Space Flashcards

(42 cards)

1
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What is the orbital period of earth

A

365.25

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2
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What is rotational period of earth

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1 day

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3
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What is the average temp on earth surface

A

15

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4
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What is earths distance from sun

A

1 AU

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5
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What is earth mass

A

6x10(24) kg

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6
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Earth radius

A

6000km

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7
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Earth axis tilt

A

23

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8
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How to add or subtract scientific notation

A

Make the exponents the same then add the bottom number

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9
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How to multiply and divide scientific notation

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Multiply bottom number and add exponents. Divide bottom number and subtract exponents

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10
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How many km in an AU

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150000000

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11
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What type of radiation is light

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Electromagnetic

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12
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What is the danger level of high wavelength and low wavelength

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High wavelength is less dangerous than low wavelength

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13
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Can animals detect heat

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Snakes can

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14
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How much larger is the sun than earth

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1 million time smass

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15
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Is fusion a chemical reaction

A

No

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16
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What happens in sun core

A

Hydrogen fuses to become helium

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17
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How long does energy by fusion take to pass through sun

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Millions of years

18
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What does surface of sun look like

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Boiling liquid

19
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What is suns surface called

20
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What are sunspots

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Cooler spots on sun. They are between 3400-5500 degrees

21
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When was solar system formed

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4.5 billion years ago from nebula.

22
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Which planets are in prograde

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All but Uranus and Venus

23
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Which planets are in retrograde

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Uranus and Venus

24
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Definition of planet

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Orbits star. Large enough to be spherical. Clears orbital path.

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When does earth orbit change from circular to elliptical
Every 100k years
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Why do Venus and mercury have no moons
Suns gravity pulls it away
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Why do we have seasons
Earths tilt
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When does moon orbit earth
Every 30 days
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What causes tides
Moon and sun gravity. And shape of beach.
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4 phases of moon
New moon (between earth and sun) fill moon (15 days after new moon) and first and second quarter
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Who discovered universe expanding and how
Hubble found galaxies moving away from each other
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What is Doppler affect
Wavelengths change depending on where you receive. Hubble noticed with stars.
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What is cosmic radiation
Thermal radiation in microwave spectrum between stars leftover from big banf
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What is the centre temp of nebula while star is formed
Hydrogen is 15000000m
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What do hydrogen atoms form
Helium
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What happened when star uses up hyrdoegen
Helium core collapses and thin hyrdrogen layer expands. It becomes red giant.
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Why are stars red giant
Red because cooled and giant because expanded.
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What would happen to redo giants if the star was size of our sun
Helium fuse to form carbon and outer hydrogen is released. Become white dwarf.
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What will happen to 10x our. Sun
Star will form heavy elements like iron which will not fuse. The star will then go supernova. While atoms in outer layer fuse.
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If mass is 1.4-3x our sun
It will go supernova and then become a neutron star.
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If star is more than 3x our sun
The star collapses on itself and becomes black hole
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How do black holes work
Take up no space but 100x more massive than sun. Swallows everything near and galaxies orbit them.