Darren Dodson Flashcards
ESS1-2
Cosmology
The study of Stars
Universe
The place where us Hümans live
Big Bang Theory
The world started with a explosion and everything was made by that explosion.
Spectrometer
A device that detects all of the Light Spectrum
Wavelength
The distance from the crest of a wave to the next crest of a wave
Frequency
A distinctive sound that could be very high-pitched to low-toned.
Expansion
Expanding of an object
Contraction
Making it smaller
Galaxy
Milky Way (Home) a bunch of stars clustered
Interstellar Cloud
A cloud in space
Red Shift
Detected on the spectrum closer to the Infrared
Blue Shift
Detected on the spectrum closer to the UltraViolet
Doppler Effect
The farther away the star the faster it is moving away
Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation
The gravity is holding us to the ground
Plasma
A type of Matter that is neither Gas, Liquid, or a Solid.