Comets and Asteroids
Is Ceres an asteroid or a dwarf planet?
BOTH
This word is used in scientific experiments to indicate a prediction.
What is a Hypothesis?
What is the difference between a Geocentric and a Heliocentric model of the solar system?
Geocentric - Earth at the center
Heliocentric - Sun at the center
What distinguishes one type of electromagnetic radiation from another?
Frequency / Wavelength / Energy
(All correct answers)
Is our Sun a star (yes or no)?
YES
The Asteroid belt is in between these two planets
What is Mars and Jupiter?
Are laws of nature universal? (yes or no)
YES
What are the 2 different types of telescopes?
Refracting and Reflecting
Which kind of electromagnetic radiation is right next to the red color in the visible spectrum?
Infrared Light
T or F: Our Sun is unique amongst all the other stars
False: Our sun is a very normal star
This is the part of the comet that leaks gas for up to millions of miles behind it.
The tail
This is a mathematical shorthand for describing really large or really small numbers without having to write out all of the zeros.
Scientific Notation
Galileo discovered the 4 big moons from this planet which are now named after him.
Jupiter
If something is blue shifted - does this mean it's moving toward you or away from you?
Toward you
What is a binary star system?
When two nearby stars are orbiting around a common center of mass.
This is the main feature that a comet contains that is different from an asteroid.
What is ice?
This is a common unit of measurement used to describe really far distances in astronomy (on the scale of galaxies to galaxies).
What is a LIGHT YEAR.
He was the first human in space.
Yuri Gagarin
Which is more dangerous to living things, gamma rays or X-rays?
Gamma Rays - they are more energetic
Is a brown dwarf a planet?
No, it is still a star
Why do humans want to retrieve samples from Asteroids to study on Earth?
Because they contain information about the formation of our solar system.
If light from a galaxy that is 300 million light years away reaches us, when are we seeing this galaxy?
300 million years ago!
These are the farthest man-made objects now in interstellar space.
Voyager 1 + 2
What can you do with a glass prism and light?
Split white light into the color spectrum
What does the H-R diagram tell us about a typical star with a high mass?
It will have high luminosity.