SCIENCE

• brightest star in the north

  polaris
• a group of stars in the sky that looks like a hunter

  orion
• brightest star in the night sky

  sirius
• red super giant, 10th brightest star in the night sky

  betelguese
• largest out of the 88 modern constellations

  hydra
• small groups of stars that form locally in a constellation. smaller unit, patterns of stars

  asterisms
• a type of nuclear reaction where in the 2 nuclei will fuse to form one heavier nucleus

  nuclear fusion
• is a fundamental pronciple and assumption of cosmology stating that, on a large scale, the universe is both homogenous and isotropic

  cosmological principle
• NASA?

  national aeronautics and space administration
• constellations

  groups of stars and they form shapes in the sky
• groups of stars and they form shapes in the sky

  constellations
• relating to the problem of why the sky is dark at night

  olbers paradox
• 8 planets

  mercury, venus, earth, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune
• 5 northern circumpolar constellations


  ursa major, ursa minor, cassiopeia, cepheus, crux
• is a red ruper giant star in the constellation scutum


  uy scuti
• our is an average star and has few billion years left before it turns into a red giant star

  sun
• live as long as nuclear fusion occurs at its core


  stars
• how much energy can the sun produce?

  44 QUADRILLION WATTS
• what formula can correctly explai how mass can be transferred into energy?

  e=MC^2
• is not a product of a nuclear fusion that occurs in the star

  lead
• temperature of a red star

  3000C
• temperature of an orange star

  4500c
• temperature of a yallow star

  6000c
• temperature of a white star

  10000c
• temperature of a blue-white star

  45000c
• our sun only has how many solar mass

  1 solar mass
• a red dwarf only has how many solar mass

  0.08 solar masses
• very old stars that evolve from stars of <5 solar masses

  red giant
• how many solar masses does a blue white supergiant has?

  150 solar masses
• constellations move around in what pattern

  circular pattern of (precession)
• it is not an asterism

  saucepan
• when leo appears in the eastern sky it only indicates that

  spring will arrive
• the bright red star in the orion constellation

  betelguese
• in what constellation is sirius found?

  canis major
• resolution to olbers paradox

  1.) the speed of light is finite 2.)the universe has finite age
• give the first satellite sent into space

  sputnik I
• enumerate the solar system planets that has rings

  jupiter, uranus, neptune, saturn
• when did the first frog reach space?

  march 1961
• who was the first human in space?

  yuri gagarin