Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe
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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| TELESCOPE | show 🗑
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| VISIBLE LIGHT | show 🗑
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| WAVELENGTH | show 🗑
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| show | THE RANGE OF WAVELENGTHS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
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| OPTICAL TELESCOPE | show 🗑
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| show | THE ENERGY TRANSFERRED THROUGH SPACE BY ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
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| REFRACTING TELESCOPE | show 🗑
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| show | A PIECE OF TRANSPARENT GLASS CURVED SO THAT THE MIDDLE IS THICKER THAN THE EDGES
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| show | A TELESCOPE THAT USES A CURVED MIRROR TO COLLECT AND FOCUS LIGHT
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| show | A DEVICE USED TO DETECT RADIO WAVES FROM OBJECTS IN SPACE
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| show | A BUILDING THAT CONTAINS ONE OR MORE TELESCOPES
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| CONSTELLATION | show 🗑
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| show | AN INSTRUMENT THAT SEPARATES LIGHT INTO COLORS AND MAKES AN IMAGE OF THE RESULTING SPECTRUM
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| show | THE BRIGHTNESS OF A STAR AS SEEN FROM EARTH
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| show | THE BRIGHTNESS A STAR WOULD HAVE IF IT WERE A STANDARD DISTANCE FROM EARTH
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| show | THE DISTANCE LIGHT TRAVELS IN ONE YEAR
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| PARALLAX | show 🗑
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| HERTZSPRUNG-RUSSELL DIAGRAM | show 🗑
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| show | A DIAGONAL AREA ON AN H-R DIAGRAM THAT INCLUDES MORE THAN 90% OF ALL STARS
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| NEBULA | show 🗑
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| show | A CONTRACTING CLOUD OF GAS AND DUST WITH ENOUGH MASS TO FORM A STAR
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| show | THE BLUE-WHITE HOT CORE OF A STAR THAT IS LEFT BEHIND AFTER ITS OUTER LAYERS HAVE EXPANDED AND DRIFTED OUT INTO SPACE
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| SUPERNOVA | show 🗑
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| NEUTRON STAR | show 🗑
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| PULSAR | show 🗑
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| BLACK HOLE | show 🗑
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| show | A STAR SYSTEM WITH TWO STARS
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| ECLIPSING BINARY | show 🗑
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| OPEN CLUSTER | show 🗑
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| GLOBULAR CLUSTER | show 🗑
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| GALAXY | show 🗑
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| SPIRAL GALAXY | show 🗑
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| show | A GALAXY SHAPED LIKE A ROUND OR FLATTENED BALL, GENERALLY CONTAINING ONLY OLD STARS
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| show | A GALAXY THAT DOES NOT HAVE A REGULAR SHAPE
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| show | AN ENORMOUSLY BRIGHT, DISTANT GALAXY WITH A GIANT BLACK HOLE AT ITS CENTER
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| UNIVERSE | show 🗑
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| SCIENTIFIC NOTATION | show 🗑
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| show | THE INITIAL EXPLOSION THAT RESULTED IN THE FORMATION AND EXPANSION OF THE UNIVERSE
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| HUBBLE'S LAW | show 🗑
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| show | THE ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION LEFT OVER FROM THE BIG BANG
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| SOLAR NEBULA | show 🗑
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| PLANETESIMAL | show 🗑
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| DARK MATTER | show 🗑
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| DARK ENERGY | show 🗑
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