1. 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt STARS PHASESMOONTELESCOPES ECLIPSES

2. The majority of the stars in our solar system are this type.

3. What is a main sequence star?

4. Stars are born here.

5. What is a stellar nebula?

6. The brightness of a star as seen from earth.

7. What is apparent magnitude?

8. A stars actual brightness.

9. What is actual magnitude?

10. The stuff found in a stellar nebula.

11. What is gas and dust?

12. Name the phase.

13. What is first quarter?

14. Name the phase.

15. What is a waning crescent?

16. Name the phase.

17. What is a waxing gibbous?

18. Name the phase.

19. What is a full moon?

20. Name the phase.

21. What is a new moon?

22. The length of time it takes for the moon to turn once on its axis or orbit the earth.

23. What is 28 days?

24. When the left side of the moon is lit.

25. What is waning?

26. When the right side of the moon is lit.

27. What is waxing?

28. When the moon is completely dark when viewed from earth.

29. What is a new moon?

30. When the moon is completely lit when viewed from earth.

31. What is a full moon?

32. Telescopes that use mirrors to concentrate visible light.

33. What is a reflecting telescope?

34. Telescopes that use lenses to concentrate the energy from the image to be viewed.

35. What are refracting telescopes?

36. This can interfere with the image on optical telescopes and is why scientists sometimes place them on mountaintops.

37. What is the earth’s atmosphere (pollution and light from large cities)?

38. The type of telescope that must be placed in orbit outside of the earth’s atmosphere in order to collect nonvisible light from the electromagnetic spectrum.

39. What is a non optical telescope? Specifically: radio, gamma, xray, infrared.

40. The type of telescope that collects and concentrates only visible light.

41. What is an optical telescope?

42. Name the type of eclipse. Sun EarthMoon

43. What is a solar eclipse?

44. The type of eclipse occurs when the earth, sun and moon are lined up with earth’s shadow falling on the moon.

45. What is a lunar eclipse?

46. The darkest part of the shadow during an eclipse.

47. What is the umbra?

48. The area of partial shadow during an eclipse.

49. What is a penumbra?

50. The type of eclipse occurs when the earth, sun and moon are lined up with the moon’s shadow falling on the earth.

51. What is a solar eclipse?