Sun
Stars
Galaxies
Cosmology
Cosmic Ladder: Who?
100

Most evident form of solar radiation

The sunlight
100

True / False: All pulsars are neutron stars. 

True

100
3 basic types of normal galaxies

spiral, elliptical, irregular

100
Age of the universe

Approximately 14 billion years

100

Planetary Orbits

Johannes Kepler

200

A sunspot cycle happens every 

11 years

200

How we identify the distance to nearby stars

 Stellar parallax

200

3 common active galaxies

quasars, radio, Seyfert
200

25% helium that is evident everywhere is called _______________

Primordial helium

200

Expanding universe 

Edwin Hubble

300
Outermost layer of sun

Corona

300

Which step does a star land on the "main sequence"? 

Step 7

300
The greater the distance, the greater the recessional speed

Hubble's Law

300

Two key ideas of the cosmological principle

homogeneous, isotropic

300

H-R diagram 

Harvard Computers

400

When the heat's push counteracts gravity's pull 

hydrostatic equilibrium

400

In three stages, how does the core of a standard star change over time? 

Hydrogen, Helium, Carbon

400

The galactic result of two galaxies colliding 

starburst galaxy

400

The raditation at the very beginning of the universe is evident as ____________

Cosmic Microwave Background

400

Size and shape of Earth 

Erasthoenes (alternate answer Ancient Greeks; Aristotle)
500

Solar constant

1400 W/m2

500

How we identify the temperature/luminosity of a star

spectral lines/spectroscopy

500

The outer, less dense, random-motion part of a galaxy

halo

500

Grand Unified Theory refers to the unification of __________

The four fundamental forces

500

Speed of light

Ole Romer