Show:
Energy
Technology
Distances
Luminosity
Constellations
100
What kind of energy does a star release that is visible to the naked eye?
What is visible light
100
What is a scientist who studies stars?
What is an astronomer.
100
What is the way we measure the distance from Earth and another place in the universe that has 2 angles?
What is parallax
100
Why can stars appear bright or dim at different times?
What is their distance from Earth?
100
What is naked eye astronomy?
What is looking at the sky without equipment or a telescope?
200
What type of energy has the longest wave-length?
What is radio waves
200
What does a spectroscope do?
What is spreads light into different wave lengths.
200
Why do we use astronomical units in our solar system?
What is because we can easily compare distances to the distance from the Earth to the Sun.
200
What is the true brightness of an object?
What is luminosity
200
What is a constellation?
What is the grouping of stars that divide the night sky
300
When stars explode, what energy do they give off?
What is ultra violent and x Rays.
300
What do we use to collect more visible light of stars?
What is a telescope.
300
What do we use to measure how bright an object is from Earth?
What is apparent magnitude
300
What depends on the stars temperature and size, not its distance from Earth?
What is luminosity. Stars can appear bright or dim depending on their distances from Earth.
300
Before the telescope, why did people observe stars?
What is to tell time and find direction when navigating?
400
What is the electromagnetic spectrum?
What is a continuous range of wavelengths showing the energy given off by stars.
400
Before technology, how did ancient cultures divide the sky?
What is constellations.
400
What is an astronomical unit?
What is the average distance between earth and the sun.
400
What is apparent magnitude?
What is the precise end brightness, which is dependent on the distance.
400
What are three star constellations that you know?
What is the Big Dipper, the Little Dipper, Carina, Hercules, Orion, Scorpion, Pheonix, etc...
500
What are seven different types of energy given off by stars?
What is radio, microwave, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, x-ray, and gamma rays.
500
How does an astronomer study the composition, temperature, and energy of a star?
What is a spectroscope.
500
DAILY DOUBLE
What is 10 trillion?
500
What spreads light into different wave lenghts?
What is spectroscope
500
Who used naked eye astronomy to assign magnitudes to stars?
Who is Hipparchus?