Stellar physics
Main sequence stars primarily fuse _______ in their cores
Hydrogen
8
There are _______ total continents
7
Elon Musk's rocket company
SpaceX
This person first described the laws of motion
When the sun dies, it will become a __________
White dwarf
The only moon with a thick atmosphere
Titan
The three main types of rock
Sedimentary, Igneous, Metamorphic
In rocketry, delta V means______
The change in velocity
E = mc2 stands for...
Energy = Mass x (speed of light)2
The sun is what type of star?
G2V (yellow dwarf)
Mars has frozen______, at each of its poles
Carbon Dioxide
The center of Earth's core is primarily made of ______
Nickel and Iron
The name of NASA's latest moon program
Artemis
Name any galaxy other than Andromeda and the Magellanic Clouds.
(too many to list)
A Pulsar is...
A Rotating Neutron star
Largest moon in the solar system
Ganymede
Plate tectonics are driven by...
Convection currents within the mantle
Explain what Max Q is.
Scientists use this phenomenon of light to determine the distance to extremely distant galaxies.
Red Shift (Doppler shift)
A large star will continue to fuse heavier and heavier elements in its core until it reaches the element_____, before it goes supernova
Iron
Name any asteroid
(too many to list)
This rock commonly forms in deep sea ocean environments.
Shale
L2
A barycenter is...
The center of gravity between two orbiting bodies