TED- Lucianne Walkowicz: Look Up For A Change

Link

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Vocabulary

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• astronomer
• blackout
• constellation
• Hubble Space Telescope
• inevitable
• light bulb
• planet
• planetarium
• screen
• stargazing
• universe

Questions

1. We look at phones and computers when Lucianne says we should look at what?
2. What do we tend to think the outcome of change and technology is?
3. Where did she see her first dark night sky?
4. She says she’s boring on camping trips because “I don’t really know many _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ….”
5. [2:25] The picture on the left shows the same neighbourhood when?
6. What is it that allows us to see the Earth?
7. [3:23] She says, “You can see light _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ across the _ _ _ _ _ , everywhere.”
8. What are 2 extreme examples of places that are lit-up?
9. What situation was the lightbulb originally designed for?
10. [4:21] “Its application in outdoor _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , that traditional _ _ _ _ _ _ of the light bulb,
    this sort of _ _ _ _ _ _ that _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ light everywhere, is actually very _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
    So when you’re outdoors, mostly what you care about is lighting the _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ you and
    your _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .”
11. What do we call the light that escapes up into the sky?
12. How much energy are we wasting by lighting up the sky?
13. What piece of technology is providing us with pictures of things we can’t see from Earth?
14. Planetariums don’t directly access the sky, what can they access?
15. What is it called when large scientific research projects put their data online?
16. What do ordinary people who join Galaxy Zoo do after they’ve learnt the tutorial?
17. What is the name of the project Lucianne is working on, and what is it?
18. What do people who join Planet Hunters do?
19. [8:49] I don’t want to give you the idea that these are some _ _ _ / _ _ / _ _ _ _ scientists,
    or just a _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ , that are really into this. There are _ _ _ _ _ _ people who participate in these projects.
    And most of them don’t have _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
20. She says that looking at pictures from Hubble is similar to seeing a lion (a) in the zoo, or (b) in the wild?
21. [9:44] The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of looking up and knowing that the sky you’re looking at
    surrounds _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ in the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , is very profound.
    Think about that _ _ _ / _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ . We are the only _ _ _ _ _ _ we know of that _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ / _ _ / _ _ .
    The sky that you see is shared by _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ that we know of in _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
22. What’s the website she recommends if you are interested in protecting the night sky?

When you're finished, you can check the answers here.