The Universe
Stars
Electromagnetic Spectrum
Distance in Space
Wild Card
100
a system of millions or billions of stars, with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction.
What is a Galaxy
100
The name of the brightest star we know
What is Betelguese
100
The highest frequency waves
What are Gamma Rays
100
The appropriate measure for distance between galaxies
What is a light-year
100
The shape of our galaxy
What is a spiral galaxy
200
The three kinds of Galaxies
What are Spiral, Irregular, Elliptical
200
A celestial body made up of hot gasses that gives off energy because of nuclear fusion
What is a star
200
The distance between two crests of a wave
What is a wave length
200
It takes light from the sun 8 minutes to reach Earth. This is the distance from the Sun to Earth.
What is 8 light-minutes away
200
Name our galaxy
What is The Milky Way
300
The order of the following words: Universe, Galaxy, Solar System, Planet
What is Largest to Smallest
300
A diagram used to organize information about stars
What is the HR diagram
300
Energy that travels and spreads out as it goes
What is radiation
300
The measure of the Earth to the Sun used in measuring distances within our solar system
What is an Astronomical Unit
300
The model of the solar system that puts the Sun in the center
What is Heliocentric
400
The evidence in the universe that supports the Big Bang Theory
What is Red Shift
400
By temperature, size, brightness (luminosity) and color
What is how we classify stars
400
The name for the group of different kinds of radiation that all travel in waves.
What is the Electromagnetic Spectrum
400
93 million miles or 1AU
What is the distance from Earth to the Sun
400
The birthplace of all stars
What is a Nebula
500
The evidence of this the theory is Red Shift
What is The Big Bang Theory
500
The hottest star we know of
What is Spica
500
The energy in a wave, or its measure from resting to its crest
What is Amplitude
500
The measure of a light-year
What is the distance light travels in one year
500
The first person to propose the distance from the Sun to Earth
Who is Aristarchus of Samos
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