Study Guide for Test #5

Links to the Reading Material

Size of the Universe

Stellar Magnitudes

Variable Stars

The HR Diagram

Explaining the HR Diagram

Deaths of High Mass Stars

Strange Objects in our Universe

Galaxies

Birth & Death of our Universe

Key Terms

absolute magnitude (Mv)
Alpha Centauri
apparent magnitude (mv)
big bang theory
black dwarf
black hole
brown dwarf
Cepheid variable
Chandrasekhar limit
closed universe
cosmic background radiation
critial density
dark energy
dark matter
elliptical galaxy
Eta Carinae
event horizon

flat universe
fusion
gamma ray bursts (GRB)
giants (red)
Gliese 229B
globular cluster
Halo
H-R diagram
hypernovae
Hubble law (law of redshifts)
inflationary universe
irregular galaxy
light year
local group
luminosity
luminosity class
main sequence stars
Milky Way
multiverse

nebulae
neutron star
open cluster
open universe
parsec
planetary nebula
pulsar
quasars
Sirius
spectral class
spiral galaxy
steady state theory
supergiant
supernovae
variable stars
white dwarf

Before you take Test #5, please try practice Quiz #5.  This practice quiz has no point value, but gives you a chance to see typical test questions and gauge if you are really ready to take the test.


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