Earth Science Chapter 24 Review

What are the most explosive events that occur on the sun?

The magnification of a telescope is changed by changing the ______.

When several radio telescopes are wired together, the resulting network is called a radio __.

A reflecting telescope produces an image using a(n) ________.

Which type of spectrum is associated with the radiation of most stars?

The sun's surface has a grainy texture produced by numerous bright markings called_______.

The thin red rim seen around the sun during a total solar eclipse is called the ___.

Which part of the sun lies directly above the visible surface of the sun?

What information does a star's spectrum offer about the star?

The James Webb Space Telescope will study _______.

Which type of spectrum can be produced by a solid, liquid, or gas?

What effect do solar flares have on Earth?

Which of the following is NOT a form of electromagnetic radiation?

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of radio telescopes over optical telescopes?

What will happen to an object's wavelength as the object moves toward you?

The energy of a photon is related to its ______.

The fact that light can exert a pressure on matter suggests it is made of particles called?

Which famous scientist first used a telescope for astronomical observations?

The layer of the sun that radiates most of the light that reaches Earth is the _________.

Which property of an optical telescope is associated with sharper images?

What does a prism do?

Chromatic aberration _____.

Gamma rays, X-rays, visible light, and radio waves are all types of ____.

Large Doppler shifts indicate _________.

Which of the following is NOT true about most large optical telescopes?

The sun can continue to exist in it present stable state for about another ______.

The source of the sun's energy is _______.

A typical incandescent light bulb produces a(n)________.

Which color has the longest wavelength?

Which famous scientist unknowingly founded the field of spectroscopy?

In the equation E=mc² , what does c represent?

Sunspots appear dark because they are________.

What was the first space telescope built by NASA?

Streams of electrons and protons that shoot out from the sun's corona make up the solar ___.

The sun's surface is made up mostly of _______.

Refers to the change in wavelength that occurs when objects move toward or away from a source?

Which color has the most energetic photons?

Using the Doppler effect, astronomers can determine a star's ________________.

A refracting telescope produces and image using a ____.

What advantage do space telescopes have over telescopes used on Earth?

By observing sunspots, Galileo concluded that the sun ______.

The product of nuclear fusion is  ______.

The outer most layer of the sun is called the ______________.