Space
What is the galaxy we live in?
Milky Way
What elements are involved in the primary fusion of reactions of main-sequence stars?
Hydrogen and Helium
List the planets in order of increasing distance from the sun?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
How many days takes for the moon to run all its phases?
It takes the moon approximately 29.5 days to go through all its phases, completing a full lunar cycle.
How is nuclear fusion different from nuclear fission?
Fission is the splitting of a heavy, unstable nucleus into two lighter nuclei, and fusion is the process where two light nuclei combine together releasing vast amounts of energy.
Which is smallest? AU, Ly, or Pc
AU Astronomical Unit
What is the hottest part of the star?
Core
List two Jovian planets?
The four Jovian planets are: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
What moon phase could be described as a sliver on the left side?
Waning crescent
What's the unit for measuring the frequency of a wave?
Hertz
True or False: We belong to Virgo Supercluster?
True
What is measured on the x-axis of the Hertzsprung-Russel Diagram?
Temperature
What do Oort cloud and the Kuiper belt both produce?
comets
If the moon was waxing Gibbous today, what moon phase would you expect in 11 days?
Waning Crescent Moon
List all the types of Electromagnetic radiation in order of increasing frequency?
radio waves, which have the longest wavelengths; microwaves; infrared; visible light; ultraviolet; x-rays; and finally gamma rays, which have the shortest wavelengths.
Name a type of electromagnetic radiation that has a frequency greater than Ultraviolet light?
Gamma rays
Compare the sun to a blue main-sequence star in terms of brightness and temperature?
Hotter and more luminous
What's the largest object in the asteroid belt?
Dwarf planet Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, and it's the only dwarf planet located in the inner solar system.
How many high tides occur in a 24 hour period?
Because the Earth rotates through two tidal “bulges” every lunar day, coastal areas experience two high and two low tides every 24 hours and 50 minutes. High tides occur 12 hours and 25 minutes apart. It takes six hours and 12.5 minutes for the water at the shore to go from high to low, or from low to high.
Two high
What's the name of the dark interior shadow produced by an object during a eclipse?
Umbra
Name something in our Local group outside of the Milky Way?
Andromeda galaxy
Explain two possible outcomes following a supernova and why each would happen?
Name 4 dwarf planets?
Ceres, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris.
Why is a lunar eclipse visible from about half the Earth, while solar eclipse is only visible to a very small region?
Earth casts a much larger shadow on the Moon during a lunar eclipse than the Moon casts on Earth during a solar eclipse. As a result, you are more likely to see a lunar eclipse than a solar eclipse.
How is a meteor shower created?
Meteor showers are created when Earth passes through the debris left behind by comets or asteroids. This debris is made up of rocks and ice that are ejected from the comet as it orbits the sun.