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chapter 19: galaxies, stars, and universe

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spectrum   the band of color produced when white light passes through a prism  
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apparent magnitude   the brightness of a star as seen from the Earth  
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absolute magnitude   the brightness that a star would have at a distance of 32.6 light years from Earth  
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light year   the distance that light travels in one year  
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parallax   the apparent shift in the position of an object when viewed from different locations  
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red giant   a large reddish star late in its life cycle. fusing helium to other heavier elements  
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white dwarf   a small, hot, dim star that is the leftover center of an old star  
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H-R Diagram   Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, a graph that shows the relationship between a star's surface temperature and absolute magnitude.  
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Main sequence   the location on the H-R diagram where most stars lie. (Hydrogen is being fused to helium)  
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Supernova   a gigantic explosion in which a massive star collapses and throws its outer layers into space  
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neutron star   a star that has collapsed under gravity to the point that the electrons and protons have smashed together to form neutrons  
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pulsar   a rapidly spinning neutron star that emits rapid pulses of radio and optical energy  
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black hole   an object so massive and dense that even light cannot escape its gravity  
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galaxy   a collection of stars, dust and gas bound together by gravity  
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nebula   a large cloud of dust and gas in interstellar space; a region in space where stars are born or where stars explode at teh end of their lives  
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globular cluster   s tight group of stars that looks like a ball and contains up to 1 million stars  
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open cluster   a group of stars that are close together relative to surrounding stars  
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quasar   a very luminus, starlike object that generates energy at a high rate; quasars are thought to be the most distant objects in the universe  
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cosmology   the study of the origin, properties, processes, and evolution of the universe  
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big bang theory   the theory that states the universe began with a tremendous explosion 13.7 billion years ago  
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* life cycle of a star diagram: can you interpret and answer questions based on it?   Be able to do the same thing as your "pop" quiz. Do you know the order? What each part means?  
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*H-R diagram: can you interpret and answer questions based on it?   what is on its axes? Where certain stars are located? Where is the main sequence?  
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*magnitude   bright vs dim stars  
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*asscoiation between color, temperature, and age of a star   For example: blue stars= very hot and young in age  
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*know the life cycle of stars   1. describe each stage 2. know the order of the diagram 3. relate it to our sun 4. how do we know which path a star will follow  
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*know how stars form   ex: in a stellar nebula that is made of gas and dust and is pulled together by gravity. makes protostar  
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*know types of galaxies and their characterisitcs   use galaxy handout to help: know which is our galaxy, the types of stars in each  
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*what will happen to the universe   according to scientists- there are multiple possibilities  
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*why do scientists study distant galaxies   this is an objective from section 3 and a bell work question- be able to explain  
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*know absorption lines and emission lines   How are they related? What does each look like? What do they tell us?  
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* how do we figure the age of the universe?   there are 2 ways...  
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* cosmic background radiation   what is it? what does it show us?  
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* what binds a galaxy together   gravity of course!  
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*know the scale of the universe   think about our galactic address activity  
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*open clusters and globular clusters   what are they, how do they differ  
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* neutron star and pulsar   what are they, how do they differ  
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