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Stars and Moon Summative Review
Identify the phases of the moon.
How does the gravitational pull of the moon affect the Earth? (the side closest and the side farthest)
What does a waxing moon indicate?
Identify the cause of tides on Earth.
Describe the effect that the elliptical orbit of the moon has on the Earth.
What color are the coolest stars?
What color are the hottest stars?
Why do stars appear to move in the sky?
How do scientists determine the composition and temperature of stars?
What is the difference between a blue shift and a red shift?
Describe a white dwarf.
How does a star in the main sequence stage, generate energy?
What are the characteristics of a giant star?
What are binary stars?
What is a quasar?
What is a light-year?
Astronomers analyze starlight to determine what?
How do stars with a negative number for their apparent magnitudes compare to stars with a positive number for their
apparent magnitudes?
What is a pulsar?
Describe the following features of the moon:
Mare
crater
regolith
anorthosite
rilles
Movements of the moon identify:
Apogee
solar eclipse
perigee
barycenter
lunar eclipse
Differentiate between:
Nebula
Nova
neutron star
protostar
black hole
What is a light-year?
Differentiate between Doppler effect and parallax.
Differentiate between apparent magnitude and absolute magnitude.
Identify the properties that are plotted on the H-R diagram.