Tuesday'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 Tuesday.
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Read "Welcome to Tuesday" page.
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How far away from Earth is the
sun? ____________________
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Click on The Sun Close-Up.
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Read "The Sun Close-Up" page.
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Where does all of the information
about the sun come from?
______________________________________________________
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With the best telescopes, what
is the smallest an object can be for scientists to observe the object?
______________________
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Click on Observing the Sun
in the left-hand margin.
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Read "Observing the Sun" and answer
the questions below.
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Name the two types of high energy
radiation that the Sun's atmosphere emits.
________________________ and
________________________________
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The two types of radiation mentioned
above are used to view the Sun's __________________.
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What blocks the high energy radiation
from harming us on Earth?
__________________________________________________
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If scientists want to study the
high energy radiation, what do they have to do? ________________________
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Once a telescope gathers data
in space, how is the data transmitted back to Earth? ______________________
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Three satellites are mentioned
in this reading. Learn more about one of these satellites and write
down two facts below.
Name of satellite: _______________________
A.
B.
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At the bottom of this page, click
on The Sun in Close-Up.
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Click on Solar Telescopes
in the left-hand margin.
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What does TRACE stand for?
________________________
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How many small squares make up
a typical TRACE image? ______________________
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What are each of the small squares
called? ______________________
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Once the EUV and UV light goes
through the telescope, what records it? _______________________
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What does SXT stand for?
________________________________
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What images the SXT special?
____________________________________
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Both TRACE and SXT images are
made of ______________________ pixels, but SXT looks at the ________________
Sun while TRACE just looks at part of it.
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At the bottom of the page, click
on The Sun in Close-Up.
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Then click on Tuesday.
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Using your new knowledge about
pixels as well as your knowledge of celebrities, you are ready to play
today's game. Click on Play the Game and read the instructions
that follow.