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What do you call when an object moves away and light stretches to the red part of the EM spectrum?

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Redshift

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What is William Hershel famous for?

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He discovered infrared light.

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How are wavelength and energy related?

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Longer wavelength = Less energy

Shorter wavelength = More energy

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How thick is the Milky Way galaxy?

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100,000 light years

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List the EM spectrum from longest/weakest to shortest/strongest.

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Radio
Microwave
Infrared
Visible
Ultraviolet
X-Ray
Gamma
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What happened 300,000 years after the Big Bang?

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Matter begins to condense.

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About how many planets are there in the galaxy?

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100 million - 400 million

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What is in the center of the galaxy?

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A super massive black hole.

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How far away is Earth from the sun?

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93,000,000 miles

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Is the universe static or expanding?

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Expanding

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How far is Earth and Proxima Centauri?

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4 light years

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What is the current theory of how the universe began?

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The Big Bang

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List a type of astronomer

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Planetary

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How far does light travel in a year?

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6 trillion miles

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Define Astronomy

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The study of the moon, stars, planets, comets, gas, galaxies, dust, and other non-bodies & phenomena.

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List 2 problems astronomers have with viewing the sky. How do they fix the problem?

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Surrounding light. Move away.

Air Temperature. Move higher.

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List the 3 main pieces of evidence of the Big Bang.

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  • Cosmic Background Radiation
  • Redshift
  • Specific amounts of Helium, Lithium, & Deuterium.
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What does Hubble’s Law tell us?

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The universe is expanding.

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What is the speed of light?

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186,000 mps

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What is an astronomical unit?

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93 million miles

Earth to Sun

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What happens in the core of a star

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Elements are fused to make heavier elements and release energy in the process
(Thermonuclear Fusion)

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How are the formations galaxies and stars similar?

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Both are formed by gravity and large clouds of gas.

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What would happen if matter had been distributed evenly?

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Gravity could not form clumps of gas to form stars, galaxies, etc.

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Which star class has a high temperature and blue in color?

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O

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What are most stars classified as in the HR diagram?
Main Sequence
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What is not a stage of a massive star?
Brown Dwarf
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What can we find out of a star's emission spectra?
What elements are present.
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What is the source of all the heavy elements of the universe?
All came from the life cycles of stars.
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What high mass stellar core rotates at speeds of 100s a second?
A neutron star
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What will sun eventually become?
White Dwarf
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What is the primary fuel for a star?
Hydrogen
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What is the classification of stars?
O, B, A, F, G, K, M
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What does gravity depend on?
Mass and Distance
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Define gravity
A fundamental force of the universe that causes objects to be attracted to each other.
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What is a black hole?
A ultra dense remains of a star compressed into a tiny space that gravity is so strong that not even light can escape.
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Are the majority of stars dimmer or brighter?
Dimmer
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What star could end up as a black hole?
A massive star
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What does the x axis of a HR diagram tell us? y?
Temperature. | Luminosity.
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What is the term for Earth's wobble?
Procession
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What inner planet has 2 moons?
Mars
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What is the longest period of daylight for the Northern Hemisphere?
Summer Solstice
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What type of motion allow us to measure a single day?
Rotation
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What is the current theory of how solar systems are formed?
Condensation Theory
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Where do the majority of comets are from?
Oort Cloud
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Of all the eight planets, which do we know the most about other than Earth?
Mars
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What do you call a planet that has not cleared its orbit?
Dwarf Planet
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What do you call a planet outside our solar system?
Exoplanet
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Which planet has the hottest surface temperature?
Venus
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What material is at the center of the inner planets?
Metal/Rock
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About how long does it take for the moon to orbit Earth?
27.3 days
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Name a dwarf planet other than Pluto.
Eris
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What is the IAU's definition of a planet?
1) must orbit a sun 2) has enough mass to be nearly round or is round 3) has cleared the neighborhood
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What are the eight planets and what are they made of?
``` Mercury, Venus, Earth, & Mars - Rocky Jupiter & Saturn - Gas Uranus & Neptune - Ice ```
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What is Kepler's 1st law?
All planet orbits are elliptical.
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What is Kepler's 2nd law?
The closer a planet is to its star, the faster it moves. | The farther a planet is to its star, the slower it moves.
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What is Kepler's 3rd law?
Distance and speed are of revolution are directly related.
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Give 2 reasons why scientists think Mars once had life
It once had water and some areas are similar to Earth.
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What type of eclipse is it when the moon's shadow passes in front of the sun?
Total Solar Eclipse
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Mercury, Venus, and/or Mars? | Has a retrograde motion of rotation
Venus
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Mercury, Venus, and/or Mars? | Orbital period of only 88 Earth days
Mercury
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Mercury, Venus, and/or Mars? | Has the largest mountain feature in the solar system
Mars
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Mercury, Venus, and/or Mars? | Has no moon
Mercury and Venus
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Mercury, Venus, and/or Mars? Brightest object in the sky (After the sun and moon)
Venus
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Mercury, Venus, and/or Mars?Smallest planet
Mercury
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Mercury, Venus, and/or Mars? | Once had liquid water
Mars

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