Modern Astronomy
Seeing stars
Characteristics of stars
Star Info
Sassy
100
Patterns of stars in the sky
What is constellations
100
Devices used to detect radio waves from objects in space
What is radio telescopes
100
This is a giant, flat structure that contains hundreds of billions of stars
What is galaxy
100
Very large stars
What is giant stars/supergiant stars
100
What sandwich did I have for lunch today
What is peanut butter and jelly
200
Light you can see with your eyes
What is visible light
200
A building that contains one or more telescopes
What is observatory
200
All of space and everything in it
What is universe
200
This is what reveals a star's temperature
What is the color
200
How many objects (sun's, moon, etc.) are on the cover of our book?
What is 4
300
The distance between one wave crest to another
What is wavelength
300
This devices uses one or more mirrors to gather light
What is reflecting telescope
300
1. The amount that light travels in one year 2. This thing is a measure of what?
What is light-year/distance
300
The brightness the star would have if it were at a standard distance away from Earth
What is absolute magnitude
300
The smallest types of stars (hint: the answer is NOT "dwarf")
What is neutron star
400
When you shine light through a prism, this is the name of the range of different colors that shines through
What is prism
400
This device uses convex lens to gather and focus light
What is refracting telescope
400
The apparent change in position when you look at an object from different places
What is parallax
400
The main characteristics used to classify stars are these three things -
What is size, temperature, and brightness
400
The picture in the chapter describing parallax, showed two picture of a woman at a movie theater. What was shown on the movie screen?
What is dinosaur attacking a birds nest
500
Energy that can travel directly through space in the form of waves
What is electromagnetic radiation
500
This is another name for a piece of transparent glass that is curved and slightly thicker in the middle
What is convex lens
500
This is the star's brightness as seen from Earth
What is apparent magnitude
500
The graph used by astronomers to find out if temperature and brightness are related
What is Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
500
My favorite Star Wars movie is…. (hint: not the new one)
What is A New Hope
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