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Constellation
Stars
Eclipses
The Sun
The Life of Stars
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A constellation is defined as an area of the sky and all the stars seen in that area.
What is a constellation?
100
Gigantic balls of very hot gases that give off electromagnetic radiation.
What is a star?
100
Occurs when the moon blocks the sun's light
What is a solar eclipse?
100
The part of the sun that gives off the light we see.
What is the photosphere?
100
New stars forming in a cloud of gas.
What is a nebula?
200
88
What is the number of constellations in the sky?
200
They may be up to 8 to 10 times larger than the sun.
What is average size of giant stars?
200
Occurs when Earth casts a shadow on the moon.
What is lunar eclipse?
200
Corona
What is the name of the outermost layer of the Sun called?
200
Hydrogen
What is the fuel of stars?
300
Rectangles and others have odd shapes.
What is the shape that constellations come in?
300
The sun
What is the closest star to Earth?
300
Usually, that something bad was going to happen.
What is the special meaning that ancient cultures thought eclipses held?
300
Spews of huge amounts of electromagnetic waves, protons, and electrons out into space.
What is a solar flare?
300
Back dwarf
What is the next category of stars after the white dwarf?
400
The name of the star patterns people used long ago.
What is the origin of constellation names?
400
Sirius
What is the brightest star in the night sky?
400
Making Predictions
What is the process skill that astronomers could use only after they carefully observed and recorded the movements of the Sun and Moon?
400
Prominences
What is the name given to ribbons of blowing gas?
400
When a star dies.
What is a supernova?
500
The Ursa Major
What is the name of the constellation that can be seen in the Northern Hemisphere?
500
Red
What is the color of the "coolest" star (temperature)?
500
Asia, the Middle East, and South America
What is the location of the people who have left records of their observations and predictions?
500
Solar flare
What is another name for an "eruption" that occurs on the sun?
500
A point in space that has such a strong force of gravity that nothing within a certain distance of it can escape getting sucked into the black hole.
What is a black hole?