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Everything that exists (stars, suns, planets, moons, and space) make up our   show
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show galaxies  
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show solar system  
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show Milky Way  
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show star  
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show 8  
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Name the planets in order from the one closest to the Sun to the one farthest away:   show
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Which object is the most massive object in our solar system?   show
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show Gravity  
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show photosphere  
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The middle layer of the Sun's atmosphere, which emits X-rays in the shape of a crown is called the   show
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The corona gives off blasts of plasma ions that radiate outward forming a solar   show
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What is the name of the two huge rings of high-energy particles in the Van Allen belts collide with gases in the Earth's atmosphere   show
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What is the name for the light that is given when the high-energy particles in the Van Allen belts collide with gases in the Earth's atmosphere   show
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Bright spots on the surface of the Sun's photosphere due to the Sun's magnetic field disturbing the solar atmosphere that appear to be dark because they are cooler than surrounding areas are called   show
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show flares  
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show core; hydrogen  
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What is the name of the reaction that occurs in the core of the Sun and other stars that combines hydrogen atoms into helium atoms releasing huge amounts of energy and radiation   show
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show fision  
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Does the helium atom have more or less mass than the four hydrogen atoms that went together to make it up?   show
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show in the form of energy  
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Who came up with the equation, E= mc^2, which states that matter and energy are the same?   show
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show relatively  
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show 5 billion  
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show Radiation  
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show Convection currents  
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Once the energy hits the Sun's surface, what happens to it? It radiates out in all   show
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What prevents all of the Sun's radiation/energy from reaching the surface of the Earth?   show
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The arrangement of visible light by its wavelengths creates a   show
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show spiral  
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show emission  
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c. Which type of spectrum occurs when certain wavelengths of light from a continuous spectrum are absorbed by a cooler gas placed in front of it?   show
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show dark  
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The Sun is 71% _______ and 27.1% ______ and a small amount of other elements   show
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A collection of stars that create a certain shape and is named after an animal or mythical creature is called a ___________   show
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Are the stars in the constellations close to one another?   show
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show Doppler  
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show blue  
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show red  
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show parsec  
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show light year (ly)  
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show 9.461 x 10^12  
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show parsec  
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show parallax  
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show apparent; luminosity  
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show star  
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About how many stars are there?   show
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show Stellar evolution; star; change  
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show Birth, main sequence, Old Age, Death  
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show Mass  
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show Less massive  
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show fuel; faster  
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Low mass stars are smaller stars that burn ______ and longer (have a longer life span) tend to have ______ temperatures, are dim, and burn what colors?   show
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Medium mass stars like our Sun burn what colors?   show
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Large mass stars are so hot that they burn what colors?   show
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show Sirius  
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Name the four life cycle stages common to all stars:   show
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A cloud of dust and gas that swirls and eventually collapses to form a star is called a   show
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The result of the gravitational collapse of a nebula forms an infant star called a   show
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show equilibrium; out; in  
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show Protostar  
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show 10 degress  
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show T-Tauri phase  
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show Main Sequence  
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What stage represents the portion of the star's life when it is undergoing hydrogen fusion?   show
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What are the three final life stages for low and medium mass stars?   show
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show Red giant  
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show Planetary  
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show White dwarf  
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show Black dwarf  
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show Nobody knows what it look like  
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show Red super giant, super nova, black hole  
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show Red super giant  
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What forms as soon as a red supergiant forms iron?   show
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What is the name of a star that is so large (8-9 times as large as Our sun) that its core temperatures are so high that it can continue fusion reactions after the helium is used up (other nuclei are fused)   show
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show Super Nova  
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show Neutron Star  
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What forms when a stellar core of more than 3 solar masses collapses with a gravitational force so strong that the collapse is unstoppable resulting in a point known as singulariy?   show
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Why is it called a black hole?   show
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What is the shape of the Milky Way galaxy?   show
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show Hubble law  
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show cosmology  
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show Big Bang  
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show Cosmic Background Radiation  
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The dominant mass that makes up galaxies and is thought to be made up of a form of subatomic particles that interacts only weakly with other matter is called   show
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What covers the Universe the way that water covers the Earth's surface?   show
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Which theory contradicted the Big Bang theory and started that the Universe has always been and will always be and is not expanding?   show
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show Open Universe Theory  
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show Closed Universe  
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Which theory states that the expansion of the Universe will stop in an indefinite amount o time but will not contract(it will slow as if it has stopped)   show
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What is the name of the boundary of a black hole's surface where an object would need to travel faster than the speed of light to exit   show
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Which law states that the objects of different temperatures emit spectra with different wavelenghts and colors   show
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Do hotter objects emit radiation with shorter or longer wavelenghts?   show
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Do cooler objects emit radiation with shorter or longer wavelengths?   show
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show Hot  
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