Vocab2

Question 1

Star

Answer 1

Big spheres of very hot gas that give off light and other radiation

Question 2

Light year

Answer 2

The stars distance from earth

Question 3

Red giant

Answer 3

The star is red because it’s surface is collier but the core is hot enough to invert helium into carbon and oxygen

Question 4

White dwarf

Answer 4

A small and very dense star about the size of earth

Question 5

Supernova

Answer 5

A huge bright explosion in space

Question 6

Black hole

Answer 6

Leftover core that has a mass greater than three solar masses that collapsed

Question 7

Nebula

Answer 7

A large cloud of dust or gas in space

Question 8

Neutron star

Answer 8

If the core that remains after a supernova has a mass of 1.4 to 3 solar masses the remnant can become a neutron star

Question 9

Galaxy

Answer 9

Is a collection of million or billions of stars

Question 10

Clusters

Answer 10

A group of stars bound together by gravity

Question 11

Interstellar matter

Answer 11

Gas and dust in between stars

Question 12

Quasar

Answer 12

Object named for its star like appearance

Question 13

Universe

Answer 13

Every thing that physically that exists

Question 14

Red shift

Answer 14

The universe is shifting and the light is going towards the red end

Question 15

Blue shift

Answer 15

When an object is approaching us the shift is towed shorter wavelength at the spectrum bleu end

Question 16

The Big Bang theory

Answer 16

That the universe wa screamed with a Big Bang 10 million years