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 General Stuff EM Spectrum Grab Bag 2Grab Bag Catch a Wave FJ

2. Patterns of stars in the night sky are called ____________

3. constellations

4. A light-year is a unit of _________

5. Distance

6. The distance between the crest of one wave of electromagnetic radia tion and the crest of the next one is its

7. wavelength

8. Telescopes that use lenses

9. Refracting telescopes

10. White light shining through a prism spreads out to form all the colors of the rainbow. This is called a(n) _____________

11. Spectrum

12. portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that humans can see with their eye

13. Visible light

14. Device that breaks the light from a star into colors and photographs the resulting spectrum

15. Spectrograph

16. The shortest wavelengths on the electromagnetic spectrum?

17. Gamma waves

18. Wavelengths that are very long and spread out.

19. Radio waves

20. Your TV remote uses this type of wave

21. Infrared waves

22. Once you pass violet light and the wavelengths get shorter and cannot be seen by humans. This would be _________ waves.

23. Ultraviolet waves

24. The most common chemical element is ______.

25. Hydrogen

26. Nuclear bombs emit this type of wave energy when they explode.

27. Gamma waves

28. The Very Large Array telescope in Puerto Rico is an example of a(n) ______________ telescope

29. Radio Telescope

30. What type of waves are slightly shorter than radio waves and slightly longer than visible light?

31. Infrared waves

32. What constellation is the Big Dipper in?

33. Ursa Major

34. What is astrology?

35. Using the stars and planets to predict the future or have influence on humans

36. Radio, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet radiation, gamma rays and X-rays are collectively called ___.

37. The electromagnetic spectrum

38. What waves of energy are used at the dentist office?

39. X-rays

40. What are buildings that house large telescopes called?

41. Observatories

42. Why is it better to have a telescope at very high elevations?

43. The sky is much clearer and free from light pollution.

44. Part of the sun only visible during an eclipse. COLUMN EEEEEEEEE Q2

45. Corona COLUMN EEEEEEEEE A2

46. What layer are you looking at when you look at a photograph of the sun? COLUMN EEEEEEEEE Q3

47. Photosphere COLUMN EEEEEEEEE A3

48. Name three features that can exist on the surface of the sun. COLUMN EEEEEEEEE Q4

49. Solar flares, sunspots, and prominences COLUMN EEEEEEEEE A4

50. What layer of the sun produces the solar wind? COLUMN EEEEEEEEE Q5

51. Patterns of stars in the night sky are called ____________.

52. 1.Core 2. Choromosphere 3. Photosphere 4. Prominence 5. Sunspot 6. Corona