Monday's Scavenger
Hunt
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Go to the Solar
Week website. ( http://www.lmsal.com/YPOP/solarweek/
)
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Click on Enter Solar Week.
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Click on the image for Monday.
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Read "Welcome to Monday" page.
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What is the closest star to planet
Earth? ________________
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Click on The Stellar Sun.
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Read "the Stellar Sun" page.
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Name the one characteristic that
makes the sun unique in the Universe.
______________________________________________________
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Click on Solar Facts in
the left-hand margin.
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Use the page "Some Facts about
the Sun" to answer the questions following.
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How many light years is the Sun
from the center of the Milky Way galaxy?
________________________________________________________
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Where in the Milky Way galaxy
is the Sun located? ____________________________
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The radius of the sun is _________________
km, while the radius of the Earth is ________________________________ km.
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How many days does it take the
Sun to rotate? _______________________
How many days does it take
the Earth to rotate? _______________________
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What is the temperature at the
surface of the Sun?
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The Earth and the Sun are __________________
km apart. This is ___________________________ miles.
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Write down two other facts you
found interesting.
A.
B.
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Scroll down to the Structure
section. Use the information in this section to answer the questions
below.
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Which region is the coolest?
________________________
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Which region is the hottest?
________________________
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At the bottom of the "Some Facts
about the Sun" page, click Back to Today's Topic.
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Click on Stellar Fingerprinting.
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Read the "Stellar Fingerprinting"
page. Use the information to answer the questions below.
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What about a star tells us how
hot it is? _____________________________
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What instrument is used to split
light into a spectrum of colors? ____________________________
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What color star is the sun?
_____________________
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At the bottom of the page, click
on The Stellar Sun.
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Then click on Monday.
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Then click on Play the Game.
And follow the instructions.