Smorgasbord
Potpourri
All-U-Can-Eat
Dim Sum
Tapas
100
The brightness of a star.
What is magnitude?
100
The measurement of a star's apparent movement over time is known as ________.
What is parallax?
100
The largest and brightest stars.
What are supergiants?
100
An existing star flares up and becomes brighter than normal.
What is a nova?
100
Stars that regularly or repeatedly change in magnitude.
What are variable stars?
200
A neutron star that spins rapidly on its axis.
What is a pulsar?
200
A cloud of dust, gases, and debris
What is a nebula?
200
The "death" explosion of a massive star
What is supernova?
200
A ________ remains when a massive star runs out of fuel, collapses, and disappears from space.
What is black hole?
200
A "picture" formed by a group of stars.
What is constellation?
300
___________ telescopes bend light to make objects seem larger.
What is Refracting?
300
__________ telescopes use mirrors to make objects appear bigger.
What is Reflecting?
300
Glowing balls of gases
What are stars?
300
The hottest stars
What are blue stars?
300
A ____________ breaks down starlight into all its colors.
What is a spectroscope?
400
Our galaxy travels in a group with more than thirty other galaxies and is part of the _________.
What is Local Group?
400
A ___________ contains three or four stars.
What is multiple star group?
400
A ____________ contains two stars.
What is binary star group?
400
A huge star system that covers many light-years of space.
What is galaxy?
400
A chunk of frozen gases, water, and dust that orbits the Sun.
What is a comet?
500
Made of irregularly shaped pieces of rock, metal, and dust.
What is an asteroid?
500
Our galaxy
What is the Milky Way?
500
The scientific study of stars.
What is astronomy?
500
_______ telescopes can detect objects in space that do not give off enough light to be seen by other telescopes.
What is Radio?
500
The forbidden practice of looking to the stars, instead of God's Word, for guidance in making decisions.
What is astrology?
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