The Big Bang
Keplers
Stars
Moon Phases
Radioactive Decay
100

Red Shift Means....

Blue Shift Means...

Things are moving away 

Things are moving closer 

100

Use your ESRT, Which Planet has the most Elliptical Orbit?

Mercury because its Eccentricity is the greatest. 

100

Which Element Fuels the Nucleosynthesis of both Average and Massive Stars?

Hydrogen

100

Which position does a Full Moon Occur?

A. Closest to the Sun (In front of the Earth)

B. Farthest from the Sun (Behind the Earth) 

B. Farthest from the Sun (Behind the Earth) 

100

What is the half life of Uranium-235?

713 million years

200

Cosmic Background Radiation is Evidence that .....

There was a big explosion called The Big Bang and things in space are moving AWAY from each other. 

200

What would make a Planets orbit more elliptical? 

Increasing the planets distance from the sun

200

What's the Difference between the Nucleosynthesis of Average Stars and Massive Stars?

Average Stars only Burn Hydrogen into Helium while Massive Stars Burn the heavier elements such as Silicone into Iron

200

Which Moon Phases would you see the HIGHEST and LOWEST Tides? What's is that called?

New Moon and Full Moon 

Spring Tides 

200

a rock containing carbon-14 ratio measures 1:15 how old is the rock? How many Half lives is that?

22,800 years 

4 Half-lives 

300

The Theory that the Universe is Expanding is supported by which TWO pieces of Evidence?

Red Shift and Cosmic Background Radiation

300

Calculate the Eccentricity (rounded to the nearest thousandth)
- Distance between foci: 3 million km
- Distance of major axis: 4.5 million km 

E=0.667

300

Which Element Fuses into Silicone? What's it's Lifespan?

Oxygen 6 months 

300

What Moon Phases would you see Neap Tides 

First Quarter and Last Quarter 

300

300 grams of Carbon-14 after 4 half-lifes how many grams of Carbon would there be left? How much Nitrogen-14?

37.5 grams of Carbon-14

262.5 grams of Nitrogen-14

400

How can you describe the wavelength of Red Shift and Blue Shift?

Red Shift has a Longer and weaker wavelength 

Blue Shift has Shorter but Stronger Wavelengths 

400

How would you find the Length of the Major axis

Distance between the Foci= 15.1cm 

Length of Major Axis = X

Eccentricity = 0.206

E=Distance bet. Foci/Length of Major Axis

Since they DO NOT give us the Major Axis we have to divide the Distance bet. Foci/Eccentricity 

15.1 /0.206

73.3

400

Which Element DOES NOT undergo Nucleosynthesis? What happens to it?

FE Iron it the Core Collapses, Supernova 

400

What Moon Phase does a Solar Eclipse Occur During?

New Moon

400

Why do we use Radioactive Dating to help us calculate the age of fossils/rocks and other material? 

Why is Carbon-14 the most helpful?

It is predictable and cyclic and can help us accurately measure age. 

Carbon-14 is used for dating organic materials such as fossils 

500

Which types of waves are safe and which are dangerous?

Radio and microwaves are safe

Gama, Ultra Violet and X rays are dangerous

500

How does the Sun gravity Impact the mercury's orbital velocity?

The closer Mercury is to the Sun the stronger its Gravitational Pull the faster Mercury moves around its orbit.

500

Which Star has a Higher Luminosity and Lower Temperature than the sun? Rigel or Aldebaran?

Aldebaran

500

What Moon Phase would you have Not Too much and Not Too Little Light?

First Quarter and Third Quarter 

500

Why wouldn't Carbon-14 be useful in identifying the age of a fossil over 70,000 years old?

It passes its useful dating range and there is not enough carbon-14 for us to be able to be able to accurately measure. 

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