Gr.6 Ch. 4.1-4.4

Question 0

Dark patches on the Sun’s photosphere

Answer 0

Sunspots

Question 1

The study of outerspace and all it contains

Answer 1

Astronomy

Question 2

Part of the sun visible only during a solar eclipse

Answer 2

Chromosphere or Corona

Question 3

High speed stream of particles that travels outward from hole in the sun’s Corona and beats upon the earth’s upper atmosphere

Answer 3

Solar wind

Question 4

The three basic types of galaxies shapes

Answer 4

Spiral, elliptical, and irregular

Question 5

Stars that outline a picture in the sky

Answer 5

Constellation

Question 6

Familiar shape within the constellation Ursa Major which contains the pointer stars

Answer 6

Big Dipper

Question 7

The hottest region of the sun

Answer 7

The core

Question 8

Streams of gas erupting from the chromosphere and returning in loop-like fashion

Answer 8

Solar prominence

Question 9

Spiral arms attached to a straight “bar” that runs through a galaxy

Answer 9

Barred spirals

Question 10

The force that resists motion

Answer 10

Friction

Question 11

An area that contains no air

Answer 11

Vacuum

Question 12

Large clouds of gas and dust floating around in space

Answer 12

Nebulae

Question 13

The brightest star in the night sky

Answer 13

Sirius

Question 14

The polestar is known as this

Answer 14

Polaris

Question 15

The closest star to earth

Answer 15

The sun

Question 16

The brightest star in the constellation Leo

Answer 16

Regulus

Question 17

The brightest star in the constellation Perseus

Answer 17

Algol

Question 18

This is the imaginary line that stretches from pole to pole

Answer 18

The Earth’s axis of rotation

Question 19

A star system containing millions to billions of stars

Answer 19

A galaxy

Question 20

The cluster with about 40 galaxies in which we find earth

Answer 20

Local Group

Question 21

The sun is located this far away from earth

Answer 21

93,000,000 miles

Question 22

The part of the sun’s atmosphere closest to its surface

Answer 22

The chromosphere

Question 23

The hottest region of the sun’s atmosphere

Answer 23

The chromosphere

Question 24

A pair of stars that travel together and rotate around each other as the moon does the Earth

Answer 24

A binary star

Question 25

The actual explosion of a star

Answer 25

Supernova

Question 26

Identify the following constellations

Answer 26

Southern Cross, Andromeda, Cassiopeia, Orion, The Great Bear, Sagittarius the archer Leo the lion, Gemini

Question 27

Name elements of space that are different from Earth and its atmosphere

Answer 27

``` No air so there is a vacuum, no air so there is no friction, it is mostly black, things are weightless, there are extreme temperatures ```

Question 28

What is the difference between apparent magnitude and absolute magnitude?

Answer 28

The actual brightness of a star is called its absolute magnitude based on how much light the star actually produces. Apparent magnitude is the measurement used to describe the brightness of a star as it appears from Earth. It depends on how bright it is (actual brightness) as well as its distance from Earth.