These are a cooler, dark areas on the sun’s surface. Every 11 years, the sun seems to have a major breakout.
What is a sunspot
100
The name and shape of the galaxy that contains Earth.
What is the Milky Way Galaxy (Spiral)
100
All stars are made-up of these two gases. They are used to create energy through the process of nuclear fusion.
What is hydrogen and helium
100
This is the distance that light travels in one year.
What is a light-year?
100
This is the force that holds everything together.
What is gravity?
200
Our Sun is this type of star.
What is Main Sequence?
200
These are the three major types of galaxies.
What is spiral, elliptical, and irregular.
200
A diagram used to characterize stars.
What is the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram?
200
This is used by scientists to describe very large and very small numbers.
What is Scientific Notation?
200
This is the amount of matter in an object.
What is mass?
300
Fusion (the changing of hydrogen into helium) occurs in this part of the sun.
What is the core
300
This type of galaxy is considered to be a young galaxy and tends to be the largest or the smallest in the Universe.
What is Irregular Galaxy?
300
These are the smallest KNOWN stars in the Universe.
What are Neutron Stars?
300
This is the method that astronomers use to measure the distance to stars closer than a million light-years away.
What is Parallax?
300
This is the measurement of the force of gravity on an object.
What is weight?
400
These are the stages of our star's life from beginning to end.
What is a nubula, protostar, red giant, white dwarf.
400
The closest galaxy to the Milky Way.
What is Andromeda.
400
This is where stars are born.
What is a Nebula?
400
This is the scientific notation for a star that is 9,000,000,000,000 meters away.
What is 9x10*12?
400
This is what would happen to the Earth's trajectory if the Sun disappeared.
What is, it would continue in a straight line in the direction that it was heading?
500
The Sun impacts our planet Earth in this way. Think about the effect solar flares have as well.
The sun provides heat/light energy but can damage plant and animal life with its ultraviolet rays (UV). The solar flares of the sun can interrupt radio communications but in a positive sense create the Northern and Southern lights.
500
What are the main differences between Stars and Planets?
Stars are made most of gas and are usually much larger than planets which are mostly made out of solids and liquids
500
Stars 10 times larger than our sun can take an alternative path in life. What could be the end result after the star explodes (supernova)?
It could become a nebula, black hole, or neutron star.
500
This is the term used to describe all of space and everything in it.
What is the Universe?
500
This is the law that states that an object at rest will stay at rest and an object in motion will stay in motion.