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4. Jeopardy
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5. The Sun produces energy
through what process?
A 100

6. fusion
A 100

7. Which layer of the Sun's interior is the hottest?

8. the core
A 200

9. Which feature on the Sun's photosphere appears dark?

10. sunspots
A 300

11. An astronomer measures the parallax of a star
An astronomer measures the parallax of a star. Then she uses light-years to describe the star's___
A 400

12. distance
A 400

13. The temperature of a star determines its____

14. color
A 500

15. What is left behind after a lower-mass star sheds its outer layers at the end of its life cycle?

16. White dwarf
B 100

17. The Milky Way is an example of which type of galaxy?
B 200

18. spiral
B 200

19. Scientists classify galaxies according to_____.
B 300

20. shape
B 300

21. Astronomers learned that galaxies are moving apart by observing____.

22. The Dopplar Effect
B 400

23. According to the big bang theory, the universe was originally much______.

24. Hotter and denser
B 500

25. Which layer of the Sun's interior is the densest?

26. The core
C 100

27. Which feature of the Sun appears as a loop in the Sun's atmosphere?

28. prominence
C 200

29. Astronomers measure parallax to determine a star's____
C 300

30. Distance from Earth
C 300

31. DAILY DOUBLE
DAILY DOUBLE
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C 400

32. -supergiant star, white dwarf, black hole, neutron star
Which of the following objects is part of the life cycle of a lower-mass star?
-supergiant star, white dwarf, black hole, neutron star
C 400

33. White dwarf
C 400

34. The Milky Way is what type of galaxy that holds Earth?
C 500

35. The spiral galaxy in which Earth is located

36. Elliptical galaxies are____
D 100

37. Spherical and contain mainly old stars

38. A quasar is the
D 200

39. Very bright center of a galaxy
D 200

40. An example of the Doppler effect is the red shift observed when a galaxy is doing what?

41. Moving away from Earth
D 300

42. What happens in the fusion process that produces the Sun's energy?

43. Hydrogen particles combine to form helium

44. In which layer of the Sun can you see energy moving out into space?
D 500

45. (Do not confuse with the corona)
Photosphere
(Do not confuse with the corona)
D 500

46. What would NOT be caused by solar wind?
-Auroras, corona becoming visible, electric power systems fail, satellites are damaged
E 100

47. The corona becomes visible

48. What determines whether a main-sequence star will eventually become a black hole?

49. Mass at formation
E 200

50. In which part of the Milky Way is the Sun located?

51. Disk surrounding the bulge

52. he classifies the galaxy as
An astronomer observes a galaxy with a spherical shape and almost no dust or gas between the stars.
he classifies the galaxy as
E 400

53. elliptical
E 400

54. A bright whirlpool of gas swirling into the center of a large galaxy may be evidence of a______.

55. Super massive black hole

56. A process in which particles of an element collide and combine to form a heavier element, such as the ____ of hydrogen into helium that occurs in the Sun’s core.
F 100

57. fusion
F 100

58. A process by which energy is transferred in gases and liquids, occurring when a warmer, less dense area of gas or liquid is pushed up by a cooler, more dense area of the gas or liquid.
F 200

59. convection
F 200

60. The outer layer of the Sun’s atmosphere.

61. corona
F 300

62. A stream of electrically charged particles that flows out in all directions from the Sun’s corona.

63. Solar wind
F 400

64. The distance light travels in one year, which is about 9
The distance light travels in one year, which is about 9.5 trillion kilometers (6 trillion mi).
F 500

65. Light-year
F 500

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67. What does N.A.S.A. stand for?
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68. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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