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Astronomy Basics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Light distance travels in one year (9.5 trillion km)
light-year
spiral galaxy
spectroscopy
element
2. The small - dense remains of a high-mass star after a supernova
parallax
planet
neutron star
precession
3. A space telescope and camera named for a famous astronaut (Edward Hubble) used to study space elements
heliocentric
elliptical galaxy
Hubble Space Telescope
red shift
4. A contracting cloud of gas and dust with enough mass to form a star
phases of the moon
galaxy cluster
protostar
Oort Cloud
5. A system of galaxies containing from several to thousands of member galaxies
galaxy cluster
Claudius Ptolemy
the big crunch
meteroid
6. The name of our galaxy - a spiral galaxy that contains about 400 billion stars
retrograde motion
milky way galaxy
chromatic abberation
Sir Isaac Newton
7. Stony or metallic object that is the remains of a meteoroid that has reached the earth's surface
Sir Isaac Newton
blue shift
meteorite
red shift
8. A model of the universe based on the assumption that the sun - moon - and planets all orbit Earth
irregular galaxy
geocentric
aphelion
apogee
9. Space object made of dust and rock particles mixed with frozen water - methane - and ammonia that forms a bright coma as it approaches the Sun
spiral galaxy
apparent magnitude
apogee
comet
10. The motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone
precession
retrograde motion
aphelion
astronomy
11. A measure of the amount of light that a star actually emits
ellipse
blue shift
absorption spectrum
absolute magnitude
12. Varying amounts of the lighted moon as seen from earth
cepheid variable
galaxy
refracting telescope
phases of the moon
13. Optical telescope that has a large convex lens that produces an image that is viewed through the eyepiece
evolution
refracting telescope
photon
red giant
14. 23.5° - the reason we have seasons
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15. A graph relating the temperature and brightness of stars
solar eclipse
asteroid
Hertzsprung-Russel Diagram
Sir Isaac Newton
16. A rapidly spinning neutron star that produces radio waves
perhelion
Nicolaus Copernicus
pulsar
planet
17. The brightness of a star when viewed from Earth
red shift
apparent magnitude
Johannes Kepler
evolution
18. Remnant of a star that is so dense that nothing - not even light - can escape its gravity field
reflecting telescope
black hole
accretion
red giant
19. An immense cloud of gas (mainly hydrogen) and dust in interstellar space
coma
Hubble Space Telescope
big bang theory
nebula
20. All of the frequencies or wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation
continuous spectrum
electromagnetic spectrum
Sir Isaac Newton
radio telescope
21. The theory that states that gravity will over come the expansion of the universe and bring everything together in an implosion
earth's tilt
retrograde motion
the big crunch
Hertzsprung-Russel Diagram
22. The increase in wavelength of light due to an object moving away from the observer
photon
nebula
ellipse
red shift
23. Stony or metallic object that is the remains of a meteoroid that has reached the earth's surface
comet
quasar
red giant
meteorite
24. A variable star that brightens and dims regularly - or pulses - and whose distance can be determined from its period of pulsation
reflecting telescope
perhelion
cepheid variable
equinox
25. Varying amounts of the lighted moon as seen from earth
red shift
phases of the moon
coma
the big crunch
26. The apparent westward motion of the planets with respect to the stars
cepheid variable
Jovian planet
continuous spectrum
retrograde motion
27. The luminous cloud of particles surrounding the frozen nucleus of a comet
Hubble Space Telescope
main-sequence star
coma
absorption spectrum
28. Every object in the universe was attracted to every other object w/ a force that is directly proportional to the masses and proportional to distance between them
nebula
universal gravitation
milky way galaxy
red shift
29. The motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone
Galileo Galilei
Sir Isaac Newton
Kuiper Belt
precession
30. A faint star of enormous density
white dwarf
electromagnetic spectrum
comet
red dwarf
31. Spectrum of electromagnetic radiation emitted by a self-luminous source
emission spectrum
absolute magnitude
asteroid
heliocentric
32. The apparent change in position of an object when seen from different places
wavelength
parallax
apogee
Kuiper Belt
33. A spectrum of light in which there are no gaps - so that each region blends directly into the next
electromagnetic spectrum
irregular galaxy
Johannes Kepler
continuous spectrum
34. When the northern or southern most point on earth receives the most sun because the earth is tilted toward the sun
solstace
red dwarf
chromatic abberation
meteor
35. An immense cloud of gas (mainly hydrogen) and dust in interstellar space
Halley's Comet
element
ellipse
nebula
36. A group of stars that form a pattern in the sky
universal gravitation
background radiation
local group
constellation
37. The brightness of a star when viewed from Earth
wavelength
apparent magnitude
milky way galaxy
terrestrial planet
38. A star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and become more luminous in the process
supergiant
nova
Johannes Kepler
red dwarf
39. A region of the solar system that is just beyond the orbit of neptune and that contains small bodies made mostly of ice
milky way galaxy
supernova
Kuiper Belt
cepheid variable
40. Any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter)
Claudius Ptolemy
absorption spectrum
Nicolaus Copernicus
asteroid
41. Point of moon's orbit when it is nearest the earth
perigee
nova
astronomical unit (AU)
Johannes Kepler
42. A system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation
binary star
apparent magnitude
Oort Cloud
big bang theory
43. Explained movement of planets with retrograde motion
heliocentric
ellipse
Claudius Ptolemy
Hubble's law
44. A system of galaxies containing from several to thousands of member galaxies
white dwarf
galaxy
galaxy cluster
perhelion
45. Astronomical telescope that picks up electromagnetic radiations in the radio-frequency range from extra-terrestrial sources
electromagnetic spectrum
element
supergiant
radio telescope
46. A telescope that uses a curved mirror to collect and focus light
reflecting telescope
white dwarf
equinox
asteroid
47. Planets with low densities and are huge gas giants. Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune
parallax
Jovian planet
meteorite
black hole
48. A large body in space that orbits a star and does not produce light of its own
planet
quasar
lunar eclipse
Tycho Brahe
49. Optical telescope that has a large convex lens that produces an image that is viewed through the eyepiece
refracting telescope
binary star
red giant
meteorite
50. The most distant point in the orbit of the moon
galaxy cluster
radio telescope
ellipse
apogee