This is the age of the universe.
What is 13.8 billion years?
This is the type of star our sun is.
What is main sequence or average star?
Energy from the sun's fusion is convereted into these to forms.
What is heat and light?
This is the name of the telescope that allows us to see deep into space.
What is Hubble?
Mr. McKeon bleeds purple and gold from attending this college.
What is James Madison University (JMU)?
This piece of Big Bang evidence explains how most light in the universe is moving away and appears...
What is red shifted?
DAILY DOUBLE! The life cycle of a star is decided by its...
What is starting mass?
This element is formed when two hydrogen atoms fuse together.
What is helium?
It is important that the Hubble telescope is in space because it avoids distortion from...
What is earth's atmosphere?
Coach Thomas attended these 2 Virginia Universities.
What is Virginia Tech and VCU?
The universe began in this state.
What is a hot and dense singularity?
This is the final stage for an average star - a dense hot core that no longer performs fusion but will cool for millions of years.
What is a white dwarf?
This is the most common element found in stars.
What is hydrogen?
This is the famous astronomer that discovered the earth was not the center of the universe.
Who is Galileo?
In the year 2015, this is the holiday that Mr. McKeon met his wife.
What is Halloween?
This is leftover heat signatures from the Big Bang.
What is cosmic microwave background radiation?
In a H R Diagram, the Y axis measures energy, otherwise known as...
What is luminosity?
When positively charged atoms come near each other in a star, they _______ until they speed up so fast that they collide and fuse together.
What is repel or bounce off?
This is the area around a star where liquid water can exist, i.e. the ________ zone.
What is the "habitable" zone?
Coach Thomas participated and wrote the script for this Godwin event known for showcasing students talents his Senior year of high school.
What is the Variety Show?
Atoms are the building blocks of all matter - this word describes what protons, neutrons, and electrons are made of.
What are quarks?
When a massive star goes supernova, the outward force of fusion loses to the inward force of ______, which implodes into a black hole.
What is gravity?
This is the final element fused in stars. Once this heavy metal is fused, it accumulates in the core because it will not fuse to make new atoms.
What is iron?
Hubble's law states that the further a galaxy is from another, the....
What is "faster it is moving away?"
In the D&D campaign Curse of Strahd, Mr. McKeon teamed up with these 3 Godwin teachers to defeat the vampire lord in 2022.
Who are Mr. Dznniey, Mr. Young, and Mr. Broyles?