Science Semester 1 Exam
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- the star with the greatest apparrent magnitude as seen from earth
- Sun
- loops added to geocentric thory to account for backward movement of the planets
- epicycle
- the study of earthquakes
- seismology
- subtle effects of scientists' likes and dislikes
- predjudice
- judgements that are made outside the realm of science
- moral
- a group of planets
- solar system
- crystal sphere
- deferent
- off centered circle
- eccentric
- sun's the center of the solar system
- heliocentric theory
- earth's the center of the solar system
- geocentric theory
- spinning on an axis
- rotation
- orbit around something
- revolution
- apparrent path
- ecliptic
- the force that pulls downward toward a large body
- gravity
- a telescope using a mirror
- reflecting
- a telescope using lenses
- refracting
- 3 functions of a telescope
- gathering light, resolution, and magnifacation
- What affects a star's apparent magnitude?
- distance and brightness
- layers surrounding the earth
- Atmosphere
- the water on surface
- hydrosphere
- solid part of the earth
- litosphere
- space
- celestial sphere
- discovered white light is made of many colors
- Newton
- known for accurate calculations
- Tycho
- first to use telescope for astromomy
- Galileo
- added elliptical orbits to Copernican theory
- Kutler
- improved geocentric theory
- Ptolomy
- developed heliocentric theory
- Copernicus
- There are __________ modern constellations.
- 88
- A ___________ is the distance light travels in one year.
- Lightyear
- The ___________ divides the light and the dark sides of the moon.
- terminator
- what is the most spectacular of the Maria?
- Tycho
- What theory of the moon says that the earth captured the moon accidentally.
- Capture Theory
- Streams of material that rise up and fall into the sus's corona.
- Prominences
- earth is between the moon and the sun
- lunar eclipse
- moon is between sun and the earth.
- solar
- why doesn't the moon have an atmosphere?
- the moon has no gravity, so it has no atmosphere. 1/81 of the gravity of the earth.
- Which planets were unknown during the ancient time and why?
- Uranus, Neptune, Pluto/ couldn't be seen
- growing (in terms of moon's phases)
- waxing
- shrinking (in terms of moon's phases)
- waning
- 93 million miles
- A.U. (Astronomical Unit)
- stars circling each other
- Eclipsing binary
- layers of earth's atmosphere with abundance of ionized particles
- Ionosphere
- instrument produces an artificial eclipse
- Coronagraph
- streams of material that rise and fall into sun's corona
- Prominences
- Exploded meteor
- bolide
- falls to earth
- meteorite
- "shooting star"
- meteor
- particle orbiting in space
- meteoroid
- depression (astronomicaly speaking)
- crater
- earth's orbit collides with meteroid's
- meteor showers
- first american to orbit the earth
- John Glenn
- the first to build a liquid fuel rocket
- Robert Goddard
- the first American to walk in space
- Edward White
- first man to orbit the earth
- Yuri Gargarin
- first american woman in space
- Sally Ride
- first woman in space
- Valentina Tereskova
- first person to walk on the moon
- Neil Armstrong
- points on crescent moon
- cusps
- broad plains
- Maria (or Mare)
- sunlight reflected from earth to moon and back
- earthshine
- long narrow valleys
- rills
- being in the shadow of an astronomical body
- eclipse
- point in orbit closest to earth
- perigee
- point in orbit farthest from earth
- apogee
- how many times moon rotates during one revolution
- once
- How long is a lunar month?
- 29 1/2 days
- Where does the moons light come from?
- The sun
- fastest revolving planet
- Mercury
- What special feature does Jupiter have?
- Great Red Spot
- Which planet is one A.U.(Astronomical Unit) from the sun
- Earth
- Which planet is the farthest planet most of the time.
- Pluto
- which planet is closest to the earth?
- Venus
- What special feature does Saturn have
- Rings
- The Red planet
- Mars
- dark spots on sun's surface
- sunspots
- lower layer of sun's atmosphere
- Chromosphere
- darker portion of sunspot
- umbra
- dark spots on surface
- sunspots
- outer layer of the sun
- corona
- visible surface of the sun
- photosphere
- pointed jets on chromosphere
- spicules
- outer portion of sunspot
- penumbra
- bubbles on surface
- granules
- What is the 3rd planet from the sun?
- Earth
- how many degrees is the earth's axis tilted
- 23 1/2
- the first American woman in space
- Sally Ride