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﻿Interactive Space Map Scavenger Hunt

 __Directions:__ To answer the scavenger hunt questions on this Wiki page, follow the link below to an Interactive Space Map from BBC Science & Nature. This map will provide you with images and information as you complete your quest. To use the map: zoom in, out, and around the Universe by clicking the different-sized blue dots below the map. Click on the map's "word bubbles" for additional pictures and detailed information.

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1. What is the maximum number of astronauts that the International Space Station can house?

2. What are satellites used for?

3. How many days does our Moon take to orbit the Earth?

4. What is space junk, and how could it cause problems for humans?

5. Are lunar "seas," made up of water? If not, what are they made up of?

6. What are terrae?

7. From where in our solar system do comets originate?

8. Name a constellation that is near our Sun.

9. How do stars produce light and heat?

10. Which galaxy do we belong to?

11. How many other planetary systems are inside our galaxy?

12. When massive, old stars die, what can they create?

13. What is dark matter?

14. What is our galaxy going to collide with in about 3 billion years?

15. What does the prefix "M" in a galaxy's name mean?

16. What is the brightest galaxy visible from Earth?

media type="youtube" key="RMINSD7MmT4?fs=1" height="344" width="425" align="right" Once you've found all the answers to the Scavenger Hunt, check out this historic video of the first moon landing in 1969! Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot on the moon with his legendary words, "That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind."