Formation of the Universe
Galaxies and Star Systems
Life Cycle of Stars
Characteristics of Stars
Miscellaneous
100
How theory describes the formation of the universe?
What is the Big Bang.
100
What are the three types of galaxies? DAILY DOUBLE
What is spiral, elliptical, and irregular.
100
What is a cloud of gas and dust in space?
What is a nebula.
100
What is revealed by the color of a star?
What is surface temperature.
100
Put the following into scientific notation: 1,500
What is 1.5 x 10 *3
200
Approximately how old is the universe? DAILY DOUBLE
What is 13.7 billion years old.
200
Approximately how many stars are in a galaxy?
What is billions.
200
What stage of a star produces energy through nuclear fusion? (Most stars are in this stage, or type)
What is Main Sequence.
200
Which color represents the HOTTER stars?
What is blue.
200
Put the following into an original number: 2.5 x 10*6
What is 2,500,000
300
What is cosmic background radiation?
What is left over thermal energy from the big bang.
300
What type of galaxy is The Milky Way galaxy?
What is spiral.
300
What characteristic of a star does the life cycle depend on?
What is mass.
300
What is the apparent brightness of a star?
What is the brightness that the star is as seen from Earth.
300
Energy that can travel through space in waves is called (DAILY DOUBLE)
What is electromagnetic radiation.
400
What is the force said to cause galaxies to move away from each other?
What is dark energy.
400
What type of system is a pair of stars called?
What is binary star system.
400
Our sun, a medium sized star will become a _________ after it 'dies'.
What is a white dwarf star.
400
What element makes up most of a star?
What is hydrogen.
400
What is the electromagnetic spectrum?
What is a range of the forms of electromagnetic radiation. (There are 7)
500
What is Hubble's Law?
What is the farther away a galaxy is from us, the faster it moves away.
500
What word describes an object blocking light from another object? (Example: A pair of stars where one blocks light from the other).
What is eclipse, (eclipsing binary).
500
What two possibilities will massive stars become after they 'die'?
What is black hole or neutron star.
500
What is the name of the diagram that shows the relationship between brightness and temperature. FULL NAME
What is the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram
500
What are the three ways that the EM spectrum is organized?
What is frequency, wavelength and energy.
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