Celestial Objects
Small, rocky objects that orbit the Sun
What are asteroids?
These were created by ancient societies to explain the origin and movement of celestial objects.
What are stories?
1) A telescope that uses an objective mirror
2) A telescope that uses an objective lens
1) What is a reflecting telescope?
2) What is a refracting telescope?
1) Used to measure distances "nearby" in the solar system
2) Used to measure distances outside the solar system
1) What is an astronomical unit?
2) What is a light-year?
The correct order of the planets in increasing distance from the Sun
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?
Frozen collections of gases, rocks, and dust that orbit the Sun with a visible "tail" formed from dust and gases that spew when it heats up during portions of its orbit closer to the Sun.
What are comets?
1) Tool used to measure the position of a celestial object above the horizon
2) Measure of the position of a celestial object above the horizon
3) Tool used to measure the direction of a celestial object
4) Measure of the position of a celestial object
1) What is an astrolabe?
2) What is altitude?
3) What is a compass?
4) What is azimuth?
The ability to distinguish one point from another on an image
What is resolving power?
Star forming regions of space made of gas and dust
What are nebulae?
A day on this planet is longer than a year on this planet
What is Venus?
1) Small pieces of rocks flying through space on no particular path
2) Small pieces of rocks flying through space that enter Earth's atmosphere
3) Small pieces of rocks flying through space that hit the Earth's surface
1) What are meteoroids?
2) What are meteors?
3) What are meteorites?
1) Model of the universe where everything revolves around the Earth
2) Model of the universe where everything revolves around the Sun
1) What is the geocentric model?
2) What is the heliocentric model?
Increasing this results in the increase in resolving power on a telescope
What is the size of the objective?
Massive explosions that occur at the end of a massive star's lifecycle?
What are supernovas?
The name or year of the first person on the Moon
Who is Neil Armstrong or when was 1969?
Groupings of millions or billions of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity
What are galaxies?
The apparent backward movement of planets in the sky.
What is retrograde motion?
The shape of planets' orbits worked out by Kepler
What is elliptical?
4 characteristics of terrestrial planets
1) What is having rocky surfaces?
2) What is being smaller in size?
3) What is having few moons?
4) What is having no rings?
A robotic structure that is a significant Canadian contribution to the International Space Station
What is the Canadarm2?
The ejected outer layer of medium and low-massed stars blown away during the end of its life
What is a planetary nebula?
What is 8 m/s west?
The reason why planets orbit stars
What is gravity pulling planets that want to travel in a straight line at a constant speed?
4 characteristics of Jovian planets
1) What is having gaseous surfaces?
2) What is being larger in size?
3) What is having many moons?
4) What is having rings?
The furthest human-made objects from Earth that have now travelled outside the Solar System
What are Voyagers 1 and 2?