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Light year is: Distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year, about 9.5 trillion km - which is used to record distances between stars and galaxies.

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2 Light year is: Distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year, about 9.5 trillion km - which is used to record distances between stars and galaxies

3 Light year is:

4 Light year is not: Light year is a measure of DISTANCE – NOT TIME!!!!!!

5 Light year is:

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7 SPEED of LIGHT is: Lite Coke Diet Coke

8 SPEED of LIGHT is not:

9 BIG BANG THEORY is: A theory that states that about 12 billion to 15 billion years ago, the universe began with a huge, fiery explosion.

10 BIG BANG THEORY is:

11 BIG BANG THEORY is not:

12 BIG BANG THEORY is: A theory that states that about 12 billion to 15 billion years ago, the universe began with a huge, fiery explosion.

13 BIG BANG THEORY is:

14 UNIVERSE is: the totality of everything that exists, including all matter and energy, the planets, stars, galaxies, and the contents of intergalactic space.

15 UNIVERSE is:

16 UNIVERSE is not:

17 UNIVERSE is:

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19 Galaxy is: Large group of stars, dust and gas held together by gravity; can be elliptical, spiral, and irregular

20 Galaxy is:

21 Galaxy is not:

22 Galaxy is: Irregular Galaxy

23 NEBULA is: is an interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium and other ionized gases. WHERE A STAR IS BORN!

24 NEBULA is:

25 NEBULA is:

26 is an interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium and other ionized gases. WHERE A STAR IS BORN! NEBULA is:

27 NEBULA is:

28 STAR is: A huge object in space made up of gas and giving off light and heat from nuclear reactions; the sun is a star

29 STAR is:

30 STAR is not:

31 STAR is:

32 MAIN SEQUENCE STAR is:

33 MAIN SEQUENCE STAR is: A "main sequence star" is not really a type of star but a period in a stars life. When a star is in "main sequence" it is converting hydrogen into energy. It is then usually called a dwarf star. This is the longest period in a stars lifetime.

34 MAIN SEQUENCE STAR is:

35 MAIN SEQUENCE STAR not is:

36 MAIN SEQUENCE STAR is:

37 PLANETARY NEBULA is:

38 made up of gas and plasma, they are made by certain types of stars when they die. PLANETARY NEBULA is:

39 PLANETARY NEBULA is:

40 PLANETARY NEBULA is not:

41 PLANETARY NEBULA is:

42 Luminosity is:

43 a measure of the radiant power emitted by a star.

44 Luminosity is:

45 Luminosity is not:

46 Luminosity is: a measure of the radiant power emitted by a star.

47 Luminosity is:

48 a measure of the radiant power emitted by a star.

49 Hertzsprung-Russell diagram is:

50 a scatter graph of stars in which the absolute magnitude (intrinsic luminosity) of stars is plotted vertically against their surface temperature (or corresponding spectral types) Hertzsprung-Russell diagram is:

51 Hertzsprung-Russell diagram is:

52 Hertzsprung-Russell diagram is not:

53 Hertzsprung-Russell diagram is:

54 ABSOLUTE MAGNITUDE is:

55 a measure of the star's luminosity---the total amount of energy radiated by the star every second.

56 ABSOLUTE MAGNITUDE is:

57 ABSOLUTE MAGNITUDE is not:

58 APPARENT MAGNITUDE is: The apparent brightness of a star observed from the Earth

59 APPARENT MAGNITUDE is:

60 APPARENT MAGNITUDE is not:

61 APPARENT MAGNITUDE is: The apparent brightness of a star observed from the Earth

62 APPARENT MAGNITUDE is: the "what you see is what you get" magnitude

63 APPARENT MAGNITUDE is: The apparent brightness of a star observed from the Earth

64 APPARENT MAGNITUDE is:

65 Electromagnetic Spectrum is:

66 Electromagnetic Spectrum is: Full range of electromagnetic waves

67 Electromagnetic Spectrum is:

68 Electromagnetic Spectrum is not:

69 Electromagnetic Spectrum is:

70 TROUGH is: the lowest part of a wave; the part of a wave with the least magnitude.

71 TROUGH is:

72 TROUGH is not: Get out of my Trough!

73 TROUGH is: the lowest part of a wave; the part of a wave with the l east magnitude.

74 TROUGH is:

75 the lowest part of a wave; the part of a wave with the least magnitude.

76 TROUGH is:

77 CREST is:

78 the highest part of a wave; the part of a wave with th e greatest magnitude.

79 CREST is:

80 CREST is not:

81 CREST is:

82 WAVELENGTH is:

83 The distance between successive crests of a wave

84 WAVELENGTH is:

85 WAVELENGTH is not:

86 WAVELENGTH is:

87 FREQUENCY is:

88 the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit time.

89 FREQUENCY is:

90 FREQUENCY is not:

91 FREQUENCY is:

92 NANOMETER is:

93 1 billionth of a meter, written 10 ⁻⁹ m

94 NANOMETER is:

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96 Hertz is: Measurement of wave frequency equal to vibrations per second.

97 Hertz is:

98 Spectrometer is: Used to measure the property of light

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