Vocab 10 SMITH

an instrument for directly viewing the spectrum of light source

• spectroscope

• spectroscopy

The Study of spectra.

• spectroscopy

• cosmology

• nebula

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

NGSS.HS-PS4-4

The Study of the Universe

• Supernova

• Cosmology

• Spectroscopy

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

The apparent brightness of a star if it were viewed from a distance of 10 parsecs (32.6 light years) used to compare brightness of stars

• main sequence star

• interstellar matter

• absolute magnitude

• light year

The distance light travels a year (6 trill miles)

• light year

• cosmology

• nebula

Theory which proposes that the universe originated as a single mass which sequentially exploded

• black hole

• big bang theory

• nebula

• light year

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

dust & gas in between stars

• interstellar matter

• nuetron star

• protostar

a cloud of interstellar gas or dust

• nebula

• photons

• supernova

a plot of stars according to their absolute magnitudes & spectral types

• Hertzsprung Russell Diagram

• Cosmology

• neutron star

a sequence of stars according to their absolute magnitudes & spectral types

• main sequence star

• supernova

• nebula