Vocab
Exploration
Black Nebtron Soup
Stuff in the sky
Things
100
having to do with a special curve, which is the intersection of a cone
What is parabolic?
100
Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins landed on the moon in this year
What is 1969?
100
Develops from a large, powerful star exploding. Often forms nebula afterward.
What is a supernova?
100
The amount of modern constellations we know today
What is 88?
100
The amount of Earths that can fit in our Sun
What is 1,380,000?
200
observed and noted without taking into consideration stuff that ISN'T known
What is apparent?
200
This satellite was launched by the Soviet Union, was the first to go into space. It also started the "Space Age" between the USA and USSR.
What is the Sputnik?
200
A cloud of dust and gas often found in a galaxy
What is a nebula?
200
The three types of galaxies
What are spiral, irregular and elliptical?
200
Where is it better to be when a grenade goes off underwater or above ground? (The grenade explodes where ever you are)
What is above ground. See below!
300
When a star appears to pulse we call it this
What is a pulsar?
300
The Sun is at the center of our Solar System was discovered by this scientist.
Who is Galileo?
300
The core of the star collapses creating a strong field of gravity.
What is a black hole?
300
The closest galaxy to us (the Milky Way)
What is the Andromeda Galaxy?
300
What happens when a star collides with a black hole
As the star gets sucked up into the black hole, a huge jet of plasma is burped out, spanning hundreds of light-years
400
an undesiriable effect caused by a defect, such as color or twisting of an image by a lense.
What is aberration?
400
in 1997 the US launched satellite Cassini on a mission to study this planet.
What is Saturn?
400
Most matter in space is found in these two forms
What are dust and gas?
400
All stars are fueled by a nuclear process named after fusing together elements to create heavier ones.
What is fusion?
400
Rank the following from 1-3 with 1 being the thing we know MOST about 3 being the least:
Surface of Mars
Ocean Bottom
Surface of the Moon
Moon
Mars
Ocean Bottom
500
Amount of light a star gives off is called this
What is absolute brightness or magnitude?
500
This scientist discovered ____ _____ which made telescopes _____
What are large mirrors & (more) powerful?
500
This type of star gives off a lot of energy but very little light. It can also occasionally develop into a pulsar.
What is a neutron star?
500
looking at something from 2 different points to measure the distance
What is parallax?
500
Can a river change its course?
Absolutely!! IT happens all the time
