Stars
EMS
The Big Bang
Edwin Hubble
General Space
100
Blue
What colour stars burn the hottest?
100
for the types of Electromagnetic Radiation
What is the electromagnetic spectrum just a name for?
100
The Big Bang
What is the current Scientific model for the beginning of the universe?
100
Hubble's constant
What number allows us to measure the rate of expansion of the universe?
100
The geocentric model of the universe
What model of the universe has the earth at the centre?
200
Venus
What is the Evening Star?
200
Visible Spectrum
What part of the EMS contains light we can see?
200
Background Cosmic Radiation
What is evidence of the big bang?
200
Oribitting the earth taking pictures of space
What is the Hubble Telescope?
200
Voyager
Which spacecraft recently left our solar system?
300
Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram
What plots stars according to their Brightness and colour?
300
Red
What colour in the visible range of light has the longest wavelength?
300
13-14 billion years
How much time has elapsed since the big bang?
300
The expanding universe
What is one of the theory's Hubble developed?
300
inversely proportional (think EMS)
What is the relationship between wavelength and frequency?
400
The Southern Cross, Orion, Scorpio...
What are constellations?
400
Doppler Effect
What name do we give to the phenomenon of wavelength appearing shorter as an emitter moves towards us and longer as it moves away from us?
400
The red shift
What is the phenomenon by which light emitted from distant galaxies appears Red as a result of the Doppler Effect as they move away from us?
400
The universe is expanding at a constant rate
What is Hubble's Law?
400
Radio waves have the lowest energy
What form of EMR has the lowest frequency and therefore contains the least amount of energy?
500
Nuclear Fusion
Which reaction gives stars their Energy?
500
Gamma Rays
Which form of Electromagnetic Radiation contains the most energy?
500
Singularity
What preceded the Big Bang?
500
Because many form of EMR are filtered out by the atmosphere
Why is the Hubble Telescope in space?
500
Black hole
What is at the centre of most galaxies?
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