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Online reading assignment question: Milky Way tags

Astronomy 210 Reading Assignment 10, Spring Semester 2010
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA

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Wordle.net tag cloud for "Milky Way," generated by responses from Astronomy 210 students at Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA (http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/1862192/Untitled).

Students have a weekly online reading assignment (hosted by SurveyMonkey.com), where they answer questions based on reading their textbook, material covered in previous lectures, opinion questions, and/or asking (anonymous) questions or making (anonymous) comments. Full credit is given for completing the online reading assignment before next week's lecture, regardless if whether their answers are correct/incorrect. Selected results/questions/comments are addressed by the instructor at the start of the following lecture.

Write down five words that describe or are associated with the "Milky Way." Keep word phrases together with no spaces between them (e.g., "forexample, likethis, nospaces"). (Graded for completion.)

[Responses have been edited to consolidate related common subjects.]

Student responses
Sections 30674, 30676
galaxy, system, grouping, space, awesome
yum, yum, yum, yum, caramel
cloudy, faint, asteroid, sky, band
starclusters, mainsequencestars
stars, planets, comets, blackholes, planetarynebula
chainofrocks, dirty, brightatnight, chunky, destructive
rotationcurve, diskcomponent, darkhalo
lotsofstarsandgalaxies
candy
stars, swirling, milkycircle, glowing, nuclearbulge
delicious, chocolatey, caramel, goodness, candy
reflectionnebula
milk, way, candy, space, stars
whenyourhavingasaddayitisnicetositbackandchompdownonamilkyway, lotsofstars, cloud9, galaxyconquest, godly
stars, planets, comets, asteroids, blackholes
deliciouslygoodchocolatecandybar
night, awesome, halo, visiblematter
candybar, stargroup, sprinkles
galaxy, supermassiveblackhole, spiralarms, Sagittarius, localgroup
candybar, galaxy, pretty, wavey, hazy
ourgalaxy, starclusters, sun, planets, disk
creamy, thick, rich, chocolate, decadence
chocolate, galaxy, stars, planets
galaxy, stars, constellation, night, centerofuniverse
milkyway, gravity, size, shape, darkmatter
bigglowingencirclingmilkyband
milkywhite, bigassgalaxy, candybar
wheellikestarsystem, galaxy, kuklos, vialactea, 100billionstars
stars, clusters, family, ours, pretty
ourgalaxy, stars, space, chocolate
milkyway, galaxy, road, candy
big, clusters, interesting, broad, ourgalaxy
theyarestarsclosetogether
chocolate, nova, supernova, eclipse, revolution, rotation
candybar, tasty, caramel, chocolate, otheryummystuff
chocolate, infinite, galaxy, nuttygoodness
nova, sparkles, blue, milky, beautiful
star, candy, galaxy, space, Earth
candy, starry, big, pretty, cosmos
candy, hungry, black, sky, heat
spiralshape, beautiful, wherewelive, glittery, yummycandy
densestarscluster, smear, heavens
galaxy, stars, candybar, space, faraway
expansive, visible, galaxy, stars, light
galaxy, stars, light, huge, visible
stars, dust, cluster, fast, easytosee
galaxy, spiral, vialactea, bandoflight, visibleuniverse
greatstarsystem, halo, rotationcurve, spiralarms, diskcomponent
galaxy, candybar, space, chocolate, astronomy
stars, gas, galaxy, spiral, light
galaxy, stellardisk, lightyears, spiralarms, distantstars
milky, smooth, chocolatecovered, candybar, fluffyfilling
galaxy, vast, quiet, bright, astros
candy, yummy, hunger, fat
starclusters, vialactea, ourgalaxy, cloudofstars, and spiralarms
thebestcandybarever
Jupiter, Earth,stars, moons, Uranus
swirl, star, bright, beautiful, chocolate
galaxy, candy, solarsystem, stars, planets
stars, dust, swirls, candybar, sky
chocolate, malt, nougat, carmel, fluff
galaxy, planets, candybar, sun, space
canteventhinkofoneidontreallygetit:/
particle, metals, debris, birthplace
candybar, stars, creamy, milk, flows
chocolate, reallyreallycool, whitestripe
galaxy, ours, big, pretty, cool
stars, candybar, milky, big, galaxy
Neptune, Earth, Venus, Mars, BigDipper
earth, sun, galaxy, moons, stars
chocolate, stars, alotofstars, stripeinthesky, galaxy
embellish, elements, dynamic, intelligent
milkycenter, light, stars, acrosssky, starblur, delicious
galaxy, space, neverending, blackhole
galaxy, spiral, southernsky, Orion
candy, chocolate, candy, rocks, big
galaxy, candybar, dairy, spiral
galaxy, nebula, hydrogen, stars, space
dark, colorful, circular, awesome,s tars
spiralarms, dust, gas, stars, bandoflight
barredspiral, stars, gas, dust, vialactea
starclusters, neutronstar, blackhole, home, nighttimesky
chocolate, delicious, sugary, treat, fat
candy, galaxy, tasty, beautiful, cool
candybar, galaxy, alcoholicdrink, haze, sexposition
circular, spirals, galaxy, stars, elliptical
candybar, jesusjuice, clustersofstars, funnycolors, itbefinghuge
galaxy, solarsystem, universe, planets, chocolate
sun, nuclearbulge, disk, globularcluster, halo
candy, stars, galaxy, solarsystem, dust

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