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An Astronomical Unit (AU) is a
measure of the average distance
between these two objects.
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The earth and the sun.
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The distance that light travels
in one year is known as this.
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A light year
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This is the most appropriate unit of
measure to measure the distance
between galaxies.
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Light years
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This describes how you know
when to use light years and
AUs.
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Star distances: Light years
Planetary distance: AUs
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Mars is approximately 2 AU
from the sun. If it takes
sunlight 10 minutes to reach
Earth, this is how long it
takes sunlight to reach Mars.
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20 minutes
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This is the phenomenon
responsible for the shape of
planets, stars, and the orbit of
the planets.
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Gravity
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This is an icy object orbiting the
sun in a highly elliptical path.
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Comet
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This is used to classify stars
according to their size and
luminosity.
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H-R Diagram
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Solar and lunar eclipses both are
seen because of shadows. What
causes the shadows?
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An exact straight line between
the Earth, Moon, and Sun
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This describes the order of Earth, the
Moon, and the Sun during:
1.Lunar Eclipse
2.Solar Eclipse
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1. Lunar: Moon, Earth, Sun
2. Solar: Earth, Moon, Sun
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These are the 4 inner planets.
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Mercury, Venus, Earth, & Mars
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These are the 4 outer planets.
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Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
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A new planet is found in our solar
system. It is large and is composed
of many gases. You would expect
this new planet to be located here.
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Near the rest of the outer
planets.
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This is what physically
separates the inner
planets from the outer
planets.
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Kuiper Belt (asteroids)
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This describes how inner and
outer planets differ.
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Inner: smaller, rocky
Outer: larger, gaseous
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This is where nuclear fusion occurs
to produce a star’s light.
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The core
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Almost everything in the universe
shines by reflecting light. These are
the only things that produce light.
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Stars
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This describes how to determine the
gases in a newly detected star.
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Use a spectroscope to look at the light
from the star. The absorption
spectrum will tell what elements are
present.
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This is the list of star colors from
coolest to hottest.
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Red, yellow, white, blue
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This is the correct star type for a newly
discovered star with a diameter of 25
compared to our sun.
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Red Giant
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A grouping of stars, gas, and dust held
together by gravity.
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A galaxy
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This is the approximate number of
stars in each galaxy.
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Billions
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This type of galaxy
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Spiral galaxy
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Compare and contrast elliptical
galaxies and spiral galaxies.
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• Elliptical: oval shape, old red stars, can be
flat or have bulge
• Spiral: have spiral arms, young blue stars,
flat with a bulge
• Both: galaxies, billions of stars
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This explains why we cannot see the
spiral shape of the Milky Way
Galaxy.
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We cannot see the shape because we
are in one of the spiral arms. We see
the central portion in the night sky.