Defining the Infinite
The branch of science that deals with the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere.
What is Astronomy?
What is Kuiper Belt?
Give one example of a natural satellite of Earth.
What is the Moon?
The outermost area of the sun's atmosphere.
What is the Corona?
The same celestial object in orbit around the sun is a _________. When it has entered the Earth's atmosphere, it is a ________. When it has hit the surface of the Earth, it is a __________.
What are Meteoroid, Meteor, Meteorite?
A natural or artificial body orbiting a planet or star.
Your answer must give the name, and what each letter represents.
What is ROY G BIV?
RED, ORANGE, YELLOW, GREEN, BLUE, INDIGO, VIOLET
_______ means the Moon is growing in size.
What is Waxing?
The Moon blocks our ability to see the sun is called a _______ _______.
What is a Solar Eclipse?
What is the Telescope?
A force of attraction existing between any 2 masses.
What is Gravity?
________ is the action of one surface, material, or object rubbing against another.
What is Friction?
The Moon's closest point to Earth is called the Moon's______. The Moon's farthest point from Earth is called its ________.
What is Perigee (closest)?
What is Apogee (farthest)?
Small atoms combine into larger ones. Scientists think this is the source of the sun's energy.
What is Nuclear Fusion?
Put these in order from smallest to largest stars: Neutron Star, Giant, White Dwarf
What are Neutron Star, White Dwarf, and Giant?
The gaseous layer surrounding the Earth or another heavenly body.
A galaxy is an organized systems of millions or billions of stars, gas, solar systems, and dust that are held together by ___________attraction.
What is Gravitational?
This is why the Moon is always facing the Earth.
___________ _____________
What is Synchronous Rotation?
The area of the sun that is between the Core and the Convective Zone. Here, energy is in the form of photons.
What is the Radiative Zone?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are all ________ planets. They have thick atmospheres, many moons, and rings.
What are Jovian?
What is Stellar Parallax? (pp 137-138 TB)
_______ _______ can extend millions of miles from the sun and throw so much energy and electricity charged plasma to Earth that it can affect the sky.
What are Solar Flares?
The amount of light or radiation reflected by a surface, typically that of a planet or moon.
What is Albedo?
These are areas on the sun that are darker and cooler than the surrounding areas. They help scientists observe the sun's rotation, and they seem to affect the Earth's weather. The more there are, the warmer the conditions on Earth.
What are Sunspots?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are smaller than Jovian planets. These _________ planets are rocky and solid.
What are Terrestrial Planets?