Telescopes
Stars
Lives of Stars
Star Systems & Galaxies
100
He made the telescope famous.
Who is Galileo?
100
5 Characteristics used to classify stars.
What are color, temperature, size, composition, and brightness?
100
Proto in greek.
What is "earliest"?
100
Our galaxy.
What is the Milky Way?
200
The electromagnetic spectrum includes:
What is radio waves, infrared radiation, visible light, ultraviolet radiation, x-rays and gamma rays?
200
Brightness of star depends upon these 2 factors.
What are size and temperature?
200
Life of star depends upon this factor.
What is mass?
200
3 types of galaxies.
What is spiral, elliptical, and irregular?
300
2 major types of optical telescopes and their differences.
What is refracting: uses convex lenses; and reflecting: curved mirror?
300
Parallax and it's use in astronomy.
What is apparent change in position of an object when you look at it from different places; to measure distance to nearby stars?
300
When a true star is born.
What is when nuclear fusion begins?
300
Star systems that have two stars.
What is binary star?
400
This factor causes blurs in the transmission of visible light seen through telescopes.
What is the atmosphere + light pollution?
400
Difference between apparent and absolute brightness. Factors used to find absolute brightness.
What is apparent: brightness as seen from Earth; absolute: the brightness the star would have if it were at a standard distance from Earth (apparent brightness + distance from Earth)?
400
Life cycle of low/medium mass star. Life cycle of high mass star.
What is 1. nebula, protostar, main sequence star, giant star, planetary nebula, white dwarf, black dwarf; 2. nebula, protostar, main sequence star, supergiant, supernova, neutron star/black hole?
400
2 major types of star clusters and their differences.
What are open: small and loose, disorganized appearance containing new stars; globular: large grouping of older stars?
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