sci vocab for the 5th time

Question 1

Visible brightness of an object

Answer 1

apparent magnitude

Question 2

Two stars orbiting one another

Answer 2

bionary star

Question 3

small extremely dead star remnant with no light escapes

Answer 3

black hole

Question 4

Layer of star between photosphere and Corona

Answer 4

chromosphere

Question 5

group of stars with a recognizable pattern

Answer 5

constellation

Question 6

top layer of star

Answer 6

Corona

Question 7

process of splitting heavier nuclei into lighter nuclei

Answer 7

fission

Question 8

process of combining nuclei

Answer 8

Fusion

Question 9

graph relating to stellar characteristics of class, mass, temperature, etc.

Answer 9

Hertz Sprung - Russell diagram

Question 10

energy output from surface of stars per second

Answer 10

luminosity

Question 11

on the HR diagram the broad, diagonal band containing 90% of stars

Answer 11

Main

Question 12

large clouds of interstellar gas and dust

Answer 12

Interstellar cloud

Question 13

collapsed, dense core of star made up of mostly neutrons

Answer 13

neutron star

Question 14

apparent position shift of object due to motion of observer

Answer 14

parallax

Question 15

distance equal to 3.26 light years

Answer 15

parsec

Question 16

lowest layer of star

Answer 16

photosphere

Question 17

Arc of Gas ejected from Chromosphere

Answer 17

prominence

Question 18

violent eruptions of radiation and particles associated with sunspots

Answer 18

solar flare

Question 19

wind of charged particles flowing outward from star traveling throughout the solar system

Answer 19

solar wind

Question 20

The rainbow when white light shines through a prism

Answer 20

Spectrum

Question 21

dark spots on surface of star

Answer 21

sunspots

Question 22

Massive explosion occurring when outer layer of star are blown off

Answer 22

Supernova

Question 23

distance between two identical points on a wave

Answer 23

wavelength

Question 24

average distance between Earth and Sun

Answer 24

astronomical unit

Question 25

Orbits ratio of the distance between foci and length of the major axis

Answer 25

eccentricity

Question 26

oval shape with two centers

Answer 26

ellipse

Question 27

objects and size of 1 km to hundreds of kilometers

Answer 27

planetesimals

Question 28

apparent backward movement of a planet

Answer 28

retrograde

Question 29

Hot condensed object at center of nebula

Answer 29

protostar

Question 30

A spinning neutron star exhibiting a pulsing pattern

Answer 30

pulsar