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Saturday, September 22, 2012

Questions for the week of Monday Sept 24


Each question is worth one point.
Read each question carefully and write the full answer in your own words.
Good luck!
1.    The picture on my t-shirt I wore on Friday Sept 21 was of what exactly?
2.    Who was this man, what country was he from and what incredible feat did he achieve?
3.    My t-shirt was made to honor this man’s great achievement. Explain in relation to what was written on the t-shirt.
4.    In 1912 a female astronomer made a discovery which led to us understanding that our sun is only a small star in a galaxy of billions of other stars. What was her name and what was her discovery?
5.    Our galaxy is what type and name the other three types in the Hubble classification of galaxies.

Mr A

26 comments:

  1. 2. The man in this picture is Yuri Gagarin, form Russia. He was the first human to ever travel into outer space.
    Felix.

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  2. 1.was of a space mission it had a photo of a glass half full and a full glass.

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  3. #2 is correct Felix=1 point.
    No Diti for #1, read the question.

    Mr A

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  4. 3. the writing on the shirt was about a space mission Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space. He was part of a space mission

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  5. 1. A russian space astronaut
    2.He is from Russian and he first man ever to walk in space, on 18 march 1965. his name is Alexy Leonov

    NEHA

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  6. Neha, Felix already got #2 and the picture on my t-shirt was definitely NOT of an astronaut!
    Mr A

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  7. 4>in 1912, an American astronomer Henrietta Leavitt discovered a way of working out the distance between a type of sta.the distance could be calculated by how bright the star appears on earth.

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  8. 3. Your t-shirt says "Space Mission" in russian - This relates to Yuri Gargarin's great achievement - The first journey to space.
    Felix.

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  9. 1. the picture on your t-shirt was of two cups,1 spilling out half its conents the other still full

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  10. 5. Our galaxy - SBc
    The other 3 types: SBa, SBb, SBm.
    Felix.

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  11. 1. The milky way.
    Felix.

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  12. 5.the milky way is a barred spiral galaxy. there are spiral galaxies, elliptical galaxies and irregular galaxies

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  13. Henrietta Swan Leavitt - discovered that brighter stars have longer periods: the key for finding the distance to stars which are much further away.
    Felix.

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  14. Not exactly Diti for #1.
    Felix, NAME the galaxy types!
    Felix, #1 is correct!=1point.

    Only #5 left!
    Mr A

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  15. 4. Henrietta Swan Leavitt.
    She discovered a way of determining the distance between stars and the earth, based on their cycles of brightness and darkness.

    neha

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  16. Eliptical, Spiral, Irregular, barred. Milky way is a barred spiral.
    Felix.

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  17. Diti, I have a slight disagreement with your answer to #5.
    Felix, that question was answered by Diti.
    Still #5!!!!

    Mr A

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  18. I just answered number 5..
    Felix.

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  19. Our galaxy type is SBc.
    Felix.

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  20. 5. spiral galaxies=SB
    elliptical galaxies=En
    irregular galaxies=irrI / irrII

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  21. 5.Elliptical Galaxies
    Spiral Galaxies
    Lenticular Galaxies

    Earths galaxy, the Milky Way, is classified as a Spiral galaxy.

    Neha

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  22. elleptical spiral and irregular the milky way is a barred spiral galaxy

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  23. Just checked the answer to #5 again. I know Wikipedia says is a barred spiral,..but BDK. Recent measurements do now indicate this is correct, so I have to give this answer to the first person to get this answer--Diti(another point)! Well done everyone!

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