Barnett SOL Review 4 - astronomy
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| meteor | pieces of asteroids or comets that fall into our atmosphere and make a streak of light as the burn up
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| apparent | type of magnitude that describes how bright a star appears to be from Earth
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| Big Bang | theory stating the universe started as a single point which exploded and everything is now expanding
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| absolute | type of magnitude that measures the actual brightness of a star
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| winter | season in the Northern Hemisphere when the Earth's axis is tilted away from the sun
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| summer | season in the northern hemisphere that happens when Earth's axis is tilted toward the sun
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| asteroid | large rock leftover from the formation of the universe; these objects orbit the sun between Mars and Jupiter
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| fusion | atoms combine to form larger atoms; mass is converted to energy; this is the source of the sun's energy and happens in the core
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| nebula | cloud of gas and dust that eventually forms a star
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| comet | frozen body of gases and rock material that orbit the sun; solar wind creates a tail which always points away from the sun
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| corona | layer of the sun that can be seen during an eclipse
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| photosphere | layer of the sun where all the light comes from
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| sunspot | dark spot on the sun that is cooler than the surrounding materials
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| Mars | planet where Olympus Mons is located; known as the red planet
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| Jupiter | largest planet; has a hurricane-like storm called the "Great Red Spot"
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| Mercury | planet closest to the sun which orbits faster than any other planet
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| Venus | planet with a thick atmosphere of carbon dioxide that creates and extreme greenhouse effect and therefore high surface temperatures
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| solar wind | streams of charged particles that come from the sun and travel across the solar system
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| red | type of doppler shift that things moving away from Earth show; this shift supports the Big Bang Theory
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| light year | distance light can travel in one year
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