The 3 main variables/factors of this type of energy are: mass, height, and a constant 'g'.
What is gravitational energy?
100
How are black holes formed?
What are stellar black holes forming when the center of a very massive star collapses in upon itself? (This collapse also causes a supernova, or an exploding star, that blasts part of the star into space. Scientists think supermassive black holes formed at the same time as the galaxy they are in.)
100
These are human made objects which have been sent into orbit around Earth to relay communications, take pictures, and perform other tasks.
What are satellites?
100
For each action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
What is Newton's Third Law of Motion?
100
Earth, Inner Solar System, Solar system, Orion Arm,
Milky Way, Local Group, Virgo Supercluster appendage,
Local Supercluster/Laniakea Supercluster, Observable Universe, Universe.
What is our cosmic address?
200
Heavier objects fall faster than lighter objects. True or False?
** Who was the first to discover the answer?
False. Light and heavy objects fall at the rate.
** Galileo
200
The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram gives surface temperature, color, and…
What is absolute brightness?
200
The Voyager Golden Record includes what kinds of things? (be as specific as you can!)
What is surf/wind noises? Images of the Solar System, animals, and humanity? Etc...
200
We're rare (the great filter is behind us), we're the first, or we're screwed (the great filter is ahead of us) are what theories to describe why we can't detect life outside Earth?
What is The Fermi Paradox?
200
This person disproved Newton's conception of gravity. Instead, he/she believed that the fabric of time and space was altered by the mass of different objects.
Who is Albert Einstein?
300
This building has the capability of propelling electrons near the speed of light.
What is a particle accelerator?
300
There are as many galaxies as there are … on Earth?
What are grains of sand?
300
This giant mechanism orbits the earth and can see things and places very far away in space. It also takes pictures which are sent back to Earth for scientists to research.
What is The Hubble Space Telescope?
300
Heavier objects fall faster than lighter objects. True or False?
** Who was the first to discover the answer?
False.
** Galileo
300
This experiment disproved Thompson's pudding theory on the makeup of atoms and subatomic particles. It involved gold foil and alpha/beta particles.
What is the Rutherford experiment?
400
Since momentum has both magnitude and direction it can be classified as this.
What is a vector?
400
The process of hydrogen protons converting to helium with energy produced is called
What is nuclear or stellar fusion?
400
This space craft was launched in 1977 and has been in operation for the last 38 years.
What is Voyager 1?
400
The theory that every massive object distorts the fabric of time and space.
What is general relativity?
400
When clouds of dust start out cold and gravity starts to compress them this nursery for a star is called a …
(Hint: no birth yet)
What is a nebula?
500
This is the value that can be found from the area under a velocity-time graph.
What is displacement (distance)?
500
One of two reasons we know the universe is expanding….
What is Hubble's Law or Redshift?
500
Name one sci-fi movie, one way it was accurate, and one way it was fictional?
depends on what you said
500
The theoretical basis of modern physics that explains the nature and behavior of matter and energy on the atomic and subatomic level.
What is quantum theory?
500
This astronomical finding helped prove Einstein's theory of general relativity because it showed one galaxy being repeated around a central point due to the curve in the space/time fabric of the universe. One beam of light shines through this point and is distorted by the bend in the fabric of the universe; this is called gravitational lensing.
**Hint: smiley face in the sky :)