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Little Armstrongs Camp Quiz Bee

September 22, 2012


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ROUND 1


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1. When the Earth is in aphelion from

the sun, then it is at _______.


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Answer: greatest distance from the

sun

Aphelion is the orbital point of greatest distance from the sun

whilst perihelion is the orbital point of nearest distance fromthe sun.


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If light travels at 300,000 km/s, how

much distance does it travel in 5.2

seconds?


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Answer: 1 560 000 km.

This is a simple arithmetic where you can solve it

by:

300, 000 5.2 1, 560, 000 .km s kms


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3. Which of the following is considered the Red

Eye of the constellation Taurus (the Bull)?

Betelguese

Aldebaran

Sirius


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Answer: Aldebaran

Betelguese is a super giant star found in the

constellation Orion. Sirius is a binary system made up

of Sirius A and its companion Sirius B, a white dwarf.Aldebaran is a red giant star of Taurus.


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A line joining a planet and the Sun

sweeps out equal areas during equal

intervals of time. This is Keplers_____ law.


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Answer: Second Law

The First law states that The orbit of every planet is

an ellipse with the Sun at one of the two foci while the

Third law states that The square of the orbital period of

a planet is directly proportional to the cube of

the semi-major axis of its orbit.


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5. Who is the first woman in space?

Valetina Tereshkova

Sally Ride

Margaret Burbridge


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Answer: Valentina Tereshkova

Tereshkova, Valentina - Russian cosmonaut who was the first

woman to travel in outer space. She accomplished this feat on 16June 1963 by riding the Vost ok 6 spacecraft into orbit. During

her mission, she completed 48 orbits of Earth. Upon her return,

she was awarded the Order of Lenin and made a hero of the

(former) Soviet Union.


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6. What do we have when the Moon, Earth, andSun align and the moon is in between the sun

and earth?


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Answer: Solar Eclipse

The solar eclipse is an apparent cutting off, totally or partially, of

the light from the sun when the moon comes between it and the

Earth.


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7. In geology, the ring of fire refers the areas in

the Pacific where volcanoes circles the Pacific

Ocean. In astronomy, what does a ring of firemean?

Solar Eclipse

Annular Eclipse

Lunar Eclipse


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Answer: Annular Eclipse

Coincidentally, the sun and the moon has almost the

same angular size but there are instances that theirangular sizes differ significantly. So, when there is a

solar eclipse and the sun has significantly bigger

angular size, annular eclipse occurs.


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8. Which of the following is the largest

natural satellite (of a planet) in the solar

system?

Ganymede

Titan

Sinope


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Ganymede

Ganymede, one of Jupiter's moons, with a

diameter of 3270 miles (5262 km) is the

largest natural satellite of our solar system.


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9. Big Dipper and Little Dipper are

constellations. True or False ?


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False

They are an asterism, not constellations as was

the misconception.


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10. When the universe was 400 000 yearsold, the average temperature of the

universe is about 3 000 K. At present, how

much is the average temperature of theuniverse.


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2.7 K

The temperature was found out through the

measurement of the temperature from the

Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation.


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11. Enumerate the 4 Galilean moons of

Jupiter.


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Europa, Io, Callisto and

GanymedeThe four moons were discovered by Galileo

using his astronomical telescope.


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12. Of the following choices, which best

describes a rapidly rotating neutron star

emitting radiation ?

Quasar

Pulsar

Supernova


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Pulsar

Pulsar, short for pulsating star, is not really a

pulsing object. Rather, it is due to a neutron

star spinning very fast, emitting radiation and

is observe by us as a pulse of radiation


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13. The temperature-luminosity plane is

commonly known as what?


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Hertzsprung- Russelldiagram or H-R

diagramH-R diagram shows the relationship between

luminosity and temperature of stars.


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14. Which of the following defines the

orbital point of greatest distance of a

body orbiting around Earth?

Apogee

Perigee

Absolute Distance


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Apogee

Apogee is the orbital point of greatest distance

of a body (e.g. Moon, artificial satellites)

orbiting around the Earth.


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15. What is the name of the planetshown?


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Neptune


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16. What is the shape of the orbit of a

planet?

Circle

Ellipse

Rectangle


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Answer: Ellipse

The common misconception is that the orbit of the

planet is round but the truth is it is elliptical.


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17. Halleys Comet appeared in the

year 1986. Its average period of

revolution is 76 years. When will it

approximately appear again?


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Answer: 2062

Actually it is 2061, because the period of revolution of the comet

is affected by the gravitational influences of outer planets.


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14. What is the first space station that

was launched in 1971?

Skylab

Salyut 1

Mir


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Answer: Salyut 1

The Soviet Union launches the first space station (called

Salyut 1). It remains initially uninhabited because the

three-cosmonaut crew of the Soyuz 10 mission

(launched on 22 April 1971) attempts to dock with the

station but cannot go on board.


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19. What is the first satellite sent to

orbit Earth?


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Answer: Sputnik 1

Sputnik 1, Launched by the former Soviet Union

on 4 October 1957, it was the first artificial

satellite to orbit Earth. Sputnik means fellow

traveler. This simple, spherically shaped, 84 kg

Russian spacecraft inaugurated the space age.


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20. The following picture shows the

NGC-4594 or the Sombrero Galaxy.

What does NGC stand for?


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Answer: New General Catalogue

In full, the New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Star

Clusters, the NGC is a catalogue of nearly 8,000

nebulae, star clusters and galaxies. It was originally

published in 1888 by John Louis Emil Dreyer and later

expanded by the publication of the IC or IndexCatalogue.

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