Sky Basics
Observing the Universe
Cosmology
Galaxies
Other
100
WHAT CONSTELLATION INCLUDES OUR NORTH STAR, POLARIS
What is URSA MINOR?
100
WHAT PART OF THE EM SPECTRUM ARE HUMANS ABLE TO SEE?
What is VISIBLE?
100
WHAT THEORY IS MOST ACCEPTED AS FAR AS HOW WE THINK OUR UNIVERSE BEGAN?
What is BIG BANG THEORY?
100
WHAT TYPE OF GALAXY IS THE MILKY WAY?
What is SPIRAL?
100
HOW DO YOU WRITE 3,456,000,000 IN SCIENTIFIC NOTATION?
What is 3.456 x 10^9
200
WHICH ORIGINAL ZODIAC CONSTELLATION IS LEFT OUT TODAY?
What is OPHIUCHUS?
200
WHAT DOES A REFRACTING TELESCOPE USE TO FOCUS AN IMAGE?
What is LENS
200
WHAT MAKES UP MOST OF OUR UNIVERSE: VISIBLE MATTER, DARK ENERGY, DARK MATTER?
What is DARK ENERGY?
200
NAME THE THREE TYPES OF GALAXIES.
What is ELLIPTICAL, SPIRAL, IRREGULAR?
200
WHAT DO YOU CALL THE CENTER OF A GALAXY THAT HAS A HIGH AMOUNT OF HYDROGEN GAS AND YOUNGER STARS?
What is NUCLEAR BULGE?
300
WHAT IS GRAND ISLAND NEBRASKA'S LATITUDE?
What is 42.5 DEGREES NORTH?
300
WHAT TYPE OF EARTH BASED TELESCOPE WOULD YOU MOST LIKELY FIND IN A DESERT?
What is RADIO?
300
LIST ALL THREE SCENARIOS/BEHAVIORS FOR HOW OUR UNIVERSE IS STRUCTURED.
What is OPEN, CLOSED, FLAT?
300
WHAT FORCE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR GALAXY FORMATION?
What is GRAVITY?
300
BY LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF LIGHT THAT ARE EMITTED FROM A STAR OR GALAXY NAME ONE TYPE OF DATA THAT RESEARCHER WOULD BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY.
What is STRUCTURE, AGE, DISTANCE, COMPOSITION, TEMPERATURE?
400
WHAT GROUP OF CONSTELLATIONS ROTATE AROUND POLARIS?
What is CIRCUMPOLAR?
400
WHAT IS THE MAIN ADVANTAGE TO USING A SPACE BASED TELESCOPE OVER AN EARTH BASED TELESCOPE?
What is NO DISTORTION OR INTERFERENCE?
400
WHAT IS THE MAIN EVIDENCE THAT SUPPORTS THAT BIG BANG THEORY?
What is COSMIC BACKGROUND RADIATION - MICROWAVES?
400
WHAT DO YOU CALL A GROUP OF GALAXIES THAT ARE CLOSE TOGETHER?
What is LOCAL GROUP?
400
WHICH TYPE OF GALAXY TENDS TO BE THE OLDEST?
What is ELLIPTICAL?
500
NAME BOTH STARTING/ORIGIN LINES FOR LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE. MUST HAVE BOTH!!!
What is PRIME MERIDIAN (DIVIDES EAST AND WESTERN HEMISPHERES) EQUATOR (DIVIDES NORTH AND SOUTH HEMISPHERES)
500
WHICH SPACE BASED TELESCOPE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LAUNCHED IN 2014 BUT IS NOT SCHEDULED TO LAUNCH IN 2017?
What is JAMES WEBB?
500
DESCRIBE HOW THE UNIVERSE IS CURRENTLY "BEHAVING".
What is ITS MOVING OUTWARD AND SPEEDING UP?
500
HOW MANY LIGHT YEARS IS THE MILKY WAY IN DIAMETER?
What is 100,000 LIGHT YEARS?
500
LIST ALL THE PARTS OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM IN ORDER FROM LARGEST WAVELENGTH TO SMALLEST WAVELENGTH.
What is RADIO-MICROWAVE-INFRARED-VISIBLE-ULTRA VIOLET-X RAY-GAMMA RAY?
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