Mixed
A range of values. Example:A rainbow from light passing through a prism.
What is the Milky Way?
Our spiral Galaxy.
Range of all types of radiation.
what is a perihelion?
point in orbit, when the object is closest to the sun.
What is Centripetal force?
A force that acts on a body moving in a circular path and is directed toward the center around which the body is moving.
What is an Aphelion?
Point in orbit, when the object is furthest from the sun.
What is a Galaxy?
What is Redshift?
A shift of an object to longer red wavelengths.
What is gravity?
A force of attraction between objects due to mass and distance.
What is high tide?
When the highest part, or crest of the wave reaches a particular location.
What kind of system is Geocentric?
A system with Earth at the center.
What is a Star?
A shining ball of gas made of hydrogen and helium, held together by its own gravity.
What is Cosmic Microwave Background?
The leftover radiation from when the universe began.
What is Kepler's Third Law
The distance of a planet from the sun, affects the speed of orbit. The farther the planet, the slower the orbit.
How many planets are in our Solar System excluding Pluto or any other dwarf planets.
Their are eight planets in our solar system.
What is the Big Bang Theory?
Theory that all matter and energy started in a small volume, exploded, and began expanding in all directions
What is a Super Cluster?
10 or more clusters of galaxies.
What is the Redshift of Galaxies?
The farthest galaxies are moving quickly away from Earth then closer galaxies.
what is orbit?
Circular path around an orbit.
What is Salinity?
A measure of the amount of dissolved salts in a liquid.
What is a Frequency?
Number of waves passing per second.
What are voids?
Large, empty areas between clusters.
What is Light Element Abundance?
deuterium, helium, and lithium were present at the Big Bang and the same numbers are present when new stars form.
What is an Ellipse?
A closed curve or a regular oval shape.
What is the Thermocline?
A layer in a body of water where water temperature drops quickly with increasing depth.