History
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A Milky Way Anyone?
That's So Dark...
Fill in the Blank.
100
He showed that that the Earth is not the center of the universe.
Who is Copernicus?
100
Earth, Solar System, Milky Way, Local Group. Local Supercluster, Universe
What is our cosmic address?
100
This is how our sun moves in the Milky Way
What is randomly?
100
This revealed the presence of dark matter and dark energy
What is the Milky Way's rotation?
100
____________ or _____________is the distance light travels in a year (both the name and the actual distances)
What is a light-year or approximately 10 trillion kilometers?
200
His study of planetary motion lead to his formulation of the laws of motion and gravity.
Who is Newton?
200
One year
How long does it take the Earth to revolve or orbit the sun.
200
Because they are so far away that we cannot easily notice their motion.
What do the patterns of constellations seem to be fixed even though the stars are moving?
200
We study the speeds of stars at difference distances from the galactic center to determine this.
How do we determine how mass is distributed in the galaxy?
200
Discoveries unearthed using the Hubble Telescope proved that universe is ___________
What is expanding?
300
This is when Copernicus and Newton existed on our cosmic calendar.
What is one second.
300
This is the "tilt" of the Earth's axis.
23.5 degrees
300
A great island of stars held together by gravity and orbiting a common center?
What is a galaxy?
300
Dark matter is the major component.
What is most of the mass in the galaxy comprised of?
300
The more distance galaxies are moving away from us ___________________ than nearby galaxies.
What is faster?
400
In February
On the cosmic calendar, when was the Milky Way Galaxy probably formed.
400
We use this to indicate "UP" in space (where there is no UP or DOWN)
What do we call something in space moving toward the center of Earth?
400
About one of 100 billion
The Milky Way is one galaxy out of how many total galaxies?
400
This is the dominate source of gravity.
What is dark matter?
400
____________ marks the boundary of the observable universe.
What is 14 billions light-years?
500
The day after Christmas.
On the cosmic calendar, when did the dinosaurs die?
500
This is the length of earth's rotation.
What is 24 hours?
500
They recycle material expelled from dying stars into new generations of stars and planets and earn the name cosmic recycling plants.
What are galaxies?
500
Dark matter significantly outweighs the matter that makes them up.
What are planets and stars?
500
In september.
On the "cosmic calendar" when was our solution (including our sun and Earth) formed?