The Structure
What makes up the universe?
Space, or Energy, or Matter.
How are the surface temperatures of stars measured?
Color
What is the term that is a small, incredibly dense ball of closely packed neutrons?
Neutron Star
What planet has blue water and land filled with life?
Earth
What is Mr. Alvord's favorite color?
Blue
What term means the distance that light travels through space in 1 year?
Light year
How do scientists measure the size of a star?
Solar Radii/Radius
What is the term that is the hot, dense core of matter that remains from the collapse of a low-mass star.
White Dwarf
What planet has the most rings and is one of the gas giants?
Saturn
What is Mr. Alvord's favorite sport?
Football
What term means a large collection of stars, gas, and dust that is held together by gravity?
Galaxy
What term means a large cloud of gas and dust?
Nebula
What is the term that is a gigantic explosion in which a high-mass star throws its outer layers into space?
Supernova
Jupiter
How old is Mr. Alvord?
23
What term means a collection of large and small bodies that orbit a central star, like our sun?
A Solar System
Absolute magnitude
What stars grow larger and turn into a giant star, but end their lives as a white dwarf?
Low Mass Stars
What planet rotates at a different angle than all the other planets?
Uranus
What school did Mr. Alvord work at before STRIDE?
Trick question, he never worked at any other school!
What term means a large celestial body that is composed of gas and emits light?
Stars
What term means the measure of a stars brightness as seen from Earth?
Apparent Madnitude
What stars grow into supergiants and at the end collapse to form supernovas, neutron stars, or black holes?
High Mass Stars
What planet rotates differently direction then Earth?
Venus
Where is Mr. Alvord's twin brother at right now?
Montana