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Which stars live for the longest as main sequence stars: sun like stars or massive stars

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Which stars live for the longest as main sequence stars: sun like stars or massive stars

sun like stars

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what is the name of the point of infinite density and heat from which the universe first began

singularity

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does the universe have a center

no

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what scientist discovered what elements the sun was made out of

Cecillia Gaposchkin

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did the universe used to be hot or cold

hot

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how do we know that the universe used to be hot?

cosmic microwave background radiation

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what scientist found proof that the universe is expanding?

Edwin Hubble

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After the universe started with the Big bang what happend to the size of the universe?

expanded

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After the universe started with the Big bang what happend to the tempeture of the universe?

decreased

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are there other stars in our galaxy

yes

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are there other solar systems in our galaxy

yes

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is our galaxy the only thing in space

no, our galaxy other known as the milkyway is not the only thing in space.

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3 part defintion of a planet

  1. is spherical

  2. clears the neighborhood around its orbit

  3. orbits the sun

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other name for terrestrial planets

rocky planets

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other name for jovian planets

gas giants

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members of terrestrial

earth

mars

mercury

venus

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members of jovian

jupiter

saturn

uranus

neptune

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size of terrestrial planets

smaller

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size of jovian planets

bigger

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distance from sun terrestrial

closer

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distance from the sun jovain

farther

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what is terrestrial made of

rocky metal

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what is jovian made of

hydrogen helium

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density of terrestrial

higher

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density of jovian

less

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galatic adress

earth, solar system, orion arm, milky way, localgroup, virgo supercluster, lanlaked supercluster, universe

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what will the sun become in 4.5 billion years from now

a white dwarf

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what is the name of the boundry around the black hole

event horizon

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how old is the solar system

4.6 billion years

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what is 3-5 times more massive then the sun

neutron star

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what is 4-20 times the size of the sun

black hole

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