Let’s see how much you’ve picked up with these experiments and the reading – answer as best as you can. (No peeking at the answers until you’re done!) Just relax and see what jumps to mind when you read the question. You can also print these out and jot down your answers in your science notebook.
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- If a mad scientist pointed his alpha particle gun straight at you, what would be your best defense?
- Did Pluto get smacked out of existence, or is it still there? What other ‘planet’ did this happen to?
- How accurate is the main idea in the 2007 movie “Sunshine”, where the mission was to reignite the sun?
- How do you make a black hole?
- How can you detect a black hole?
- What happens if your car zooms at nearly the speed of light and turn on your headlights?
- What’s your favorite part about Jupiter?
- Which planet is NOW your favorite (after listening to the astronomy teleclass)?
- What happened to the stars?
- Which stars don’t twinkle?
- How many moons can you see with binoculars?
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The question is asking what happens if you speed up a light source itself – will that get light to travel faster than light when observed by someone standing still?
Can you please reword question 6 in the astronomy section. It’s not making sense to me.