space

Question 1

How was the universe created?

Answer 1

the big bang

Question 2

when did scientists start gathering data on how the universe was created?

Answer 2

1960

Question 3

who first to see radio waves?

Answer 3

Arno Penzias and Robert

Question 4

what was the radio waves first thought to be

Answer 4

bird poo

Question 5

what does CMB stand for?

Answer 5

cosmic microwave background

Question 6

what is evidence of the big bang

Answer 6

the left over CMB and the redshift

Question 7

what is the big bang theory

Answer 7

the thought that the universe started form a huge concentrated bust of energy

Question 8

what is microwave light

Answer 8

the lasting energy from the big band still cooling down

Question 9

what does WMAO stand for?

Answer 9

wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe

Question 10

what does COBE stand for

Answer 10

cosmic background explorer

Question 11

what is red shift?

Answer 11

everything moving away from everything quickly

Question 12

what is blueshift?

Answer 12

everything moving towards everything quickly

Question 13

what is the electromagnetic spectrum

Answer 13

it is the spectrum of light waves ranging from radio to gamma rays

Question 14

when was the first telescope invented?

Answer 14

16th century

Question 15

what were the first telescopes called?

Answer 15

optical telescopes

Question 16

what were the second telescopes called?

Answer 16

reflecting telescopes

Question 17

when was the first gigantic telescope made?

Answer 17

1789

Question 18

when did the first person go to space?

Answer 18

in 1961

Question 19

how many constellations are in the sky

Answer 19

88

Question 20

how many constellations can we see in canada

Answer 20

68

Question 21

what way do things move in out night sky

Answer 21

from east to west

Question 22

how many stars have scientists estimated there are using hubble

Answer 22

1 with 24 zeros

Question 23

what is a light year

Answer 23

the distance light travels in a year

Question 24

how fast does light move in space

Answer 24

300,000 km per s

Question 25

how far away is the furthest star hubble has discovered

Answer 25

9 billion light-years away

Question 26

what is a galaxy

Answer 26

a cluster of billions of stars

Question 27

what are the three type of galaxies and there shapes

Answer 27

elliptical galaxies = spherical to oval spiral galaxies = like a pinwheel irregular galaxies = how no defined shape

Question 28

what are the two types of star clusters and there defamation

Answer 28

open cluster = 50 - 1000 stars making a cloud of stars globular cluster = 100,000 - 1,000,000 stars in a tight spiral shape

Question 29

property’s of the milky way

Answer 29

spiral galaxy, disk like shape, globular star cluster fading into a open cluster, floyd’s if gas and dust, and has a diameter of 100,000 light years

Question 30

how many planets orbit our sun

Answer 30

8

Question 31

what are the 8 planets orbiting our sun

Answer 31

mercury, Venus, earth, mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Question 32

what is the definition of a planet

Answer 32

orbits a star, have enough gravity to make it spherical shape, must clear other objects of a similar six in its orbit

Question 33

what is a star

Answer 33

a big ball of gas undergoing nuclear fusion

Question 34

what are stars born within

Answer 34

a cloud of dust called a nebula

Question 35

what fuels a star

Answer 35

the nuclear fusion of hydrogen to form helium

Question 36

what can stars become when they reach the end of there life

Answer 36

white dwarf, neutron star, or a black hole

Question 37

what can stars become when they reach the end of there life

Answer 37

white dwarf, neutron star, or a black hole

Question 38

what decides what a star will become when it dies

Answer 38

it’s initial mass

Question 39

what is a lie mass star and its probabilities

Answer 39

smaller then our sun, it will burn its fuel over 100 billion years, and will become a white dwarf

Question 40

intermediate mass star and its properties

Answer 40

like our sun, burn fuel over 10 billion years, will become a red giant then a white dwarf

Question 41

high mass stars and the properties

Answer 41

uses fuel quickly, will make a supper giant, causes a supper nova, will ether become a neutron star or a black hole