Terms

Question 1

Absolute magnitude

Answer 1

How bright the star appears to be

Question 2

Apparent magnitude

Answer 2

The amount of light a star would give off if they were at the same distance from earth

Question 3

Apparent magnitude

Answer 3

The amount of a star would give off if they were at the same distance from earth

Question 4

Apparent magnitude

Answer 4

The amount of a star would give off if they were at the same distance from earth

Question 5

Asteroid

Answer 5

Small celestial objects, composed of rock and metal

Question 6

Asteroid belt

Answer 6

Ring of many asteroids

Question 7

Astronomical unit

Answer 7

150 million km

Question 8

Astronomy

Answer 8

The study of things beyond earth

Question 9

Aurora

Answer 9

Solar winds from the corona hit the earths atmosphere and spiral along the earths magnetic field. The strike gases in the earth atmosphere creating a light display called auroras

Question 10

Blue shift

Answer 10

Low wavelength but high frequency

Question 11

Celestial object

Answer 11

Any object in space

Question 12

Chromospheres

Answer 12

The inner atmosphere very hot

Question 13

Comet

Answer 13

Chunk of ice, dust and rock that travels in a very long orbit around the sun

Question 14

Constellation

Answer 14

Gripping stars a scene from earth

Question 15

Convective zone

Answer 15

Cool matter, sinks in hot matter, rises in this area

Question 16

Corona

Answer 16

Hot outer regions of the sun extends millions of kilometres into space

Question 17

Dwarf planet

Answer 17

Smaller planet that does not satisfy the three regulation to be a planet

Question 18

Luminous

Answer 18

Emit huge amounts of energy and light

Question 19

Meteor

Answer 19

Shooting star meteorite that has been pulled into atmosphere by gravity were fiction cause them to burn up

Question 20

Meteorite

Answer 20

Rock that comes from Astrid or debris left behind by comments and hits earth before vaporizing

Question 21

Meteoroid

Answer 21

Piece of metal or rock that is smaller than an
Asteroid

Question 22

Neap tide

Answer 22

Very weak tides, sun and moon are perpendicular to one another with respect to earth and pull of sun contearacts pull of moon

Question 23

Non-luminous

Answer 23

Reflectly from the sun

Question 24

Nuclear fusion

Answer 24

Particles collide, and fused together, for example, hydrogen and hydrogen collide and fuse to helium in the sun and other celestial objects

Question 25

Polaris

Answer 25

North Star

Question 26

Precession

Answer 26

The changing of the direction of the earths axis

Question 27

Radioactive zone

Answer 27

The energy from the core comes out in this layer

Question 28

Red shift

Answer 28

High frequency low wavelength

Question 29

Spring tide

Answer 29

Rising and falling of the surface of a large body of water due to interactions between the moon earth and sun the gravitational pull of the moon pulls the Earth closer to it’s causing a bulge of water forming on opposite sides of the Earth(every six hours). If the sun earth and moon are aligned creates very high tide.(spring tides).

Question 30

Star

Answer 30

Giant ball of hot gases that produce in energy(light)

Question 31

Star map

Answer 31

Show the position of stars in the sky

Question 32

Sunspot

Answer 32

Dark region of cool matter in the sun’s surface caused by changes in the suns magnetic field