Unit 1: Intro
Unit 2: History
Unit 3- Electromagnetic Spectrum
Unit 4: The moon
Random
100
This is the study of the universe
What is astronomy
100
_______was one of the first people to use a telescope to look at space
Who is Galileo
100
_______ telescopes use mirrors to collect light
What is reflecting
100
A solar eclipse occurs when this is between earth and the sun
What is the moon
100
The force that keeps planets orbiting the sun
What is gravity
200
The motion of the Earth around the sun and how long this movement take
What is revolution/orbit & one year or 365 days
200
All planets revolve around the sun in an _____ orbit.
What is elliptical
200
_____ is an instrument that gathers electro magnetic radiation from space and focuses it for a better observation.
What is telescope
200
The moon phase that is necessary to potentially view a lunar eclipse
What is a full moon
200
The planet that is missing from this list:
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
What is Mars
300
Is the amount of time required for the earth to rotate once on its axis.
What is a day
300
This astronomer's work led to wide acceptance of the heliocentric model
Copernicus
300
True or False: The blue end of the visible light spectrum has longer wavelengths than the red end
False
Truth= the red end of the visible light spectrum has longer wavelegths
300
The reason we see the same side of the moon from Earth
The moon's revolution is equal to the moon's rotation= 27.3 days
300
This is responsible for the earth's seasons
What is the earth's tilt and revolution around the sun
400
______ are sections of the sky which contain recognizable star patterns.
What is a constellation
400
What is the observers latitiude?
66.5 degrees north
400
What can be determined from the observed spectrum of this galaxy?
The spectrum is blueshifted meaning the galaxy is moving towards the observer.
400
What moon phase will Earth experience when the moon is located at position 1 in its orbit?
Full moon
400
How would you determine the difference in longitude if a location is 6 hours apart?
Earth rotates 15 degrees per hour, 6 X 15 = 90 degree difference in longitude
500
This star is found directly above the North Pole. This can be determined by finding the altitude of this star in the night sky.
What is Polaris? What is your latitude in the Northern Hemisphere?
500
How do you find te eccentricity of an ellipse?
Determine the distance between the foci and the length of the major axis. Eccentricity = d/L
500
Why do almost all distant celestial objects appear red shifted?
evidence of the big bang, explosion outwards everything is moving away from each other. The farther away the higher the recessional velocity
500
Explain why the moon goes through phases
From the perspective of Earth, we see differening pieces of the moon lit as the moon revolves around Earth
500
Is there a greater gravitaionl force of attraction between Mas 1 & 2 or Mass 3 & 4? Why?
Mass 1 = 15
Mass 2 = 30
1-2 Distance= 40
Mass 3= 50
Mass 4 =75
3-4 Distance= 10
Mass 3 & 4 since they are more massive and less distance between them