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2.1.2: Space Quest! 🚀 Structure of the Universe

Last updated over 4 years ago
17 questions
Read each step carefully and make sure you have headphones to listen to the embedded audio and videos.

Engage Your Brain 🧠

Predict: Check T/F to show whether you think each statement is true or false
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You live on Earth 🌎

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Earth orbits a star called the moon.

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Earth and the Sun have the same composition.

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The sun is just one of many stars in the Milky Way Galaxy.

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Distances in the Universe are extremely large.

When we say that a galaxy is huge, how huge is huge?


Watch the video below to learn how to use the simulation to answer the questions at the end of this Space Quest.
Check out the interactive http://htwins.net/scale2/ to explore the sizes of things large and small found in the universe and to help you answer the questions below.
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Zoom out until you find Earth (around 10^7.5). Click on it to find out more information.

What is the diameter of Earth in kilometers?

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Listen to the audio below to answer the next 2 questions.

Based on the audio, what is the definition of a star?

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What are the 2 elements that are responsible for the energy produced by stars?

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Go back to the Scale of the Universe Interactive. Zoom out to 10^9. You have found our Sun! Using the interactive as your source, what is the diameter of the sun in kilometers (km)?

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Write 1 fact about the Sun that comes up after clicking on it from the interactive.

Congratulations, you have almost reached the end of this Space Quest! Watch the video below to answer the last questions.

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In your own words, what is a Light Year?

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Pick 2 other objects you found interesting relating to outer space.

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Now, describe what they are AND be sure to include their size.

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What is Earth's place in the universe?

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What objects make up our solar system?

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What is a star?

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What are galaxies made up of?