers radiation. QUESTION: What is the dish?QUESTION: What is the dish?

11. ANSWER: This is the advantage that the Hubble Space Telescope has over all ground-based telescopes.ANSWER: This is the advantage that the Hubble Space Telescope has over all ground-based telescopes. QUESTION: What is it is not affected by the Earth’s atmosphere?QUESTION: What is it is not affected by the Earth’s atmosphere?

12. ANSWER: This is the type of wave that reflecting and refracting telescopes gather.ANSWER: This is the type of wave that reflecting and refracting telescopes gather. QUESTION: What is visible light?QUESTION: What is visible light?

13. ANSWER: The name and type of the largest telescope observatory in the world.ANSWER: The name and type of the largest telescope observatory in the world. QUESTION: What is Arecibo and radio?QUESTION: What is Arecibo and radio?

14. ANSWER: This is made up of all the different forms of electromagnetic radiation.ANSWER: This is made up of all the different forms of electromagnetic radiation. QUESTION: What is the electromagnetic spectrum?QUESTION: What is the electromagnetic spectrum?

15. ANSWER: This type of wave has the longest wavelength.ANSWER: This type of wave has the longest wavelength. QUESTION: What are radio waves?QUESTION: What are radio waves?

16. ANSWER: This is the difference between UV and infrared radiation.ANSWER: This is the difference between UV and infrared radiation. QUESTION: What is wavelength?QUESTION: What is wavelength?

17. ANSWER: This is the device that separates the visible light spectrum.ANSWER: This is the device that separates the visible light spectrum. QUESTION: What is a spectroscope or a prism?QUESTION: What is a spectroscope or a prism?

18. ANSWER: This is the correct order of colors in the visible light spectrum from the shortest to the longest wavelength. QUESTION: What is violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, and red?

19. ANSWER: This is the purpose of all spacecraft. QUESTION: What is to study space?

20. ANSWER: This type of spacecraft does not travel to other planets to gather information. QUESTION: What is a space station?

21. ANSWER: This is Earth’s natural satellite. QUESTION: What is the moon?

22. ANSWER: This is the number of nations involved in the development of the International Space Station. QUESTION: What is 17?

23. ANSWER: These are the 2 types of spacecraft that were used in the 1995 Galileo Mission. QUESTION: What is an orbiter and a probe?

24. ANSWER: These are the 2 reasons why telescopes are built on mountain tops and in rural areas. QUESTION: What is to avoid city lights and atmospheric interference?

25. ANSWER: Classify this spacecraft. QUESTION: What is a probe?

26. This is the star that is closest to Earth.ANSWER: This is the star that is closest to Earth. What is the Sun?QUESTION: What is the Sun?

27. ANSWER: This is the unit of measurement that light travels in one year. QUESTION: What is a light year?

28. ANSWER: These celestial bodies have been reached by lander spacecraft. QUESTION: What are the moon, Mars, and Venus?

29. ANSWER: The names and type(s) of the 2 rocks scientists found on the moon. QUESTION: What is basalt (igneous) and breccia (sedimentary)?

30. ANSWER: The number of kilometers in a light year. QUESTION: What is 9.5 trillion kilometers?

31. ANSWER: The number of times the Mars Pathfinder lander bounced on the Martian surface before coming to a stop. QUESTION: What is 16?

32. ANSWER: The number of miles in a light year. QUESTION: What is 6 trillion miles?