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What is the origin of the word 'galaxy'?

  • Latin
  • Greek (correct)
  • French
  • English

    • What is the Milky Way?

  • Our own galaxy (correct)
  • A planet in our solar system
  • A star in the galaxy
  • A type of galaxy

    • What are the three main types of galaxies?

  • Spiral, elliptical, irregular (correct)
  • Spiral, elliptical, circular
  • Irregular, spherical, circular
  • Planetary, spiral, elliptical

    • What is believed to be the oldest type of galaxy?

    <p>Irregular galaxy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the name of the process where Earth's geomagnetic poles flip?

    <p>Magnetic reversal</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the region around a magnetic material where the force of magnetism acts?

    <p>Magnetic field</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the movement of energy in Earth's outer core that generates electric currents?

    <p>Convection currents</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the tilt of the Earth's axis measured from its orbital plane?

    <p>23.4 degrees</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the shape of the orbits of the planets around the Sun?

    <p>Elliptical</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the amount of deviation from a perfectly circular orbit called?

    <p>Orbital eccentricity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why do solar eclipses not occur every month?

    <p>Because the moon orbits on an incline</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the darkest shadow produced when the moon entirely covers the sun?

    <p>Umbra</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the period of time that the moon spends completely inside the umbra?

    <p>Totality</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How often do eclipse seasons occur?

    <p>Every 6 months</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the Saros cycle?

    <p>An 18 year, 11 and one-third day cycle of solar and lunar eclipses</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the reason why eclipses can only occur when the Moon passes through the plane of Earth's orbit?

    <p>Because the moon's orbit is inclined by a few degrees to the Earth's orbital plane</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the lit surface of the moon that appears to grow as it orbits the earth?

    <p>Waxing moon</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the reason why the moon is dependent on the sun?

    <p>Because the moon reflects sunlight</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the line that connects the two nodes of the Moon's orbit around Earth?

    <p>Line of nodes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the point where the Moon's orbit passes through the plane of Earth's orbit?

    <p>Node</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What correlates directly with a star's luminosity on the Hertzsprung Russell diagram?

    <p>Its temperature</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the x-axis typically represent on the Hertzsprung Russell diagram?

    <p>Temperature</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which spectral class does the Sun belong to?

    <p>Class G</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of galaxy is characterized by a central bulge and the absence of spiral arms?

    <p>Lenticular spiral</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Edwin Hubble's classification system for galaxies includes all the following types EXCEPT?

    <p>Radial</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Approximately how many galaxies are believed to exist in the observable universe?

    <p>100-200 billion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the y-axis represent on the Hertzsprung Russell diagram?

    <p>Absolute magnitude</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which galaxy type is defined by a linear bar-shaped pattern of stars?

    <p>Barred spiral</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which categories are used to subdivide elliptical galaxies based on their appearance?

    <p>E0 to E7</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT included in the typical components of a galaxy?

    <p>Solar systems</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What causes the seasons on Earth?

    <p>The angle of the Sun's rays on Earth</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What event marks the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere?

    <p>Vernal equinox</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why do we experience shorter days in the winter?

    <p>The Sun takes a low arc across the sky</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happens during a total solar eclipse?

    <p>The Moon completely covers the Sun</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the Earth’s axis tilt related to the ecliptic called?

    <p>Obliquity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which event occurs around June 21 in the Northern Hemisphere?

    <p>Summer solstice</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following happens when the Earth is at perihelion?

    <p>The Earth is closest to the Sun</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the Earth’s wobbling motion on its axis?

    <p>Precession</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which factor has almost no influence on the Earth's seasonal cycle?

    <p>The Earth's distance from the Sun</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Approximately how many days does it take for the Moon to complete one revolution around the Earth?

    <p>29.5 days</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary component of a galaxy that undergoes star formation?

    <p>Disk component</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the region around a magnet where the force of magnetism acts?

    <p>Magnetic field</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the process that generates the Earth's magnetic field?

    <p>Dynamo</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the point where the Moon's orbit passes through the plane of Earth's orbit?

    <p>Nodes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the shape of the orbits of the planets around the Sun?

    <p>Elliptical</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why do magnets have a north and south pole?

    <p>Because of the magnetic field</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the movement of energy in the Earth's outer core?

    <p>Convection currents</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the tilt of the Earth's axis measured from its orbital plane?

    <p>23.4 degrees</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the process where the Earth's geomagnetic poles flip?

    <p>Magnetic reversal</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the enormous structures formed by collections and clusters of galaxies?

    <p>Superclusters</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the relationship between a star's temperature and luminosity?

    <p>As a star's temperature increases, its luminosity also increases</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the function of the x-axis on the Hertzsprung Russell diagram?

    <p>It displays the star's temperature and spectral class</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the characteristic of stars at greater masses?

    <p>They are more luminous than smaller stars at the same temperature</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary component of galaxies that holds them together?

    <p>Gravity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the characteristic of barred spiral galaxies?

    <p>They contain a linear bar-shaped pattern of stars</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the classification system for galaxies developed by Edwin Hubble?

    <p>Galaxy classification system</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the estimated number of galaxies in the observable universe?

    <p>100-200 billion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of galaxy is characterized by a spherical or elliptical appearance?

    <p>Elliptical galaxy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the location of the supermassive black hole in most galaxies?

    <p>In the center</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary component of the Hertzsprung Russell diagram that identifies a star?

    <p>Each point on the diagram</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary reason for the changing seasons on Earth?

    <p>The tilt of the Earth's axis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the point where the Northern Hemisphere begins to tilt towards the Sun?

    <p>Vernal equinox</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the result of the Earth's tilted axis on the distribution of the Sun's rays?

    <p>The Sun's rays are more concentrated in the summer</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the Earth's wobbling motion on its axis?

    <p>Precession</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the event when the moon passes in front of the Sun?

    <p>Solar eclipse</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How long does it take the Moon to complete one revolution around the Earth?

    <p>29.5 days</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the Earth's tilt relative to its orbital plane?

    <p>Obliquity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the reason for the short days in the winter?

    <p>The Sun is lower in the sky</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the event that marks the beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere?

    <p>Winter solstice</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the factor that has almost no influence on the Earth's seasonal cycle?

    <p>The distance between the Earth and the Sun</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happens during a lunar eclipse?

    <p>The Earth passes between the moon and the Sun</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why does a lunar eclipse only occur during a full moon?

    <p>The moon is fully illuminated facing the Earth during a full moon</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What causes the orange or copper-red appearance of the moon during a total lunar eclipse?

    <p>Scattering of sunlight through Earth's atmosphere</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term describes the lighter shadow produced when the moon partially covers the sun?

    <p>Penumbra</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How often is the Saros cycle, a pattern of solar and lunar eclipses, repeated?

    <p>18 years, 11 days, and 8 hours</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the reason solar and lunar eclipses do not occur each month?

    <p>The moon's orbit is inclined relative to Earth's orbital plane</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What occurs when the line of nodes points at the Sun?

    <p>Eclipse seasons</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What maintains the moon's orbit around Earth?

    <p>Gravitational force</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which lunar phase corresponds with the moon being fully illuminated as seen from Earth?

    <p>Full moon</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What distinguishes a central lunar eclipse from other types?

    <p>It involves the moon passing through the center of Earth’s shadow</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    The Hertzsprung Russell Diagram

    • Named after two astronomers who discovered correlations between a star's luminosity and temperature
    • As a star's temperature increases, so does its luminosity
    • Color changes occur at high frequency energy levels and temperatures
    • Stars at greater masses are more luminous than smaller stars at the same temperatures
    • The diagram identifies stars with each point representing a star
    • The x-axis displays temperature scale and spectral class in a decreasing format from left to right
    • The y-axis shows luminosity or absolute magnitude
    • Four main types of stars: main sequence, white dwarfs, giants, and supergiants, which fall into seven spectral classes
    • The sun falls in spectral class G

    Galaxies

    • Massive clusters of millions to trillions of stars, dark matter, nebula, and interstellar clouds of gas and dust bound together by gravity
    • Most large galaxies contain a supermassive black hole
    • Edwin Hubble discovered evidence of galaxies outside the Milky Way
    • There are potentially 100-200 billion galaxies in the observable Universe
    • Hubble's classification system for galaxies includes:
      • Spiral galaxies (with subtypes like barred spiral and lenticular spiral)
      • Elliptical galaxies (with subtypes from E0 to E7)
      • Irregular galaxies (with subtypes I and II)

    Galaxy Structure

    • Galaxies are enormous collections of stars, gas, dust, and dark matter held together by gravity
    • The word galaxy comes from the Greek word galaxias, meaning milky
    • Every star observable with the naked eye is within the Milky Way
    • Galaxies have their own galactic structure, with matter not randomly strewn throughout
    • Components of galaxies include:
      • Disk component (where star formation occurs)
      • Spherical component (with halo and central bulge)
      • Globular clusters of stars (in the spherical component, containing old stars)
      • Open clusters of stars (in the disk, containing young stars)

    Magnets and Magnetic Fields

    • The motion of electrons moving around the nucleus of an atom creates an electric current
    • Strong magnetic materials can induce magnetism or magnetic properties
    • Magnetic fields are regions around materials where the force of magnetism acts
    • Magnets have magnetic poles or regions at the end of a magnet where the magnetic field is strongest
    • The Earth's outer core is made of molten iron and nickel, generating electric currents that form a natural magnetic field (geomagnetic field)
    • The mechanism of producing Earth's magnetic field is known as the dynamo or geodynamo
    • Earth's geomagnetic poles are hypothetically placed at the center of Earth, where the geomagnetic field is approximated
    • Magnetic reversal is the process where Earth's geomagnetic poles flip

    Earth's Orbit and Rotation

    • Earth orbits around the Sun in an elliptical shape
    • The amount of deviation from a perfectly circular orbit is called orbital eccentricity
    • Earth spins on its axis, with a tilted axis due to a large object strike (Giant Impact Hypothesis)
    • The tilt of the axis (obliquity of the ecliptic) causes seasons
    • Precession is the wobbling of the Earth's axis
    • The tilt of the axis relative to the Sun changes with the seasons

    Seasons

    • Divisions of the year that tend to have distinctive types of weather and hours of daylight
    • Seasons occur due to the position of the Sun in the sky and the tilt of the Earth's axis
    • When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun, it's summer, and when it's tilted away, it's winter
    • The angle of the Sun's rays on the Earth determines the seasons
    • The Sun appears higher in the sky during summer and lower during winter

    Natural Satellites and Eclipses

    • A natural satellite is any object that orbits a planet
    • The moon is a natural satellite that reflects sunlight onto the Earth
    • The moon takes approximately 29.5 days to complete one revolution around the Earth
    • Eclipses occur when the moon passes in front of the Sun (solar eclipse) or when the Earth passes between the Sun and the moon (lunar eclipse)
    • There are three types of solar eclipses: total, partial, and annular
    • The darkest shadow produced during an eclipse is called the umbra, and the lighter shadow is called the penumbra

    The Hertzsprung Russell Diagram

    • Named after two astronomers who discovered correlations between a star's luminosity and temperature
    • As a star's temperature increases, so does its luminosity
    • Color changes occur at high frequency energy levels and temperatures
    • Stars at greater masses are more luminous than smaller stars at the same temperatures
    • The diagram identifies stars with each point representing a star
    • The x-axis displays temperature scale and spectral class in a decreasing format from left to right
    • The y-axis shows luminosity or absolute magnitude
    • Four main types of stars: main sequence, white dwarfs, giants, and supergiants, which fall into seven spectral classes
    • The sun falls in spectral class G

    Galaxies

    • Massive clusters of millions to trillions of stars, dark matter, nebula, and interstellar clouds of gas and dust bound together by gravity
    • Most large galaxies contain a supermassive black hole
    • Edwin Hubble discovered evidence of galaxies outside the Milky Way
    • There are potentially 100-200 billion galaxies in the observable Universe
    • Hubble's classification system for galaxies includes:
      • Spiral galaxies (with subtypes like barred spiral and lenticular spiral)
      • Elliptical galaxies (with subtypes from E0 to E7)
      • Irregular galaxies (with subtypes I and II)

    Galaxy Structure

    • Galaxies are enormous collections of stars, gas, dust, and dark matter held together by gravity
    • The word galaxy comes from the Greek word galaxias, meaning milky
    • Every star observable with the naked eye is within the Milky Way
    • Galaxies have their own galactic structure, with matter not randomly strewn throughout
    • Components of galaxies include:
      • Disk component (where star formation occurs)
      • Spherical component (with halo and central bulge)
      • Globular clusters of stars (in the spherical component, containing old stars)
      • Open clusters of stars (in the disk, containing young stars)

    Magnets and Magnetic Fields

    • The motion of electrons moving around the nucleus of an atom creates an electric current
    • Strong magnetic materials can induce magnetism or magnetic properties
    • Magnetic fields are regions around materials where the force of magnetism acts
    • Magnets have magnetic poles or regions at the end of a magnet where the magnetic field is strongest
    • The Earth's outer core is made of molten iron and nickel, generating electric currents that form a natural magnetic field (geomagnetic field)
    • The mechanism of producing Earth's magnetic field is known as the dynamo or geodynamo
    • Earth's geomagnetic poles are hypothetically placed at the center of Earth, where the geomagnetic field is approximated
    • Magnetic reversal is the process where Earth's geomagnetic poles flip

    Earth's Orbit and Rotation

    • Earth orbits around the Sun in an elliptical shape
    • The amount of deviation from a perfectly circular orbit is called orbital eccentricity
    • Earth spins on its axis, with a tilted axis due to a large object strike (Giant Impact Hypothesis)
    • The tilt of the axis (obliquity of the ecliptic) causes seasons
    • Precession is the wobbling of the Earth's axis
    • The tilt of the axis relative to the Sun changes with the seasons

    Seasons

    • Divisions of the year that tend to have distinctive types of weather and hours of daylight
    • Seasons occur due to the position of the Sun in the sky and the tilt of the Earth's axis
    • When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun, it's summer, and when it's tilted away, it's winter
    • The angle of the Sun's rays on the Earth determines the seasons
    • The Sun appears higher in the sky during summer and lower during winter

    Natural Satellites and Eclipses

    • A natural satellite is any object that orbits a planet
    • The moon is a natural satellite that reflects sunlight onto the Earth
    • The moon takes approximately 29.5 days to complete one revolution around the Earth
    • Eclipses occur when the moon passes in front of the Sun (solar eclipse) or when the Earth passes between the Sun and the moon (lunar eclipse)
    • There are three types of solar eclipses: total, partial, and annular
    • The darkest shadow produced during an eclipse is called the umbra, and the lighter shadow is called the penumbra

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