unit 9 Flashcards
The ___ star is extremely luminous and emits a lot of energy in a short amount of time.
Quasar
when infinite gravitation and density walls bunched together at one point, it is a phenomenon called____.
Singularity
in a(n) ____, electrons are cramped and can’t circulate freely.
white dwarf
If _____ Exists, it constitutes 90% of all existence.
Dark matter
When their fuel source runs out, Quasers become _____.
Ordinary galaxies
A(n) ____ stretches across the entire cosmos in chains and sheets of clusters that are linked by gravity at their edges.
Supercluster
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.
Red
_____ ____ are in a state of existence where physical laws do not apply and they are mysteries because they are unobservable from the outside
Black holes
Shrinkage to the point where electrons merge with protons and there is no empty space are characteristics of A(n) ___.
Neutron star
All _____ are powered by _____ falling into black holes.
Active galaxies, Matter
As extreme conditions in the cores of dying stars alter ordinary matter it forms _____.
degenerate matter.
____ are detected by ____ when nuclei are broken apart.
Siingularties, X-rays
The greater an object’s distance, the greater the ___ speed.
recessions
Light from A(N) _____ comes from its exceptionally bright nucleus within which large amounts of very ionized gas surges
Seyfert galaxy
Unexpectedly high rotation speeds indicate that regions that contain longer orbits enclose more ____.
Mass