The Sun
The center of the sun.
What is the Core?
A satellite of the Earth
What is the Moon?
Wavelengths
How is light measured?
A large object that orbits the Sun
What is a planet?
A dwarf planet
What is Pluto?
A large eruption of energy that shoots out from the Sun’s photosphere?
What is a Solar flare?
The amount of light or radiation reflected by a surface>
What is Albedo?
ROY G BIV
What is the order of visible light?
Jupiter-like object that orbits the sun.
What is a Jovian planet?
To travel completely around an object.
What is an orbit?
Caused by particles from the Sun interacting with Earth’s atmosphere.
What are the Northern Lights?
120oC
What is the temperature of the moon during the day?
The type of telescope that uses a mirror to reflect light.
What is a Reflecting telescope?
The planet closest to the Sun
What is Mercury?
The unit of distance used to measure between planets
What are Astronomical Units (au)?
Darker, cooler areas on the Sun’s surface.
What are sunspots?
0.11 or 11%
What is the level of the Moon’s albedo?
A device that determines the wavelengths of light from an object
What is a spectroscope?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
What are examples of a terrestrial planet?
When the moon completely blocks out the sun.
What is a total solar eclipse?
The visible surface of the sun where plasma is found.
What is the photosphere?
When during a total lunar eclipse the atmosphere of the Earth causes the light to scatter, causing the moon to turn red.
What is a blood moon?
Ultraviolet, X-rays, gamma rays, and radio waves
What type of light is tested by non-optical telescopes?
Smaller, denser planets with closer solar orbits, few satellites and no rings.
What are terrestrial planets?
nuclear fusion
What is believed to power the sun?