ESSRT Scavenger Hunt (2024)

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Directions: Using the 2024 version of the Earth and Space Science Reference Tables (ESSRT), locate and type the answer (spelling counts) into the text box. Answer all questions on this page then navigate to the next page(s) to get full practice.

1. What is the eccentricity of earth’s orbit?

2. How many years does it take Saturn to revolve around the sun?

3. What celestial object has an axial tilt of 25.19 degrees?

4. What two letter abbreviated element is found in the center of a massive star during generalized nucleosynthesis?

5. How many months does it take O to change into Si?

6. What color of the visible spectrum has the longest wavelength?

7. As energy (frequency) increases, what happens to wavelength? Increases, Decreases or Remain the Same

8. What type of energy has a frequency of 10^12?

9. What element has one of their spectra emission wavelengths at 685 nm?

10. Betelgeuse is part of what grouping of stars?