Transcript Jeopardy

Jeopardy
I Saw the EM What? A Star Is
Light!
Born
Stellar Galaxies &
Evolution Universe
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The length from
one crest
to the next crest
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What is a
wavelength?
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The colors of the
visible spectrum
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What are
ROY G. BIV?
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How wavelength and
frequency are related
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What is “inversely
proportional”
or opposite?
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A prism that splits
light into a
spectrum
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What is a
spectroscope?
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Three things that
we can learn from
spectroscopy
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What are the
chemical
composition,
temperatures, and
motion of stars?
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Three types of
visible spectra
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What are
continuous, emission
(bright line), and
absorption (dark
line) spectra?
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Astronomers use this to
determine if a star is
moving toward or away
from Earth
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What is the Doppler
Effect?
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Three types of EM waves
that have shorter
wavelengths than visible
light
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What are UV,
x-ray, and gamma
rays?
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How energy is
related to wavelength
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What is “the higher
the energy, the
shorter the
wavelength”?
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These waves have the
longest wavelengths –
some as long as a soccer
field.
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What are
radio waves?
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The number
of constellations
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What is 88?
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This red star is in Orion
and has a low apparent
magnitude
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What is Betelgeuse?
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The closest star
to the Earth
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What is the sun?
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The brightness of a star if
it was 10 parsecs away
from the Earth.
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What is absolute
magnitude?
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The no. of minutes it
takes light from the sun
to reach the Earth
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What is 8.3
minutes (8 min.
20 sec.)?
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10 million degrees
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What is the
temperature at
which nuclear
fusion begins?
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Red Giant
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What is the next stage in
the life cycle of the sun?
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White dwarf
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What is the dying core
of a red giant?
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Mass
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What determines the
path of a star’s
evolution?
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The Large Magellenic
Cloud
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A galaxy where a
supernova was
observed in 1987.
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Spiral, elliptical and
irregular
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What are the 3 shapes
of galaxies?
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What is a spiral
galaxy?
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Big Bang Theory
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What is the most
accepted theory
for the formation
of the universe?
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The type of telescope
that uses both mirrors
and lenses.
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What is a reflecting
telescope?
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Edwin Hubble
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Who discovered the
red shift of the
galaxies and evidence
for the Big bang?
Final Jeopardy The evolution of a star
– from birth to death
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