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Chapter 20 Exam Review
Review for chapter 20 - Semester Exam
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10th Grade
12/13/2013

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distance
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Is a light-year a unit of time, distance, or speed?
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fusion
Definition
What type of reactions provides fuel for stars?
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temperature
Definition
What physical property of a star most directly determines the star's color?
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neutron star and black hole
Definition
Name 2 objects that remain after a supernova.
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supercluster
Definition
What do you call a collection of clusters bound together by gravity?
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spiral, elliptical, irregular
Definition
What are the 3 main types of galaxies?
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spiral
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What type of galaxy is the Milky Way galaxy?
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red - older stars
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What color do elliptical galaxies tend to be? Why?
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big crunch
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What would happen to the universe if it was shrinking, and continued to shrink for a very long time?
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black holes and brown dwarfs
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Name 2 examples of dark matter.
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planets, stars, moons
Definition
List 3 things found in the universe.
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white dwarf
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A small, hot, dim star that is the leftover center of an old star
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black hole
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an object so massive and dense that not even light can escape its gravity
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supernova
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a gigantic explosion in which a massive star collapses and throws its outer layers in space
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quasar
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quasi-stellar radio sources
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cluster
Definition
a group of stars or galaxies bound by gravity
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light year
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the distance that light travels in one year
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universe
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the sum of all space, matter, and energy that exist in the past and that will exist in the future
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star
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a large celestial body that is composed of gas and that emits light
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red giant
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a large reddish star late in its life cycle
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big bang theory
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the theory that all matter and energy in the universe was compressed into an extremely small volume that exploded and began expanding in all directions
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galaxy
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a collection of stars, dust, and gas bound together by gravity
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interstellar matter
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the gas and dust located between the stars in a galaxy
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red shift
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an apparent shift toward longer wavelengths of light caused when a luminous object moves away from the observer
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blue shift
Definition
an apparent shift toward shorter wavelengths of light caused when a luminous object moves toward the observer
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