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Light
EM spectrum
Evolution
Energy
Big Bang
100
The coolest color in visible light
What is red
100
Lowest energy EM radiation
What is radio waves
100
clouds of gas and dust where stars are born
What is nebulae
100
fusion and gravity
What are the forces in balance in a stable star like our sun
100
13.8 billion years
What is the time of the Big Bang
200
This becomes shorter as frequency increases
What is wavelength
200
The shortest wavelength radiation
What is gamma radiation
200
A star shedding its outer layers out into space AND leaving a small core, too small for fusion.
What is a planetary nebula and white dwarf.
200
Hydrogen to helium
What is fusing in the core of a main sequence star (sun).
200
WMAP
What is the NASA satellite that mapped out the Cosmic Background radiation to show minor variations in temperature.
300
The effect of light becoming a longer or shorter wavelength due to motion.
What is the Doppler effect or Doppler shift.
300
The colors in visible light
What is ROYGBIV
300
Supergiant, supernova, neutron star or black hole
What are final stages for massive stars
300
Elements heavier than iron
What is formed in a supernova explosion
300
COBE
What is the first NASA satellite that gave a blurry image of the cosmic background radiation.
400
The recessional velocity is directly proportional to the distance.
What is Hubble's Law
400
Motion, temperature and composition
What are 3 uses for spectral analysis
400
nebula, protostar, main sequence, red giant
What are the first four stages for all stars
400
helium to carbon
What is fused in a Red Giant's core
400
380,000
What is the time after the Big Bang that the CMB appeared
500
An object moving towards the observer exhibits this with its light.
What is a Blue shift
500
a white dwarf that takes on additional mass and explodes
What is a Type I Supernova.
500
E = mc2
What is Einstein's famous equation that describes the relationship between the mass converted in fusion and the energy generated.
500
The Red Shift of distant galaxies
What is evidence that the universe is expanding.