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Science Test 7
Chapter 4 (4.1-4.4)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The study of outer space and all that it contains | Astronomy |
| Dark patches on the sun's photosphere | Sunspots |
| Part of the sun visible only during a solar eclipse | Chromosphere or Corona |
| A high-speed stream of particles that travels outward from holes in the sun's corona and beats upon the earth's upper atmosphere | Solar wind |
| Name the 3 basic types of galaxy shapes | Spiral, elliptical, irregular |
| Stars that outline a picture in the sky | Constellation |
| Familiar Shape within the constellation Ursa Major which contains the pointer stars | Big Dipper |
| The hottest region of the sun | Core |
| Streams of gas erupting from the chromosphere and returning in looplike fashion | Solar prominence |
| Spiral arms attached to a straight "bar" that runs through a galaxy | Barred spirals |
| The force that resists motion | Friction |
| An area that contains no air | Vacuum |
| Largest clouds of gas and dust floating around in space | Nebulae |
| The brightest star in the night sky | Sirius |
| The pole star | Polaris |
| The closest star to the earth | The sun |
| The brightest star in the constellation Leo | Regulus |
| The brightest star in the constellation Perseus | Algol |
| What is the imaginary line that stretches from pole to pole? | The axis of rotation |
| What is the star system containing millions to billions of stars? | Galaxy |
| The cluster with about 40 galaxies in which we find Earth is called: | Local Group |
| What star is located 93 million miles away from the earth? | Sun |
| What is the part of the sun's atmosphere closest its surface | Chromosphere |
| What is the hottest region of the sun's atmosphere | Corona |
| What is a pair of stars that travel together and rotate around each other as the moon does the earth | Binary Star |
| What is the actual explosion of a star | Supernova |
| Describe what space is like including at least 3 things that make space different from Earth and it's atmosphere. | |
| What is the difference between apparent magnitude and absolute magnitude? |