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Define Atmosphere.
The envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.
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Which astronomer discovered gravity?
Isaac Newton
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What is radio material within the ground?
The way a planet makes energy.
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Saturn's moon Titan has enough evidence of organic chemicals in its atmosphere?
True.
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What is a black hole?
A region of space that has a gravitational field so intense, that no matter or radiation can escape.
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What did Edwin Hubble discover?
He discovered that the universe is expanding.
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What is a meteorite?
A small rock moving through space.
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Why is the Big Bang the most accepted theory of how the earth was formed?
It has the most evidence to support it.
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What does "Ultraviolet" mean?
The portion of the spectrum with wavelengths shorter than the bluest visible light.
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Who is the father of modern science?
Galileo Galilei
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Estimate how much a spacesuit costs
The full cost is about $11 million dollars. 70% of this amount is for the backpack and the control module.
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The Milky Way galaxy we live in is one among the billions in space?
True.
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What is a nebula?
A cloud of dust and gas in space, from which stars are created.
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What are Isaac Newton's three laws of motion?
Inertia, acceleration, and action and reaction.
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What are the letters we use to sort stars into spectral class and temperature?
OBAFGKM
"Oh be a fine guy/girl, kiss me". |
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Define "Supernova"?
An explosion of a massive star at the end of its life; the star may briefly equal and entire galaxy in brightness.
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What does light years mean?
,The distance light travels in one year or 14,759,750,390,000 miles.
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What is Thermonuclear fusion?
The way a star makes energy.
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The framework of the Big Bang model relies on Isaac Newton's law of general relativity.
False. It was Albert Einstein's law of general relativity.
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