TELESCOPES
CHARACTERISTICS OF STARS
LIVES OF STARS
STAR SYSTEMS/GALAXIES
EXPANDING UNIVERSE
100
A BUILDING THAT HAS ONE OR MORE TELESCOPES.
WHAT IS AN OBSERVATORY
100
THESE ARE PATTERNS OF STARS IN THE SKY.
WHAT IS A CONSTELLATION?
100
THE LENGTH OF A STAR'S LIFE DEPENDS ON THIS.
WHAT IS A STAR'S MASS?
100
THIS IS A HUGE GROUP OF SINGLE STARS, STAR SYSTEMS, STAR CLUSTERS, DUST AND GAS.
WHAT IS A GALAXY?
100
THE THEORY WHICH DESCRIBES THE EXPLOSION IN WHICH THE UNIVERSE BEGAN GOES BY THIS NAME.
WHAT IS THE BIG BANG?
200
THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE CREST OF ONE WAVE AND THE CREST OF THE NEXT WAVE.
WHAT IS A WAVELENGTH?
200
ON A SPECTRUM, THIS IS THE NAME FOR THE LIGHT YOU CAN SEE.
WHAT IS VISIBLE LIGHT?
200
THIS IS AN OBJECT WITH GRAVITY SO STRONG THAT NO LIGHT CAN ESCAPE.
WHAT IS A BLACK HOLE?
200
THIS TYPE OF YOUNG GALAXY HAS A GIANT BLACK HOLE AT ITS CENTER.
WHAT ARE QUASARS?
200
THE MAJORITY OF ASTRONOMERS BELIEVE THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN TO OUR UNIVERSE IN THE FUTURE.
WHAT IS CONTINUE TO EXPAND?
300
A DEVICE USED BY ASTRONOMERS TO DISCOVER THE ELEMENTS FOUND IN STARS.
WHAT IS A SPECTROGRAPH?
300
A STAR'S BRIGHTNESS AS SEEN FROM EARTH IS KNOWN BY THIS NAME.
WHAT IS APPARENT BRIGHTNESS?
300
THIS IS THE EARLIEST STAGE IN A STAR'S LIFE.
WHAT IS A PROTOSTAR?
300
THIS TYPE OF GALAXY LOOKS LIKE A ROUND, OVAL, OR FLATTENED BALL.
WHAT IS AN ELLIPTICAL GALAXY?
300
ACCORDING TO HUBBLE'S LAW, THE FARTHER AWAY A GALAXY IS, THIS IS TRUE.
WHAT IS THE FASTER THE GALAXY IS MOVING FROM THE EARTH?
400
THIS TYPE OF TELESCOPE FOCUSES LIGHT THROUGH LENSES.
WHAT IS A REFRACTING TELESCOPE?
400
THIS NAME DESCRIBES THE BRIGHTNESS OF STARS IF THEY COULD ALL BE LINED UP IN AN EQUAL DISTANCE FROM THE EARTH.
WHAT IS ABSOLUTE BRIGHTNESS?
400
THIS IS THE NAME OF A BRIGHT EXPLOSION OF A SUPERGIANT STAR THAT HAS RUN OUT OF FUEL.
WHAT IS A SUPERNOVA?
400
OUR GALAXY, THE MILKY WAY, IS BELIEVED TO BE THIS TYPE OF GALAXY.
WHAT IS A SPIRAL GALAXY?
400
A LARGE CLOUD OF GAS AND DUST, SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT COLLAPSED TO FORM OUR GALAXY FIVE BILLION YEARS AGO, GOES BY THIS NAME.
WHAT IS A SOLAR NEBULA?
500
THE END RESULT OF A DYING LOW- OR MEDIUM-MASSED STAR IS CALLED THIS.
WHAT IS A BLACK DWARF?
500
THIS IS USED BY ASTRONOMERS TO MEASURE DISTANCES TO NEARBY STARS. (WE USED OUR THUMBS WITH ONE EYE CLOSED)
WHAT IS PARALLAX?
500
THIS SPINNING NEUTRON STAR EMITS A REGULAR PULSE OF RADIO WAVES.
WHAT IS A PULSAR?
500
THIS STAR SYSTEM CONSISTS OF TWO STARS WHEREIN ONE STAR PERIODICALLY BLOCKS THE LIGHT OF THE OTHER.
WHAT IS AN ECLIPSING BINARY STAR SYSTEM?
500
ALTHOUGH THERE ARE MANY VISIBLE OBJECTS IN THE UNIVERSE, ASTRONOMERS THINK THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE UNIVERSE IS MADE OF THESE TWO THINGS.
WHAT ARE DARK ENERGY AND DARK MATTER?
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