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Subject : science
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1. VENUS






2. What is the universe expanding into?






3. The dark - relativley smooth areas on the moon; Latin for sea






4. The amount an image is enlarged by a telescope






5. Ganymede






6. A term referring to Jupiter-like planets






7. A huge sphere of tenuous gas surrounding the nucleus of a comet






8. A fusion process in which a carbon atom transmutes to oxygen and back - creating a helium atom in the process






9. What causes the zones and belts on jupiter and saturn?






10. The north-south line passing directly overhead through the zenith.






11. Any change in the speed or direction of an object's motion






12. The part of the Milky way that has on-going star formation






13. The gap etween saturn's A and B rings






14. The material from which the solar system formed






15. Jupiter






16. The slow wobble of the Earth on its rotation axis.






17. An object that may remain after a star explodes






18. The apparent path of the Sun through the stars on the celestial sphere.






19. The light produced when particles from the sun collide with atmospheric molecules






20. A small round distribution of gas surrounding a dying star






21. All wavelengths of light emitted by a blackbody.






22. The faint glow of light left over from the Big Bang. cosmic microwave background are the photons that remain after the big bang that have not turned into matter.






23. The shadow area behind the Earth or Moon where the Sun is completely obscured.






24. Sulfurous volcanoes - pools of liquid sulfur - surface resembles cheese pizza ACTIVE SURFACE






25. The projection of the Earth's equator onto the celestial sphere.






26. In what chemical form are jupiters nitrogen - carbon and oxygen?






27. Earth






28. The equation that describes how matter equates with energy






29. The Greek philosopher responsible for making the stellar magnitude scale.






30. Light-colored high-pressure bands in Jupiter's atmosphere






31. Venus






32. A nearby galaxy with a quasar-like nucleus. closer but less bright than quasars-weaker






33. A change in the wavelength of light caused by a motion between the observer and light (or wave) source (blue shift if getting closer - red shift if moving away)






34. Either Io -Europa - Ganymede - or Callisto






35. The distance between a lens and its focal plane






36. 10 cm -> 1 mm






37. Norhern lowlands- darker in color and have far fewer craters as if an ancient sea or ice field covered them. southern highlands- much higher in density of craters.






38. Relativity predicts that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light in a vacuum - How can it move slower?






39. The displacement of spectral lines to redder colors caused by the expansion of the universe.






40. The rotation period of the Earth measured relative to the Sun.






41. Dark - reddish - low-pressure bands in Jupiter's atmosphere






42. A star that has become a red giant for the second and final time. It is burning helium to carbon in a shell surrounding the core






43. Disk dust grains are made of all the elements that are not in gaseous form in space which blocks starlight and causes interstellar extinction






44. The oldest grouping of stars - found in the galaxy halo






45. Venus






46. What is the universe expanding into?






47. A galaxy emitting large amounts of energy at long wavelengths.






48. A large - irregularly shaped rocky object orbiting the sun mostly between mars and jupiter. Left-over planetesimals






49. Mercury and venus






50. The point where an inferior planet is as far away from the sun as it can be (as seen from the Earth)