What's Happening to the Earth?
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Stellar Evolution (next unit)
Lyrically Challenged
100

This change in the planet is the most concerning for low-lying nations such as the Maldives and Bangladesh. 

Sea Level Rise

100

Hydrocarbon (fuel) and oxygen are necessary reactants for this type of reaction. 

Combustion 

100

Light from distant (or near) stars can be studied with a specialized type of telescope known as a _______________.

Spectrascope

100

This is the official classification of our star, the Sun.

Yellow Dwarf

100

"Go where nobody's been. Have you ever had fun like this?"

Beyonce - Cuff It'

200
Increasing ocean temperatures are changing the migratory patterns of this animal, affecting access to protein for some nations. 

Tuna

200

Nuclear fission utilizes heavy elements such as ___________ or ___________ and breaks them down into lighter elements to generate energy. 

Uranium or Plutonium

200

If you were to look at pure, white light with no obstructions with a spectrascope, you would see this type of color pattern. 

Rainbow or All Colors. 

200

Later on in our Sun's life, it will enter this phase, where the color will change, and it will get MUCH larger. 

Red Giant

200

“When my depression works the graveyard shift. All of the people I've ghosted stand there in the room” 

Taylor Swift - Antihero

300

Increases in this atmospheric gas have been correlated to increasing global temperatures. 

Carbon Dioxide

300

Nuclear ___________ occurs when two light elements, such as hydrogen, combine to form a heavier element releasing a TREMENDOUS amount of energy. 

Fusion

300

Using the spectra from the Sun, we can determine that the Sun is composed of these two elements. 

Hydrogen and Helium. 

300

After our star has used up all it's hydrogen, it will leave behind a pure carbon corpse and enter this last stage of it's life cycle. 

White Dwarf

300

“Yeah, I've been pourin' ninety to a hundred. Feel like nothing's gonna cut it, that's the hard truth” 

Morgan Wallen - Youproof

400

Increases in this measurement is leading to increases in storm strength and intensity and is also lengthening hurricane season. 

Ocean Temperature

400

This is the product of nuclear fusion. 

Helium

400

In class, I showed you a famous album cover that had prism separating light. What band did this album cover? 

Pink Floyd

400

All stars are born in clouds of dust and gas called ________________.

Nebula or Nebulae

400

"I used to think I was smart. But you made me look so naïve"

Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire

500

Scientists believe that we are experiencing Earth's 6th ___________, as more and more species are in danger of dying out due to rapid climate change. 

Mass Extinction Event

500

These two molecules are the products of combustion. 

Water and Carbon Dioxide. 

500

As light passes through a gas, the gas absorbs some of the light resulting in THESE forming on the spectagraph.

Emission Lines (Emission Spectra)

500

Stars that are much more massive then our Sun end their life cycles in the most energetic explosions in the Universe, which are known as a _________________.

Supernova

500

"Tryin' to strike a cord, and it's probably A minor"

Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us