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Origin of the Universe
Point of Origin
Birth of Stars
Life and history of stars
Galaxies
100
These are the colors of the visible spectrum.
What is ROYGBV (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet)
100
A scientific theory where all matter and energy in the universe, packed together into an incredibly dense, hot mass
What is the Big Bang theory.
100
When nebulas collapse in on themselves.
What is the birth of a star.
100
A diagram that astronomers use to determine a stars brightness, colour, size, and how long it may live.
What is the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram.
100
The galaxy we live in.
What is the Milky Way.
200
This is the pattern of the visible spectrum.
What is a Wave pattern.
200
The "Big Bang" occurred....
What is 13.7 billion years ago.
200
When the core temperatures and pressures are high, and hydrogen nuclei begin to fuse to make helium nuclei.
What is a nuclear fusion.
200
When the core contracts and gets hotter, and the outer layers of the star expands and cools down.
What is a red giant.
200
One of the biggest and brightest nebulas known.
What is the Tarantula nebula.
300
Astronomer that recognized the expanding universe.
Who is Edwin Hubble.
300
Satellite that found slight differences in temperature of the cosmic microwave background radiation.
What is the Cosmic Background Explorer. (COBE)
300
The age of the sun.
What is about 5 billion years old.
300
It releases extreme amounts of energy and matter,and creates a nebula.
What is a supernova.
300
The four basic shapes of the galaxies Edwin Hubble saw.
What is Elliptical, spiral, barred-spiral, and irregular shape.
400
An instrument that was used to determine that the galaxies are in motion.
What is a spectroscope.
400
In 2006,this spacecraft confirmed the age of the universe.
What is the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe. (WMAP)
400
Disturbances in the Sun's magnetic field cause..
What is sunspots.
400
A type of neutron star that sends out a beam that has very high-energy radio waves.
What is a pulsar.
400
The shape of our Milky way galaxy.
What is a spiral shape.
500
Wavelengths moving toward the red area of the spectrum, where the wavelengths are longer.
What is a Red Shift.
500
Temperature of the radiation from the remnants of the "Big Bang".
What is -273°C.
500
The process where energy is carried upward by streams and eddies of gas.
What is convection.
500
The red giant sends out streams of gas and dust, and begins to lose enough mass to become...
What is a white dwarf.
500
Star-like objects that emit powerful radio waves.
What is Quasars.