ASTRONOMY WEBQUEST…… EXPLORE THE UNIVERSE



ASTRONOMY WEBQUEST…… EXPLORE THE UNIVERSE !

Use the suggested websites to answer the following questions.

Use the text book starting on page 47 if you need extra resources.

General Astronomy



What is a light year?

What is a parsec?

What is an astronomical unit?

Stars



What is a nebula (click on protostars)?

How are stars born?

What happens to stars as they age?

What are red giants?

What is a white dwarf?

Lifecycle of a Star

Stars are made mainly from the gases _____________ and ______________.

Describe the stages of a star’s life cycle in the correct order.

What is a supernova?

What are the possible end-products of a supernova?



What is apparent magnitude?

What is absolutely magnitude?

Universe -

Using the website find the following box and Click on the topics to find your answers:

|The Milky Way |Galaxies |

|Quasars |Stars |

|Black Holes |Cosmology |

|Dark Matter |Dark Energy |

What is a black hole?

Quasar is short for…

How much energy do quasars give off?

What gives a star its light?

Sketch 3 types of Galaxy. Indicate which one most closely resembles our galaxy.

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Read the following background on how the universe began (page 61 in text), and how galaxies merge and collide. Give a brief explanation.

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