Stars
Galaxies
Sun
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100
About 95% of stars observed by scientists are from this life cycle stage
What is main sequence
100
group of stars, gas, and dust
What is galaxies
100
Solar energy is produced by
What is fusion
100
brightness of a star
What is magnitutde
100
True/False... Granules are brighter than sunspots
What is true
200
Scientists believe stars form in a cloud of dust and gas called a
What is nebula
200
The Milky Way is what kind of galaxy
What is spiral
200
Name the three types of energy waves released by the sun
What is x rays, infrared waves, radio waves
200
distance light travels in one year
What is light year
200
This was the first tool used by scientists to explore outer space
What is telescope
300
The temperature of a star can be detected by its
What is color
300
If you notice _____ you might have observed a galactic cluster at night
What is a faint blur of stars
300
Sunspots appear on this layer of the sun
What is photosphere
300
everything that exists, the largest group of objects in space
What is universe
300
chunks of rock perhaps left over from the formation of planets
What is asteroids
400
Why are white dwarf stars said to be dead?
What is... because white dwarfs are dim and small and have lost most of their fuel
400
The four types of galaxies are
What is spiral, barred, irregular, elliptical
400
Define solar flare
What is a burst of energy from the sun's atmosphere
400
____ ______ is how bright a star appears from Earth
What is apparent magnitude
400
What is the time zone change from NY to CA
What is CA is three hours behind
500
According to your text book the first five phases of a star's life cycle are...
What is nebula, protostar, main sequence, expanding star, red giant
500
Young stars appear in the arms of a spiral galaxy while older stars appear in the middle because..
What is... young stars haven't been around as long and gravity pulls the stars toward the center of the galaxy
500
What evidence do we have that the sun rotates
What is... Sunspots disappear and reappear and move across the sun.
500
Define solar wind
What is particles thrown into space by the sun
500
The difference between lunar eclipse and solar eclipse
What is... Lunar Eclipse occurs when the moon passes through Earth's shadow. Solar eclipse occurs when Earth passes through the moon's shadow.
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