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Find a Planet Game

Object of the Game: Find the most

Items needed: Game board, Dice Question List (one copy for the game master) list (copies for them and copy with # of planets for the game master)

To play: At the start of each turn, a player must first answer a question. If they answer correctly, they can roll their die and move forward the number of spaces shown. If they land on a special space, they must follow the directions for that space. The first person to reach the finish line gets to observe 3 additional planets. The second player to reach the finish line gets to observe 2 additional planets. The third player to reach the finish line gets to observe 1 additional planet. Players finishing after this point do not observe additional planets.

55 Spaces of the Game Board: 19 regular spaces(no special instructions or symbols) 15 Observing spaces (solar system icon) 6 Move ahead spaces (1 or 2 on the space) 10 Telescope Time spaces (telescope icon) 5 Challenge spaces (symbol based on challenge)

Observing Space: If you land on an observing space, you have the opportunity to observe a star and see if it has planets. You choose a star from the list to observe. The game master will tell you how many planets you detect.

Move Ahead Spaces: If you land on a space with one or two stars on it, you move ahead on the board one space for every star.

Telescope Time Spaces: If you land on a space with a telescope, you have to apply for and be granted research time on a telescope before you can proceed. If you answer your question correctly, you roll your die. If you get an odd number, you get telescope time! Roll your die again and proceed as normal. If you get an even number, you did not get telescope time and you must stay where you are. If you fail to get telescope time three times in a row, move back one space.

Challenge Space: There are 5 challenge spaces on the board, each with a different effect

Lightning Bolt - An electrical storm has damaged the telescope controls. Skip your next turn.

Paper in a No Symbol - Your grant application has been denied! Roll the die and move backward the number of spaces shown

Thumbs Up - Your research has been given priority status! Switch places with any other player on the game board.

Clouds - The weather forecast for observing tonight is not great. Roll the die. If you get a 1, 2, or a 3 you will proceed as normal. If you get a 4 or higher, skip your next turn.

Thumbs Down - Your research may be downgraded to low priority! Roll the die. If you get a 5 or a 6, switch places with the player in last place on the game board.

Star List (number of planets) 6 Lyncis (1) Chalawan (3) NY Virginis (1) 11 Ursae Minoris (1) (1) (1) 14 Herculis (2) DP Leonis (1) (0) 23 Librae (2) Edasich (1) (1) 24 Sextantis (2) Epsilon Reticuli (1) Proxima Centauri (1) 30 Arietis B (1) Eta Hydri (1) Psi Aquarii (1) 54 Piscium (1) Fafnir (1) Ran (1) (3) Fomalhaut (1) (0) (1) Gamma Cephei (1) Rho Cancri (5) 79 Ceti (1) Hamal (1) Rho Indi (1) 81 Ceti (1) Helvetios (1) Scheat (0) 82 G Eridani (3) HW Virginis (1) (0) B (2) Intercrus (1) (0) 94 Ceti (1) Iota Horologii (1) Tau Bootis (1) 109 Piscium (1) Kappa Coronae Borealis Tau Gruis (1) Ain (1) (1) Upsilon Andromedae (4) Algieba (1) Libertas (1) UZ Fornacis (2) B (1) Mira (0) V391 Pegasi (1) (0) Muscida (1) Veritate (1) Beta Pictoris (1) Musica (1) Zubenelgenubi (0) Castor (0) NN Serpentis (2) Cervantes (4) Nu Canis Majoris (1)

Question List (Answer):

True or False: Our home planet is called . (T)

CSI stands for (c) (a) Crazy Science Instigators (b) Cosmic Super Intentions (c) Cosmic Science Investigation (d) Crumbled Sugar Ingots

Earth has ____ space colonies. (zero)

True or False: A hypothesis is a completely confirmed scientific idea. (F)

A planet is habitable if (a) (a) Living things can live on it (b) It has (c) It has oxygen (d) It has a McDonald’s

Stars on the ______are the most likely to have habitable planets. ()

True or False: An is a planet which around a star other than the . (T)

Mass and weight (a) (a) Are related concepts (b) Are the same (c) Are not measurable (d) Are grocery stores

____ people have been to Mars. (Zero)

True or False: There is no water in space. (F)

If living things can survive on a planet, then the planet is ______(habitable)

There are ____ basic life needs. (four)

True or False: All living things need to consume something to give them energy. (T)

The basic liquid needed to sustain life is (b)

(a) Fanta Orange Soda (b) Water (c) Apple Juice (d) Milk

Anaerobic bacteria can survive without needing ___ to breathe. (air)

True or False: A hermit crab’s shell is not considered shelter. (F)

To be habitable, an exoplanet must provide (b) (a) Eggs, water, shelter, and air (b) Food, water, shelter and air (c) Food, noodles, shelter and air (d) Food, water, lemonade and air

Drinkable water is one of the ______that Earth provides us. (life needs)

True or False: Most planets do not have air. (T)

Electromagnetic radiation is also known as _____ (light)

True or False: Scientists test a hypothesis by performing theories. (F)

This gas in the Earth’s atmosphere allows us to breathe (a) (a) Oxygen (b) Nitrogen (c) Argon (d) Carbon dioxide

All living things require ____, water, air, and shelter. (food)

True or False: If a planet can provide the four basic life needs, it is habitable. (T)

The criteria used to evaluate the habitability of an exoplanet (c) (a) Change based on where the star is located (b) Cannot be explained (c) Are based on the four basic life needs (d) Are brought to you by Burger King

The place where an animal lives and meets its life needs is called its ______. (habitat)

True or False: Shelter and air are the two most critical life needs. (F)

If an exoplanet is in the habitable zone of its star (a) (a) The on the planet should allow water to exist in all three states of matter (b) The exoplanet is habitable (c) It has no moons (d) Praying mantises live on it

A habitable exoplanet must provide food, _____, shelter and air. (water)

True or False: The three states of matter are solid, liquid and gas. (T)

How much oxygen is in the air? (c) (a) 5% (b) 30% (c) 21% (d) 63%

Most exoplanets will not be able to meet the four basic ______(life needs)

True or False: Several planets in our solar system are known to have life. (F)

Main sequence stars are more likely to have habitable planets because (a) (a) They have very stable energy output (b) They change in brightness on a regular basis (c) They have no asteroids orbiting them (d) They love disco music

There are __ official in the . (88)

True or False: The Sun is a yellow dwarf star. (T)

Stars like the Sun are called (a) (a) G-type stars (b) F-type stars (c) K-type stars (d) C-type stars

A dwarf is a low- ____ (star)

True or False: Blue supergiants are the lowest temperature stars (F)

A neutron star is (a) (a) What is left after a star goes (b) A high mass star

(c) A star that does not rotate (d) A star made of noodles

A is a ______star (failed)

True or False: A supernova is the explosive death of a star (T)

All stars (a) (a) Burn fuel to make energy (b) Are yellow (c) Have planets (d) Enjoy long walks on the beach

Stars form from giant clouds of gas and dust called ______(nebulae)

True or False: Stars are forever - they never change. (F)

A is (a) (a) A cloud of gas and dust in space (b) A kind of planet (c) A kind of star (d) A really great sandwich

The main sequence is the part of a star’s lifetime where its energy output is very ______(stable)

True or False: A star can go nova many times. (T)

White dwarf stars (d) (a) Have reached the end of their lifetimes (b) Don’t make any new energy in their cores (c) Slowly fade away and become black dwarfs (d) All of the above

A star is most likely to have planets that can support life during its time on the ______(main sequence)

True or False: are made of dark matter. (F)

Black holes (b) (a) Will eventually suck up everything in the universe (b) Are what is left after the largest stars die (c) Are easily visible in the night sky (d) Are made of peanut butter

When a nebula collapses, _____ are formed. (stars)

True or False: We can figure out where a star is in its lifecycle by measuring its properties (T)

Brightness and (b) (a) Are the same (b) Are related terms that have to do with how much energy a star produces (c) Are not measurable (d) Are the two latest dance crazes

The most massive star known is over 265 times the mass of the ___ (Sun)

True or False: The color of a star has nothing to do with its temperature (F)

Brightness and luminosity both have to do with how much ______a star produces (energy)

The Hertzsprung-Russell diagram (d) (a) Plots the temperature of a star versus its luminosity (b) Was developed by Mr. Hertzsprung and Mr. Russell (c) Shows the main sequence (d) All of the above

True or False: Oh Be A Fine Girl Kiss Me is a mnemonic for remembering the spectral classes of stars (T)

Which stars would be most likely to have habitable planets? (c) (a) stars (b) stars (c) Main sequence stars (d) Dancing with the Stars

The smallest known stars have of 0.08 times the mass of the ___ (Sun)

True or False: The main sequence is a period in a star’s lifetime when it is most unstable. (F)

The Sun is (d) (a) A main sequence star (b) A G-type star (c) The only star in the solar system (d) All of the above

Planet must be _____ in shape. (round)

True or False: Life will adapt to its environment if possible (T)

The environment (d) (a) Can be changed by living things (b) Can support living things by providing the basic life needs (c) Can be hostile to living things (d) All of the above

It is rare, but exoplanets can be found directly through ______(observation)

True or False: It is never possible to directly see exoplanets orbiting a star. (F)

Exoplanets can be found around stars (a) (a) By seeing them pass directly in front of the star (b) By shooting gamma rays at the star (c) By measuring the star’s temperature (d) By dancing on the ceiling

All stars make _____ (light)

True or False: How bright a star looks depends on how far away you are from it. (T)

The size of a star (a) (a) Refers to its radius (b) Refers to its mass (c) Refers to its temperature (d) Refers to its underpants

The hottest a star’s ______can get is around 70,000K (surface)

True or False: Stars never move. (F)

One way to check a star for planets is to measure the the star’s (a) (a) Motion (b) Temperature (c) Mass (d) Shoe size

The change in the color of the light coming from a star due to its motion is called the ______(Doppler shift)

True or False: Orbital motion is also called revolution. (T)

Measuring a star’s brightness over time to see if it regularly dims due to the passage of an exoplanet is called: (a) (a) The transit method (b) The wobble method (c) The direct method (d) The method to my madness

Nearly all methods of detecting exoplanets preferentially find _____ exoplanets. (large)

True or False: If a star’s dims periodically, it must have a planet orbiting around it. (F)

If we can see a stellar system edge-on, then it is easy to use the ______method to detect exoplanets. (transit)

The two main methods by which we detect exoplanets are the transit method and the ______method. (wobble)

True or False: No direct evidence for life on Mars has ever been found. (T)

An exoplanet (a) (a) Is a planet orbiting a star other than the Sun (b) Is always made of gas (c) Is a planet which does not a star (d) Is shaped like a giant letter X

Using a spectrometer to measure the Doppler shift of the light coming from a star is an example of using the ______method to find exoplanets. (wobble)

True or False: Mass and weight are exactly the same. (F)

A planet’s (a) (a) Is the time it takes for a planet to orbit its star once (b) Is always 365 Earth days (c) Is the same for all planets (d) Is the same as a planet’s

Whether or not a planet is in the habitable zone has to do with the planet’s ______from its star. (distance)

True or False: A star may have more than one planet orbiting it. (T)

A transit of an exoplanet can also be called (a) (a) An eclipse (b) A wobble (c) A main sequence (d) A tumbleweed

365 days is approximately one Earth ____ (year)

True or False: All planets are the same size as the Earth (F)

The two basic kinds of planets are (b) (a) Tall and short (b) Rocky and gaseous (c) and (d) Covered and uncovered

Our solar system has _____ major planets (eight)

True or False: Most exoplanets have been found via the transit method (T)

To confirm the existence of an exoplanet (c) (a) The exoplanet must be detected by the wobble method (b) The the exoplanet must be detected by the transit method (c) The exoplanet must be detected by two different methods (d) The exoplanet must be purple

A transit of an exoplanet can also be called an ______(eclipse)

Star List Proxima Centauri 54 Piscium

Upsilon Muscida 14 Herculis Andromedae Rho Cancri Cervantes Scheat Intercrus Fafnir 109 Piscium Algieba Libertas Eta Hydri 24 Sextantis Musica Hamal Chalawan V391 Pegasi 79 Ceti DP Leonis Tau Gruis Mira Regulus Rho Indi 30 Arietis B 83 Leonis B Helvetios 81 Ceti Chi Virginis Fomalhaut Iota Horologii Spica Psi Aquarii 94 Ceti HW Virginis Veritate 82 G Eridani 61 Virginis Gamma Cephei Ran 70 Virginis UZ Fornacis NY Virginis Epsilon Reticuli Tau Bootis The icons Ain above are Pi Mensae provided for Beta Pictoris your game Arcturus board Alpha Centauri B 23 Librae The planet 6 Lyncis Zubenelgenubi images that Nu Canis Majoris 11 Ursae Minoris follow are Polaris Sirius provided for Edasich Pollux decoration Kappa Coronae Borealis Castor NN Serpentis purposes and

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