BJU Earth Science Ch. 24

Identified Stars by their Brightness within Constellations

all constellations are asterisms but not all asterisms are constellations

Proposed an idea that became the Big Bang theory

What are declination and right ascension used for

The largest galaxies known are elliptical galaxies

A stars real motion is its motion across the sky among background stars as seen from earth

Stellar parallax is a method astronomers may use to determine a stars ____ from the earth

According to the standard model of cosmology, the Universe is

Our sun is found in the _______ _______ galaxy

what do pulsars and quasars have in common

which stellar classification is expressed in roman numerals?

What would an astronomer expect to find in a stellar nursery

The ASC must be accepted mainly by fath just as its critics claim because it cant be tested

According to their apparent magnitudes which of the following stars is the brightest?

What Galaxy is this...............................................

which of the following about the creation of the universe is not stated in the bible?

A low mass star has less mass than our own sun

which 2 factors are used as the axes to plot stars on the Hertzspring-Russell diagram?

Astronomers believe that most of the stars in our galaxy are eclipsing binary stars

_{^Created the ^new General ^Catalog listing ^over 13,000 ^nebula's and} ^other _non ^stellar _objects

planetary nebulas white dwarfs and neutron stars are

what is the primary value of cepheid variables to astronomers?

which is not a characteristic of a quasar

the distance that light travels in a year...

wrote an equation for calculating the probability of extra terrestrial life that led to SETI

Many nebula's that we see in the night sky are actually galaxies

Stellar aging requires billions of years so the universe must be that old

According to Genesis 1:14, God created the stars to ____

Developed the relationship between red shift and stellar parallax

A(n) _____ is a cloud of gas or dust that can be seen against a background of stars

The theory of dark matter does not have which property

In general any recognizable pattern of stars is called a(n)

The Bible says about creation finding smart aliens with souls through studies like Seti is

Divided stars into 6 different ranks of magnitude

which does not apply to most galaxies

As a yellow dwarf the sun lies on the main sequence of the Hertzsprung-Russel diagram

which of these would be best for calculating the distance to a very dim star?

What Galaxy is this...............................................

Globular star clusters are held together by gravity not open clusters

Christians wanting to become astronomers should probably find other work like little Ceasers

Hipparchus created the 1st system for assigning numbers to the magnitude of stars

The Drake equation gives a good chance of finding a smart alien race somewhere in the galaxy

a spectrum of visible light that consists of narrow lines of distinct colors is an?

Unlike most scientists astronomers cant carry out experiments to ___ their theories

Created an early catalog of non stellar objects using M to identify them

the light created in transit theory does not solve the starlight and time problem because...

novas occur when a_ _gains enough matter from a star making a nuclear explosion on its surface

which pair of elements makes up the bulk of most stars including our sun?

Astronomers think some black holes began @ the start of the Universe others are supernova parts

What Galaxy is this...............................................

the ASC which suggests that the speed of light depends on its motion relitive to the observer

the alpha named star of a constellation must be the brightest star

Developed theories of relativity

Christians tackle the starlight & time problem with the guess only what the Bible says is true

A stars real motion as seen from earth is a combination of its proper motion and its ___ motion

The brightness of a star as it appears from earth is its ____ magnitude

Astronomers classify the sun as a largish yellow __ star

The universe is immense because it _______

when astronomers first discover 2 stars close together he can be sure that they

A light-year is larger than a parsec

the milky way is

Which of these statements is not true concerning apparent magnitude?

Who made a way of naming stars using Greek letters & Latin forms of star constellation names

when Christians consider the creation of the universe they must

charles messiers plan when cataloging nebulas was to

Most binary star systems are not ____ binary stars

___ is the study of how the universe began and how it has changed over time

The most difficult question the Hubble Space Telescope has raised for Biblical creationists is

using a property of a stars spectrum to indicate its distance from us this is called its __ __

Stellar parallax is a form of apparent motion displayed by a star

Christians should be careful & humble when discussing how God made the world with others

Most astronomers agree that the milky way can be classified as a(n) ___ ___ galaxy

A star that had a diameter 100 times larger than our sun would be called a giant

Stars that are found in the diagonal band on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram are called the _ _

The Hubble Space Telescope is useful because it __

The series of constellations that form the Zodiac Lie on or near the plane of the ___