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Unit E Space Exploration: Section 1.0 Flashcards

1
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What did the First Nations believe about the sky?

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the night sky was a pattern on a blanket. The blanket, they believed, was held up by a spinning “world pole,” the bottom of which rested on the chest of a woman underground named Stone Ribs

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When does the summer solstice occur in the northern hemisphere?

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June 21

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What does the summer solstice mark?

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The longest period of daylight in the year and represents the start of summer.

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When does the winter solstice occur in the northern hemisphere?

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Winter 21

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What does the winter solstice mark?

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The shortest period of daylight in the year and represents the start of winter.

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When does the spring equinox take place?

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March 21

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When did the fall equinox take place?

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September 22

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8
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What happens on an equinox?

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Day and night are equal

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9
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What did the ancient Mayans build to signify the equinox?

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pyramids and other monuments to align with the seasonal position of certain stars.

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10
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Who created the Geocentric model?

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Greek philosopher Aristotle

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Explain the geocentric model

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Earth was at the center. Surrounded by a series of

concentric spheres that represented the paths of the Sun, Moon, and five planets known at the time

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12
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How many planets were known at the time of the geocentric model?

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5

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13
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Why did the stars not move in the geocentric model?

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They were attached firmly to the outermost sphere

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14
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Who proposed the heliocentric model?

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Polish astronomer Nicholas Copernicus

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Explain the heliocentric model

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The Sun was at the centre and Earth and the other planets revolved in orbits around it

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16
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What did scientists figure out about the orbits of planets?

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They were ellipses and not circles.

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17
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What was stonehenge used to predict?

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Solstices

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18
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What were sundials used for?

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To measure the passage of time

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19
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What was a Merkhet used for?

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To chart astronomical positions and predict the movement of stars

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20
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What was a quadrant used for?

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To measure a star’s height above the horizon.

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21
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What was an astrolabe used for?

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To make accurate charts of star positions

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22
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What was a cross staff used for?

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To measure the angle between the Moon and any given star

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23
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What is the Astronomical Unit used for measuring?

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Used for measuring “local” distances, those inside our solar system.

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24
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What is one astronomical unit used for measuring?

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the average distance from the center of Earth to the center of the Sun, 149 599 000 km

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25
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What are distances beyond our solar system measured in?

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Light years

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26
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What is the distance in a light year?

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It equals the distance that light travels in one year.

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27
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What is a star?

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A star is a hot, glowing ball of gas (mainly hydrogen) that gives off tremendous light energy.

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28
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What color are hot stars?

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Red

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29
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What color are very hot stars?

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Blue

30
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What diagram did Ejnar Hertzsprung and Henry Norris

Russell make?

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They compared the surface temperature of stars with the stars’ brightness (luminosity)

31
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What are nebulae?

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Huge accumulations of gas and dust

32
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What is the lifecycle of a star?

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  • They start in areas called nebulae
  • The gravity between the gas and dust caused it to start collapsing into a smaller, rotating cloud of gas and dust.
  • Because it is spinning it causes more of the matter join which heats up the core and glows
  • Called a protostar
  • When the core reaches 10 000 000°C hydrogen turns to helium
33
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What is a protostar?

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A glowing ball of matter

34
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What is the main sequence for sun-like stars?

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Nebula
Sun-like stars
Red Giant
White Dwarf
Black Dwarf
35
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What is the main sequence for massive stars?

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Nebula 
Massive Stars
Red Supergiant
Supernova
Black hole or neutron star
36
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What is the longest part of a life of a star?

A

Main sequence, converting hydrogen to helium in their cores.

37
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What happens if the hydrogen in a star is used up?

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The stable state star shrinks in size, heating the helium core so that it first starts fusing to carbon, then to other elements. Then it will become a red supergiant

38
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What happens when the temperature of the core is to cool to continue the reaction?

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The star continues to shrink becoming a white dwarf and then a black dwarf

39
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What is a black hole?

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A highly dense remnant of a star in which gravity is so strong that not even light from the radiation going on inside the remnant can escape

40
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What are constellations?

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The groupings of stars we see as patterns in the night sky. There are 88 constellations

41
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What are asterisms?

A

Unofficially recognized star groupings

42
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What is a galaxy?

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A grouping of millions or billions of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity.

43
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What are the types of galaxies?

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Spiral
Elliptical
Irregular

44
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What does a spiral galaxy look like?

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A spiral galaxy appears to have long curved arms radiating out from a bright central core

45
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What does an elliptical galaxy look like?

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An elliptical galaxy has a shape similar to that of a football or egg and is made up mostly of old stars.

46
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What does an irregular galaxy look like?

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Has no notable shape and tends to be smaller than the other two galaxy types.

47
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What type of stars provide light in a spiral galaxy?

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Young stars provide most of the light in the arms. Older stars provide most of the light in the central region

48
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What type of stars provide light in an elliptical galaxy?

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Made up mostly of old stars.

49
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What is the “protoplanet hypothesis”?

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A model for explaining the birth of solar systems.

50
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What are the steps in the “protoplanet hypothesis”?

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  1. A cloud of gas and dust in space begins swirling.
  2. Most of the material (more than 90%) accumulates in the center, forming the Sun.
  3. The remaining material accumulates in smaller clumps circling the center. These form the planets.
51
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What is the temperature of the surface of the sun?

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5500°C

52
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What is solar wind?

A

The charged particles that flow out of the sun

53
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How is earth protected from solar wind?

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By its magnetic field

54
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What are the 2 groups of the solar system?

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The inner planets also called terrestrial, or Earth-like, planets; and the outer, or Jovian

55
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What are the characteristics of the inner planets/Terrestrial?

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Tend to be smaller, rockier in composition, and closer to the Sun

56
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What are the characteristics of the outer/jovian planets?

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The Jovian planets are large and gaseous and are located great distances from the Sun.

57
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What is the order of the planets from the sun?

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Mercury
Venus
Earth 
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
58
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How is mercury similar to the moon?

A

No atmosphere and therefore no protection from the bombardment of meteoroids, asteroids, and comets.

59
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What does “period of rotation” mean?

A

How long is one day

60
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What does “period of orbital rotation” mean?

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How long is one year

61
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Which planets are bigger than earth?

A

Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune

62
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Where is the asteroid belt located?

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Between Mars and Jupiter

63
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What are asteroids?

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small, rocky bodies orbiting the Sun and lying mainly in a narrow belt between Mars and Jupiter

64
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What are comets?

A

Objects made up of dust and ice that travel through space

65
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When do comets tails glow?

A

When they get close to the sun

66
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What are meteoroids?

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Small pieces of rocks flying through space with no particular path

67
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What is a meteor?

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When one gets pulled into the atmosphere by Earth’s gravity, the heat of atmospheric friction causes it to give off light

68
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What are shooting stars?

A

Meteors

69
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What is a meteorite?

A

If a meteor lasts long enough to hit Earth’s surface

70
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What is azimuth?

A

The compass direction of which way to face

71
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What is altitude?

A

How high to look

72
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What is zenith?

A

The highest point directly overhead

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