National Science Week

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National Science Week Out of this World Stage 2
/ Stage 3
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Out of This World Are you ready to take the
challenge ? You may participate as a team or as
an individual Complete the 20 question
challenge
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Stages 2 3 20 Question Quiz
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1 Occasionally, as the moon passes between the
sun and the Earth, the moon completely blocks our
view of the sun. This is called a
------------- 2 Scientists use giant
----------- to collect light from far away
galaxies. Special cameras create images from the
light. 3 We live in a galaxy called the
-------------------. 4 The only reason we can
see the moon in the sky is because it
--------------- light from the sun. 5 Recently,
an asteroid crashed through the roof of a home in
--------------, New Zealand.
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6 Comets, which are lumps of dirt, ice and frozen
gases, orbit the sun, just like the planets. A
famous comet that swoops past Earth is
------------s comet. 7 An asteroid is made up
of ---------- and -----------. 8 The closest
planet to Earth is -------------. 9 Mars is
often known as the ---------- planet, because of
its distinctive rust colour. 10 Scientists used
------------ at first to find out the effect of
conditions in space on the human body.
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Here are the next 10 questions
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11 The first human in space was -----------
--------------. 12 Ganymede, Europa, Callisto
and Io are ------------- of the giant planet
------------- 13 Ancient stargazers gave names
to many of the groups of stars they saw in the
sky. These groups of stars are called
------------------. 14 The sun gives off
--------- and --------- energy which are
essential for life on Earth. 15 The Russians
launched the first satellite, Sputnik 1, into
orbit in ----------------
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16 We live in a ----------- system made up of
planets, moons, comets, asteroids and gases that
orbit around a star. The star is called the
------------. 17 Not a lot is known about the
planet ---------------- because it is so far from
the Earth and the sun. It is the smallest and
most mysterious planet. 18 Neil Armstrong is
reported to have been the first man on the moon.
The spacecraft that transported him to the moon
was called --------------------------. 19 On
June 8, we were able to view the transit of Venus
as it moved between the Earth and the sun. There
will be another transit of Venus in
--------------. 20 NASA launched two Mars
Exploration Rovers on June 10 2003 and July 7
2003. They are named -------------- and
-------------------.
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• or send a hard copy of your answers to either
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