1st 9 weeks Science Exam Review

What type of galaxy is this?

Which number represents a Waxing Crescent moon?

What is a huge explsion of gas on the photoshpere that is more common around sun spots?

How can sunspots, solar flares, and prominences affect us here on Earth?

Middle Aged Galaxy

What is the outermost layer of the sun that we can see during a solar eclipse?

Oval shaped; no longer creates stars

Our Solar System is in what galaxy

What is the correct order os structures in the universe from smallest to biggest?

As mass gets bigger the gravity ________

What type of galaxy is this?

2 Reasons theories change: 1. New technology 2. New observations

Which number represents a New Moon?

Which number represents a Waxing Gibbous moon?

How many tides occur in a full day?

What is the process called that makes energy in the star?

Why does the Earth stay in orbit around the sun?

The sun is at the center of the solar system (our current model)

Old Galaxies

What are the huge loops of gas that extend out from the sun's photosphere?

Where does energy production take place in a star?

Appears splotchy shaped; lots of star formation

As the distance between objects increases, the gravity between them _________?

Scientist theorized that the universe originated from an enormous explosion called the Big Boom.

A large collerction of stars, gas and dust that are held together by gravity

Which number represents a Waning Gibbous moon?

Earth is the center of the solar system (first and oldest model)

The oval-shaped path of planetary objects

Thought the Earth was the center of all things.

Space and all the matter and energy in it.

Observed the 4 moons of Jupiter, a supernova, sunspots on the sun, Venus' phases. Proved the Heliocentric Model.

Area of densely concentrated galaxies

What are two factors that affect the force of gravity?

Young Galaxy

Made improvements to the telescope.

Another Theory associated with the Big Bang Theory

At which numbered locations will the tide be the lowest?

What has the greatest influence on tides?

Looks like penwheels

What type of galaxy is this?

Thought the moon, stars, and sun circled the Earth. Geocentric

Which number represents a Waning Crescent moon?

Which number represents the First Quarter moon?

The sun and all the small and large objects that orbit it

What are the dark spots on the sun's photosphere called?

Why does the moon have the greatest influence on tides?

Huge spherical areas throughout the universe where there is very little matter

Which number represents a Full Moon?

Which number reprsents a Third Quarter moon?