Earth's Spheres
H-R Diagram
Electromagnetic Spectrum
Star Life Cycles
Halloween
Rhyme Time
100
THIS EARTH SCIENTIST STUDIES OBJECTS THAT ARE WAAAAY OUT THERE.
WHAT IS AN ASTRONOMER?
100
This "hottie" is at the center of all our lives.
What is the Sun?
100
This color of the visible spectrum has the longest wavelength.
What is RED?
100
The life cycle of a star is determined by this property.
What is MASS?
100
IF A MAIN SEQUENCE WITCH WERE BEING BURNED ALIVE AT 25,000 K, SHE WOULD BE THIS COLOR.
WHAT IS BLUE?
100
TO SAY WE'RE ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE IS PROBABLY A FALLACY, THERE ARE BILLIONS OF STARS IN EVERY ____________________.
WHAT IS A GALAXY?
200
You'll find this soggy substance covering over 70% of Earth's surface.
What is water?
200
The most massive stars will eventually end up as this gravitational singularity.
What is a BLACK HOLE?
200
This is the Emission Spectrum for an element.
What is Carbon?
200
In the last stages of the Sun's life cycle, it will spend its retirement out of sight as this type of star.
What is a White Dwarf?
200
Little Red Riding Hood better watch out for this red star expected to last a trillion years or more.
What is Wolf 359?
200
Far from any type of uniqueness, most types of stars fall into the _____________________.
What is MAIN SEQUENCE?
300
If you take the "H" out of water, you'll end up with this element which makes up 21% of the air you breathe.
What is Oxygen?
300
This process in a star's core combines lighter elements into heavier elements, resulting in what we call "starlight".
What is Nuclear Fusion?
300
This form of energy has a wavelength shorter than Violet .
What is Ultra-Violet?
300
A massive star has almost reached its end when it begins to synthesize this element?
What is Iron (Fe)?
300
If a zombie travelling at near lightspeed away from you were shining a flashlight, it would give off this color of light.
What is RED?
300
When it comes to telescopes, the James Webb is ahead, it is sensitive to light seen in the _____________________.
What is INFRARED?
400
This atmospheric branch of earth science doesn't deal with rocks from outer space, although you might think so given its name.
What is Meteorology?
400
This star in the Earth & Space Science Reference Tables is similar to the Sun, just a bit more luminous.
What is Alpha Centauri A?
400
As wavelength increases, the amount of energy _________________.
What is decreases?
400
For the longest segment of a star's life, it will combine Hydrogen to create this fun-filled element.
What is HELIUM?
400
A SUPER MASSIVE ZOMBIE 8 to 10 TIMES THE MASS OF THE SUN COULD EXPLODE IN THIS SUPER BRIGHT STELLAR EVENT.
WHAT IS A SUPERNOVA?
400
HEY! THESE GALAXIES LOOK RED! THERE MUST BE A DEFECT!
SORRY, THEY'RE FINE. YOU'RE JUST SEEING THIS EFFECT.
WHAT IS THE DOPPLER EFFECT?
500
This Earth scientist is solidly into rockin' out.
What is a geologist?
500
You might find this super giant star in a ladybug's vending machine.
What is Betelgeuse?
500
This element has a tight bundle of lines in the RED portion of the Electromagnetic Spectrum.
What is Nitrogen?
500
The core collapse of a massive star can take this amount of time
What is 1/4 of a second?
500
If a Sun-like star turned into a MAN, a star with 10 times the mass of the Sun would turn into this.
What is a SUPERMAN?
500
This humble verse written almost in iambic pentameter
Would like you to know wavelengths of light are measured in _____________________
What are NANOMETERS?