Mttc Integrated Science 094 Earth and Space Sciences Study Guide Exam

Mttc Integrated Science 094 Earth and Space Sciences Study Guide Exam astronomy - CORRECT ANSWER-The study of the moon, stars, and other objects in space layers of the sun - CORRECT ANSWER-photosphere, chromosphere, corona the moons gravitational pull is responsible for - CORRECT ANSWER-earths tides Equinox - CORRECT ANSWER-The two days of the year on which neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the sun; september and march Solstice - CORRECT ANSWER-Either of the two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator Big Bang Theory - CORRECT ANSWER-(cosmology) the theory that the universe originated 20 billion years ago from the cataclysmic explosion of a small mass of matter at extremely high density and temperature Red Dwarf Star - CORRECT ANSWER-(longest lifespan): Stars that are smaller than our sun and have less mass. They burn their fuel very slowly They are not very hot compared to other stars. supergiant star - CORRECT ANSWER-star with a diameter up to 1000 times the diameter of the sun; largest of all stars Nebula - CORRECT ANSWER-A large cloud of dust and gas in space black hole - CORRECT ANSWER-An object in space whose gravity is so strong not even light can escape. solar day - CORRECT ANSWER-The amount of time that passes between successive appearances of the sun on the meridian Hertzsprung-Russell diagram - CORRECT ANSWER-a graph relating the surface temperatures and absolute brightness of stars Inner Terrestrial Planets + characteristics - CORRECT ANSWER-Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars; small, dense, rocky Outer Jovian Planets + characterstics - CORRECT ANSWER-Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune; large low density, have rings; gas giants between the inner and outer planets is - CORRECT ANSWER-asteroid belt the distance between the earth and the sun is known as - CORRECT ANSWER-1 astronomical unit (AU) the suns energy is produced by - CORRECT ANSWER-nuclear fusion reactions order of the planets - CORRECT ANSWER-MVEMJSUN - Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Kuiper Belt - CORRECT ANSWER-A region of the solar system that is just beyond the orbit of Neptune and that contains small bodies made mostly of ice waxing moon - CORRECT ANSWER-the phase of the Moon when an increasing amount of the Moon's near side is sunlit Waning - CORRECT ANSWER-(of the moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases