The Universe
The universe is _____________ years old
What is 14 billion years old?
All stars are born in a ______________.
What is a nebula?
The center of our solar system.
What is the sun?
This is the force that pulls two objects toward each other.
What is gravity?
How can you tell the temperature of a star?
What is by it's color
The universe started with the ______________.
What is the Big Bang?
Our sun is a _________________ star.
What is an average sized yellow dwarf star?
(Double Jeopardy)
The number of planets in the solar system?
What is eight?
What is the most common shape for a galaxy?
Which star lives the longest, very high mass or low mass stas?
What is low mass stars?
Is the universe expanding or shrinking?
What is expanding?
When an average size star dies, they turn into in a ______________.
What is a white dwarf?
Something the first four planets have in common?
What is rocky, small, no rings, few moons?
(100 points for each answer over 1 feature)
How may stars are in the Milky way Galaxy?
What is 200 Billion
What is Apparent Luminosity?
What is the How Bright a star appears form Earth?
The universe made up of _________.
What is Space, Time, Matter, and Energy
High mass and very high mass stars will burn through all of their fuel and then explode in a
What is a supernova?
Something the last four planets have in common?
What is giant in size, mostly gas, large rings, many moons?
The shape of a galaxy can be classified as?
What is Elliptical, Spiral, and Irregular
What is Absolute Brightness?
What is the actual brightness of a star
The Universe is measured in______?
What is Light-Years
Giant stars leave behind a _______________ when they die and explode.
What is black hole or neutron star?
(Triple Jeopardy)
This force keeps everything in orbit around the sun.
What is gravity and inertia?
What are Galaxies made of?
What is Millions of stars, interstellar gas, and dust
What is used to show the relationship between a star's temperature and its luminosity.
What is The Hertzsprung-Russell diagram or H-R Diagram