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- 1just memorize this >>>>

- 2what happens in a lunar eclipse?we cannot see the moon or if we do see it, it appears red
- 3what happens in a solar eclipse?we cannot see the Sun, only the corona which appears to be a halo
- 4why is a total eclipse of the Sun very rare?the moon and earth revolve at different angle, and it is also required that Venus and the moon line up directly in front of the Sun
- 5—new moon

- 6—waxing crescent

- 7—first quarter

- 8—gibbous waxing

- 9—full moon

- 10—gibbous waning

- 11—waning crescent

- 12what is the reason for the seasons?the earth is at a tilt, so when the rays from the sun hit a sire of it, some places receive a higher concentration of light, and as the earth revolves around the sun, the concentration of these rays change
- 13name the order of the planets from the Sunmercury, venus, earth, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune
- 14why is venus hotter than mercury?Venus has a lot of carbon dioxide, trapping heat
- 15what is earth's only satellite?the moon
- 16what is a satellitea celestial object that revolves around a planet or dwarf planet
- 17why do satellites need to be launched with optimal velocity?the gravity of the earth constantly pulls it down, but with enough velocity, the satellite will follow the curvature of the earth
BTW this is called continuous earth orbit - 18what is the range a low-earth satellite orbits at200-900km
- 19what are low-earth satellites used formilitary or earth observation, natural disaster response and natural and human made events
- 20what does GPS stand forglobal positioning system
- 21at what distance does a GPS satellite orbit at11000 km
- 22what does a GPS satellite do?transmits signals to GPS receivers on the ground
- 23how many GPS satellites must be visible to a GPS receiver are any time3
- 24what distance does a geostationary satellite orbit at35 790 km
- 25why is the orbital period of a geostationary satellite significant?it matches the period of rotation of the earth, making appear motionless in the sky
- 26what are geostationary satellites used forweather forecasting, satellite Tv and radio broad-casting
- 27what are the four terrestrial planetsmercury, venus, earth, mars
- 28what are the four gas giantsjupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune
- 29if all the gas giants have rings, how come only Saturn's were found early?Saturn's rings are reflective- all the rings were made of gas so it's hard to see
- 30what is a galaxy?a collection, of gas, dust, and about 200 billion stars
- 31what is at the center of the galaxy?a super massive black hole
- 32what is precessionthe changing direction of the earths axis
- 33what is rotationa planet spinning on its axis
- 34what is a revolutionthe planet or celestial object making a full orbit around the star or object there are orbitting arounf
- 35how are tides created?the moon's gravity stretches the earth
- 36what is an astronomical unitthe distance from the earth to the sun, about 150 million km
- 37what is a light yearthe distance that light travels in a year
- 38what is a nebulaa huge cloud of gas and dust
the beginning of a star - 39what are red giantsstars near the end of its life cycle with a mass that is equal to or smaller than that of the Sun
- 40what are white dwarfssmall, dim and hot stars created by the remains of a red giant after it dies
- 41name the different colours of a star in order from hottest to coldestblue>>bluish white>>white>>whitish yellow>>yellow>>orange>>red
- 42what are neutron starsextremely dense stars made of tightly packed neutrons
- 43what are the four different types of galaxiesspiral, elliptical, linticular, irregular
- 44what do spiral galaxies have in the center, when looking on an edge viewa bulge
- 45what are quasarsyoung galaxies that look like faint stars and emit up to 100 times for energy than our entire galaxy
- 46what is the closest galaxy to us?Andromeda
- 47how can you tell if you are seeing a starthey twinkle
- 48what is apparent magnitudethe brightness of a starbthe way the appear in the night sky
- 49what is absolute magnitudethe brightness of a star if they were 33 ly away from earth
- 50what is luminositythe total amount of energy a star produces each second
- 51why is Pluto no longer a planetit does not dominate its orbit
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- 9 (Science) Exam Prep 9 Fichas sobre Astronomy, creado por melurvunicorns el 24/01/2015.
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