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| What type of lines distinguishes a depression on a topographic map? | Hachure marks |
| What are the 3 types of scales on a map? | Verbal, Graphic scale, Representative Fraction |
| Verbal | uses words, ex. one inch equals one mile |
| Graphic scale | uses a pictue, ex. |---------| = 2 mi. |
| Representative Fraction | uses a fraction or ratio, ex. 1:400 |
| What divides the Northern and Southern hemispheres? | equator |
| What divides the Eastern and Western hemispheres? | Prime meridian |
| Describe the color of stars from hottest to coldest. | Blue, white, yellow, orange, red |
| Solar flare | Quick burst of light |
| Sun spot | Cooler region on the sun that occurs in 11 year cycles |
| Solar wind | Continuous stream of high energy particles |
| Solar prominence | Loop or whorl that falls back onto the Sun’s surface |
| Why do we only see one side of the moon? | rotates and revolves at about the same speed |
| How do stars make energy? | Nuclear fusion |
| What is the most abundant element in stars? | Hydrogen, it fuses to make helium |
| What are the 3 types of galaxies? | Spiral, elliptical, and irregular |
| What is type is the Milky Way? | spiral |
| What is a pulsar? | Spinning neutron star |
| What is a quasar? | Far off objects that give off x-rays |
| What does a light year measure? | Distance |
| What is the difference between absolute and apparent magnitude? | Absolute is the real thing while apparent is what you see |
| Absolute | actual brightness of the star |
| Apparent | what a star looks like from earth |
| What is the order of the stars from largest to smallest? | Super giant, red giant, main sequence, red dwarf, white dwarf, neutron star |
| What stage do all stars begin as? | Protostar |
| What is the big bang theory? | Describes the origin of our universe |
| What types of stars make up 90% of the H-R diagram? | Main sequence |
| What is the Red Shift? | Stars give off a red light when they are moving away, supports the big bang theory |
| Name the planets in order. | Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto |
| interesting fact about Mercury | Only weigh 38% of what a person weighs on Earth, extreme temperatures |
| interesting fact about Venus | It rotates clockwise, densest atmosphere, traps heat in the atmosphere because of carbon dioxide |
| interesting fact about Earth | Formed at the right distance from the sun, liquid water is vital part of the survival of living things |
| interesting fact about Mars | Very thin atmosphere, very cold temperature, reddish color comes from the iron content in the rock |
| interesting fact about Jupiter | Largest planet, Great Red Spot which is a storm |
| interesting fact about Saturn | Largest ring made of icy particles |
| interesting fact about Uranus | mainly hydrogen and methane, retrograde rotation |
| interesting fact about Neptune | Has belts of clouds due to warm interior and cool exterior |
| interesting fact about Pluto | Smallest planet, has moon named Charon almost the same size as Pluto |
