Astronomy Senior Project
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- The Complete lunar phase of the moon oribiting Earth takes ________ days to complete.
- 29.5
- An ________ is simply a flattened circle.
- Ellipse
- Our _______ is known to contain one start, nine planets, and ninety one moons.
- Solar System
- A type of electromagnetic radiation, __________, is particular to which human eyes are most sensitive.
- Visible Light
- The Solar Corona can be seen during brief moments of an _______.
- Eclipse
- What is a Period?
- The time needed for the planet to complete one circuit around the sun
- What is Amplitude?
- The maximum deviation of a wave above or below zero
- What is a comet?
- A small body of dust and ice in eliptical orbit around the sun
- What is a Jovian Planet?
- One of the four giant outer planets of the solar system
- What is a Red Giant?
- A Giant star whose surface temperature is low so that it glows red
- What law states that equal areas are swept out in equal intervals of time?
- Kepler's Second Law
- The spiral galaxy in which the sun resides; faint band in the sky.
- Milky Way Galaxy
- Spectral classes in order of decreasing temperature.
- O B A F G K M
- Mars Hempisphere consists of what?
- Rolling, volcanic plains and heavily cratered highlands
- Above the Photosphere lies what?
- The cooler Chromosphere, the inner part of the solar atmosphere
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Retrograde motion can best be described as:
A. Westward motion
B. Eastward motion
C. Direct motion
D. Backward motion - D. Backward motion
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An imaginary line connecting the sun to any planet sweeps out equal areas of the ellipse in _______ intervals of time.
A. Odd
B. Awkward
C. Equal
D. Zero - C. Equal
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Galaxy composed of a flattened, star-forming disk component.
A. Spiral Galaxy
B. Spin-Orbit Resonance
C. Roche Limit
D. Sunspot Cycle - A. Spiral Galaxy
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The 12 constellations on the celestial sphere through which the sun appears to pass during one year.
A. Zone
B. Hydrogen Envelope
C. Zodiac
D. Intercrater Plains - C. Zodiac
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Any star with radius comparable to, or smaller than, that of the sun.
A. Supergiant
B. Red star
C. Electron
D. Dwarf - D. Dwarf