space

Question 1

is the summer solstice a short period of daytime or a long period of daytime?

Answer 1

the summer solstice happens on the longest period of daytime. june 21

Question 2

is the winter solstice a short period of daytime or a long period of daytime?

Answer 2

the winter solstice happens on the shortest period of daytime. december 21

Question 3

what is equinox

Answer 3

equinox is when the earth is receiving the same amount of sunlight/daylight

Question 4

geocentric method

Answer 4

a theory when the earth is at the center of the universe and the other planets orbit around the earth.

Question 5

heliocentric method

Answer 5

people believed that the center of the universe is the sun and the other planets like earth, revolve around the sun

Question 6

what is a sundial

Answer 6

a device that is used to measure the time with the help of the sun

Question 7

what is a merkhet

Answer 7

a device that is used to tell what time it was at night with the help of the North Pole Star.

Question 8

what is a astrolabe

Answer 8

a device that is used to make astronomical measurements, typically of objects in the sky

Question 9

astronomical units

Answer 9

it is used to measure the local distances within our solar system

Question 10

how fast does light travel

Answer 10

light travels in 300 000 km/s

Question 11

solar winds

Answer 11

they are beams of electricity charged particles discharged by the sun in every direction

Question 12

what is a star

Answer 12

a hot, glowing ball of gas (hydrogen) which gives off a lot of light energy

Question 13

nebulae

Answer 13

a place in space with a huge amount of gas and dust. it contains 75% hydrogen and 23% helium. (1st stage of the star)

Question 14

sun-like star

Answer 14

a star that is relatively similar to the sun. it will soon turn to a red-giant like star.

Question 15

massive star

Answer 15

it has more hydrogen than the sun-like star and is much bigger.

Question 16

white dwarf

Answer 16

as the core of the red giants star isn’t hot enough to keep the reaction going, the star will shrink and slowly become a white dwarf

Question 17

white dwarf

Answer 17

as the core of the red giants star isn’t hot enough to keep the reaction going, the star will shrink and slowly become a white dwarf

Question 18

black dwarf

Answer 18

when the white dwarf fades away completely it will turn into a cold, dark black dwarf.

Question 19

black hole

Answer 19

a black hole forms from a star that is at least 10x as massive as the sun. when the star collapses there is so much gravity in such a small area that nothing can escape the gravitational pull, even light. black holes are also super dense and cannot be seen in space.

Question 20

supernova

Answer 20

after the red-supergiant, gravity takes over causing the core of the star to collapse quickly on itself which causes a supernova. if by chance the star is not completely destroyed, then a neutron star and a black hole is left behind.

Question 21

supernova

Answer 21

after the red-supergiant, gravity takes over causing the core of the star to collapse quickly on itself which causes a supernova. if by chance the star is not completely destroyed, then a neutron star and a black hole is left behind.

Question 22

terrestrial

Answer 22

inner planets, smaller, rockier composition. Few moons

Question 23

jovian

Answer 23

outer planets, larger, gaseous and contains many moons

Question 24

asteroids

Answer 24

irregularly shaped chunks of rocks and ice that are mostly small but can be as big as 100km in diameter

Question 25

comets

Answer 25

they are known as “dirty snowballs” because they are made up of dust and ice travelling through space

Question 26

constellations

Answer 26

grouping of stars

Question 27

galaxy

Answer 27

grouping of million/billions of stars, gas, and dust which is held altogether by gravity

Question 28

meteor

Answer 28

a rock that enters the earth’s atmosphere. also known as “shooting stars”

Question 29

meteoroids

Answer 29

small pieces of rock flying through space with no particular path

Question 30

meteorite

Answer 30

if a meteor hits the earth’s surface it is known as a meteorite

Question 31

azimuth

Answer 31

a measurement of the horizontal angle clock-wise from north.

Question 32

azimuth

Answer 32

a measurement of the horizontal angle clock-wise from north. (to look AROUND the sky)

Question 33

altitude

Answer 33

a measure of the vertical angle from the horizontal to an object in the sky (to see how far you need to look UP in the sky)

Question 34

zenith

Answer 34

an imaginary point directly overhead at 90 degrees altitude. (basically in the middle top of the planet)