Transcript Earth Science

Earth Science
Chapter 27 Review
A plot of surface
temperatures against their
absolute magnitude

Constellation map
A star that experiences
regular changes in
brightness over time
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Cepheid variable
Cloud of gas and dust in
space
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nebula
Apparent change in position
of an object resulting from a
change in the angle or in the
position from which it is
viewed
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parallax
Stars in the Northern
Hemisphere that circle
Polaris
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circumpolar
A display of colors and lines
made when starlight passes
through a device for
separating light
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spectrum
Patterns of stars that appear
fixed in the sky
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constellations
A device for separating light
into different colors

spectroscope
Measure of a star’s
brightness as it appears
from earth
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Apparent magnitude
An explosion 100 times
brighter than a nova
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supernova
Process in which smaller
atomic nuclei combine into
larger atomic nuclei
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Nuclear fusion
Body of gas that gives off
radiant energy in the form of
light and heat
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star
Happens when a star moves
away from the earth
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Red shift
All stars have ____
composition.
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different
Which apparent magnitude
would appear brightest? 10,
5, or -5?
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5
A large group of stars
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galaxy
Stars have all ____ colors.

different
What stage is the earliest
development of a star?
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Neutron star
Object with gravity so great
that not even light can
escape it
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Black hole
How far is the sun from the
earth?

8.3 light-minutes
What stage of stellar
evolution is the longest?
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Main-sequence
Brightness of a star as it
appears from earth

Apparent magnitude
A star’s actual motion
(can/cannot) be seen with
the naked eye.

cannot
What would a star moving
toward the earth display?
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Blue shift
Graph that shows the
relationship between
temperature and magnitude
of a star
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HR diagram
A main-sequence star
maintains a stable size as
long as it has an ample
supply of hydrogen to fuse
into _____.

helium
What stage of stellar
evolution is characterized by
the fusion of hydrogen
atoms into helium atoms?

Main-sequence
Stars too massive to form
neutron stars may form a
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Black hole
In which stage of stellar
evolution does combined
hydrogen fusion and helium
fusion cause a star’s outer
shell to expand?
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Red giant
At what temperatures within
a protostar does nuclear
fusion begin?
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10,000,000 degrees C
Which type of star maintains
a stable size because the
energy from fusion balances
the force of gravity?

Main-sequence
How much of its hydrogen
has the sun converted to
helium?
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5%