unit 9 Flashcards

1
Q

The ___ star is extremely luminous and emits a lot of energy in a short amount of time.

A

Quasar

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2
Q

when infinite gravitation and density walls bunched together at one point, it is a phenomenon called____.

A

Singularity

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3
Q

in a(n) ____, electrons are cramped and can’t circulate freely.

A

white dwarf

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4
Q

If _____ Exists, it constitutes 90% of all existence.

A

Dark matter

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5
Q

When their fuel source runs out, Quasers become _____.

A

Ordinary galaxies

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6
Q

A(n) ____ stretches across the entire cosmos in chains and sheets of clusters that are linked by gravity at their edges.

A

Supercluster

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7
Q

A(n) __ shift occurs when a light source, such as a star pr quasar, reduces from an observer at a significant percentage of light speed.

A

Red

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8
Q

_____ ____ are in a state of existence where physical laws do not apply and they are mysteries because they are unobservable from the outside

A

Black holes

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9
Q

Shrinkage to the point where electrons merge with protons and there is no empty space are characteristics of A(n) ___.

A

Neutron star

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10
Q

All _____ are powered by _____ falling into black holes.

A

Active galaxies, Matter

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11
Q

As extreme conditions in the cores of dying stars alter ordinary matter it forms _____.

A

degenerate matter.

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12
Q

____ are detected by ____ when nuclei are broken apart.

A

Siingularties, X-rays

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13
Q

The greater an object’s distance, the greater the ___ speed.

A

recessions

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14
Q

Light from A(N) _____ comes from its exceptionally bright nucleus within which large amounts of very ionized gas surges

A

Seyfert galaxy

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15
Q

Unexpectedly high rotation speeds indicate that regions that contain longer orbits enclose more ____.

A

Mass

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16
Q

Our local group is moving towards a supercluster known as the _____.

A

Great attractor

17
Q

_______ Occur(s) when electrons from ionized matter spiral around magnetic lines of force that surround a black line.

A

Synchroton radiation

18
Q

______ is the act of growing by being added to>

A

Accretion

19
Q

____ is a spiral shaped ___ moving through the galactic disk

A

Density wave, Disturbance

20
Q

Dust must be considered when estimating ___ in space.

A

distance

21
Q

Spiral galaxies are classified by what?

A

The degree of openness of the arms and the size of the nuclei

22
Q

what is it called when the universe is seen as an orderly system?

A

Cosmos

23
Q

The void between chains and clusters are called

A

Bubbles

24
Q

what reveals itself with the presence of very hot, rapidly moving, low-density gas in the galaxy’s halo?

A

Dark Matter

25
Q

Most molecules by nature are ____ without a pattern.

A

asymmetrical