Earth Science Chapter 3 Review

Question 1

The first type of telescope invented

Accepted Answer

refractor

Question 2

A group of stars with the same motion

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star cluster

Question 3

Which star has the brightest apparent magnitude?

Accepted Answer

Ding dong, +0.7

Question 4

The structure in England known for its ring of stones that may have been a solar observatory

Accepted Answer

stonehenge

Question 5

What is the classification?

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open star cluster

Question 6

Unusual, distant, rapidly moving objects

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quasars

Question 7

Telescopes that use mirrors to gather incoming light

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reflectors

Question 8

What is the classification of this object?

Accepted Answer

barred spiral galaxy

Question 9

The earth's equator projected into the sky

Accepted Answer

celestial equator

Question 10

Which one is not an advance in modern telescope design?

Accepted Answer

large objective lenses

Question 11

What is the classification?

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spiral galaxy

Question 12

A star's real movement across the sky

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proper motion

Question 13

Also known as celestial latitude

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declination

Question 14

The brightest star in the constellation Cygnus, according to Bayer is

Accepted Answer

Alpha Cygni

Question 15

The ability to bring out details in an image

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resolution

Question 16

A large mass of dust and gases in space

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nebula

Question 17

What affects a star's apparent magnitude?

Accepted Answer

distance from earth, amount of light emitted

Question 18

Which of these is a bad thing for a telescope?

Accepted Answer

chromatic aberration

Question 19

The number of modern constellations

Accepted Answer

88

Question 20

Which one is not used to find a star using celestial coordinates?

Accepted Answer

gnomon

Question 21

What kind of galaxy is the Milky Way?

Accepted Answer

spiral

Question 22

The distance that light travels in a year

Accepted Answer

light year

Question 23

A star that increases in magnitude for a time, then returns to its normal magnitude

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nova

Question 24

What is the classification?

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dark nebula

Question 25

A star that explodes and leaves behind a neutron star

Accepted Answer

supernova

Question 26

A stationary pole-like device used to determine the position and motion of the sun

Accepted Answer

gnomon

Earth Science Chapter 3 Review

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Earth Science Chapter 3 Review

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