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Astronomy
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Stars
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Weather &
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Solar wind causes this to
develop on a comet.
What is the tail?
The arrangement of
electromagnetic radiation
according to wavelengths.
What is the electromagnetic
spectrum?
A group of stars, gas and dust
held together by gravity.
What is a galaxy?
An object so dense that nothing
including light can escape its
gravity field.
What is a black hole?
Small pieces of rock moving
through space enter Earth’s
atmosphere and burn up.
What is a meteor?
Stage that follows the stable
state for most stars.
What is giant?
About 90% of stars in space are
in this stage.
What is the stable state (main
sequence)?
Actual or true brightness
What is luminosity?
How bright the star appears to
an observer on Earth.
What is apparent magnitude?
Luminosity of stars if seen from
the same distance.
What is absolute magnitude?
Jovian planets
What is Uranus, Neptune,
Jupiter, and Saturn?
Terrestrial planets
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth
and Mars.
This planet is very hot due to the
greenhouse effect.
What is Venus?
The point in the planet’s orbit
nearest to the sun.
What is perihelion?
Four Galilean satellites.
What is Io, Europa, Ganymede,
and Callisto?
Lines on a map connecting
places with the same
temperature.
What are isotherms?
We reach the highest
temperature of the day during
this time period.
What is late afternoon?
Atmosphere is divided into
layers based upon this.
What is temperature?
Temperature at which vapor
condenses.
What is the dew point?
Two greenhouse gases.
What is carbon dioxide and
water vapor.
Horse Latitudes and
Doldrums.
What are examples of
pressure belts?
Type of precipitation that forms
when raindrops fall through the
freezing air and turn into ice
pellets.
What is sleet?
Causes winds to be turned to the
right in the Northern
Hemisphere.
What is the Coriolis effect?
Clouds that form in unstable air.
What is cumulus?
Give three examples of wind
belts.
What are the trade winds,
prevailing westerlies, and polar
easterlies.