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Science Test 12/16/2015 Flashcards

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What is the largest moon in the solar system?

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  1. Ganymede
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What is the herthsprung? (Russle diagram)

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  1. Two dimensional graphs that compares stars by their temperature and brightness
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The summer triangle is formed by _______, _______, _______.

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  1. Deneb, Vega, Altair.
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During what phase is the full parts of the moon shown?

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  1. Full Moon
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The orbits of planets are symmetrical ovals called ________.

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  1. Ellipse.
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Frozen chunks of ice, rock, dust rotate around the sun are called _______.

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  1. Comets
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The explosion of a star is called ________.

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  1. Supernova
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The convection cells that cover the sun’s visible surface are called _______.

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  1. Granules
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What are the flame like columns of gas that continually erupt from the lowest layer of the sun’s atmosphere?

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  1. Spicules
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What is the visible portion of the sun?

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  1. Photosphere
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What galaxy shape is the Milky Way?

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  1. Spiral
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Label each constellation by its corresponding number

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  1. Cassiopeia
  2. Taurus
  3. Ursa Major
  4. Orion
  5. Cygnus
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What unit of measurement is approximately equal to the distance between the sun and the earth?

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  1. Astronomical Unit
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Describe Venus’s background rotation on its axis.

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  1. Retrograde
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Name for the period of time that the moon takes to orbit the earth.

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  1. Lunar Moon
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Imaginary sphere with the center and the heavenly bodies on it’s inner surface.

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  1. Celestial Sphere
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Imaginary “band” in the sky in which the sun, moon and planets travel.

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  1. Zodiac
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What is the two planets between which the astroid belt is located?

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  1. Mars

24. Jupiter

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An object that orbits another object is called ________.

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  1. Satellite
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Describe a star that is always above the horizon to an observer at a particular location.

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  1. Circumpolar
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What group of small icy objects orbit the sun outside the orbit of the outer most planet?

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  1. Kuiper belt
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The observed brightness that a star would have to and observer located 10 parses away is the ________ magnitude.

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  1. Absolute
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What is the cloud of gas and dust that surrounds the center of a comet?

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  1. Coma
24
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Who developed the law of universal gravitation?

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  1. Sir Isaac Newton
25
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What is a rapidly rotating star that emits directional beams of radio waves?

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  1. Pulsar
26
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What Latin word is used to refer to lunar “seas”?

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  1. Mare
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Which scientific law states the relationship between a planet’s period and average distance from the sun?

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  1. The third law of the planetary motion.
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What is the apparent change in the position of an object caused by an actual change in the position of the Observer?

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  1. Parallax
29
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What is the largest galaxy in the local group?

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  1. Andromeda Galaxy
30
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Which category of stars includes the sun?

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  1. Main sequence
31
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Which planet do the Trojan astroids share an orbit?

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  1. Jupiter
32
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What is an object so massive and dense that not even light can escape its gravity?

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  1. Black Hole
33
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What is the largest planet in our solar system?

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  1. Jupiter
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Which planet is known for its ring system?

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  1. Saturn
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The outermost planet in our solar system is ________.

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  1. Neptune
36
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The fastest moving planet is _______.

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  1. Mercury
37
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The planets sometimes called the morning star and the evening star is _______.

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  1. Venus
38
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A gas giant that seems to lie on its side is _______.

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  1. Uranus
39
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What planet is notable for its Olympus Mons?

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  1. Mars
40
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The planets closest approach to the sun is perihelion.

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  1. True
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The idea that the earth is at the center of the universe and that the sun, planets and stars all revolves around the earth is the Heliocentric view.

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  1. (False) Geocentric view
42
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A small rock in space that is burning up as it passes through earth’s atmosphere is an asteroid.

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  1. (False) Meteor
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A large cloud of gas and dust in space is called a nebula.

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  1. True
44
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The phenomenon in which the moon passes between the earth and the sun is called a lunar eclipse.

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  1. (False) Solar Eclipse
45
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The study of God’s creation beyond the atmosphere is Astrology.

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  1. (False) Astronomy
46
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A small group of stars that is used to form a picture or represent an object is an asterism.

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  1. True
47
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Star-Vega is part of the ______ constellation.

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  1. Lyra
48
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Star-Sirius is part of the _____ ______ constellation.

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  1. Canis Major
49
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Star-Spica is apart of the ______ constellation

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  1. Virgo
50
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Star-Aldebaran is part of the _____ constellation.

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  1. Taurus
51
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Star-Castor is part of the ________ constellation.

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  1. Gemini
52
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Star-Polaris is part of the _____ _____ constellation.

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  1. Ursa Minor
53
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Star-Betelgeuse is part of the ______ constellation.

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  1. Orion
54
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Star-Regulus is part of the _____ constellation.

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  1. Leo
55
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⭐️Compare and contrast binary stars, open clusters, global clusters.

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61.

56
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What are Mars two moons?

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  1. Phobos and Daimos.

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