SPACE Vocabulary
What is the Solar System???
The collection of large and small bodies that orbit around a central star
What galaxy do we live in?
Milky Way/Spiral galaxy
What is a star composed of????
Gas
Sing the water cycle song!
Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation, Run off, Water.
WHat is folding?
The bending of rock layers due to stress.
How far does light travel in a year?
9.46 trillion km
What is the closest outer planet to the sun??
Jupiter
What is a white dwarf? :)
a small, hot, dim star that is the leftover center of an old sunlike star.
what layer of the atmosphere do we live in
Troposphere
Define Deformation
The bending, tilting, and breaking of Earth's crust, the change in the shape of rock in response to rock.
The measurement of how bright a star would be if it were seen from a standard distance is???
Absolute magnitude
Which fundamental subatomic particles smash together to create Neutrons??
Electrons, Protons.
What is the largest kind of star
Red hypergiant
What two pieces did Pangaea first break up into???
Laurasia & Gondwana
Compare metamorphic rock with igneous rock
Metamorphic: a rock that has been transformed from its original form due to intense heat and pressure.
Igneous: A type of rock formed when molten rock cools and solidifies.
What is interstellar space
The part in space where stars are born
A BLACK HOLE IS WHA???
a region in space with incredibly strong gravity, so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape its pull.
What is hottest and brightest STAR??
Bellatrix
LET'S BE REAL, DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT LOESS IS??
Thick deposits of this wind-blown, fine-grained sediment.
What is sea floor spreading??
The process by which new oceanic lithosphere or sea floor forms when magma rises to Earth's surface at a mid ocean ridge and solidifies as older existing sea floor moves away from the ridge.
What does the bottom right of the HR diagram tell about the stars
Low temperature and luminosity
Compare and contrast Spiral galaxies and Elliptical galaxies...
The spiral galaxies are a type of galaxy characterized by a flat, rotating disk with a central bulge and prominent spiral arms.
The elliptical galaxies are a type of galaxy characterized by its smooth, ellipsoidal shape, and a lack of distinct structure like spiral arms.
WHAT do hydrogen nuclei fused together under great heat and pressure form?
helium Nuclei
What is a cirrus cloud??
A hair like, skinny, short and detached, high and feathery cloud.