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Characteristics of a Star
Lives of a Star
Earth Moon & Sun
Ti
100
Two convex lenses are used to gather a large amount of light and focus it onto a small area.
What is a refracting telescope
100
The unit of measurement used to measure the distance between stars.
What is a light year
100
A cloud of dust and gas that begins to gather before a star is created.
What is a Nebula
100
The cause of Earth's seasons
What is tilt of earth on its axis
100
This causes tides around the world
What is the gravitation pull between the Earth and the Moon
200
A type of telescope that detects radio waves from objects in space.
What is a radio telescope
200
Name three of the five sizes of stars.
What is Super giant, Giant, Medium-size, White dwarf, or Neutron star
200
When the cloud of gas and dust condense to create a dense, warming center.
What is a Protostar
200
It takes 365 days for the Earth to do this around the sun
What is revolve
200
The phases of the moon that you see the right side of the moon. Or when the moon appears to be getting bigger from night to night.
What is the Waxing Phases
300
Isaac newton invented this type of telescope. It used mirrors instead of lenses.
What is a reflecting telescope
300
The hotter stars have this color.
What is blueish
300
This determines the life of the star.
What is Mass/Size
300
The moon's rotation and revolution is approximately this long
What is 27.3 days
300
When tides are at the highest through the month. Happens only two times a month. (during Full Moon & New Moon)
What are Spring Tides
400
A building that has one or more telescopes usually found on mountain tops.
What is an observatory
400
The cooler stars appear to be this color.
What is reddish
400
When a star like our sun runs out of all its fuel it will form this stage.
What is a White Dwarf.
400
The longest & shortest days of the year are called this
What is summer & winter solstice
400
Neap tides are during these 2 phases
What is 1st quarter & 3rd quarter
500
In 1990 this telescope was launched into space so that Astronomers could take more detailed pictures of objects in space.
What is the Hubble space telescope
500
The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram shows what 2 bits of information
What is temperature and brightness
500
An major explosion of a star.
What is a Supernova
500
When the earth has casted a shadow across the Moon (Umbra is the darkest part of the Shadow)
What is a Lunar Eclipse
500
The smallest difference between low and high tide is during these tides
What are Neap Tides