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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 70158, 70160
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100000lightyearsaway
100billionsolarmasses
13billionyearsold
13billionyearsold
13billionyearsold
200-400billionsofstars
abandoffaintstarsacrossthecelestialsphere
amazing
arm
astrological
astronomical
atoms
awesome
awesome
awesome
band
band
bandoflight
bandoflight
bar
bar
barred
barredspiral
barredspiral
beautiful
beautiful
belt
big
big
big
big
big
big
bigspace
billion
blackhole
blackhole
blackholeatcenter
branches
bright
bright
bright
candy
candy
candy
candy
candy
candy
candybar
candybar
candybar
candybar
candybar
candybar
cannibal
caramel
caramel
caramel
caramel
caramel
celestialsphere
celestialsphere
Cepheidvarablestars
chewy
chocolate
chocolate
chocolate
chocolate
chocolate
chocolate
chocolate
chocolate
chocolate
chocolate
chocolate
clumpofstars
cluster
cluster
clusters
complex
concentration
cows
creamy
creamy
creamy
crowded
crowded
darkchocolateisbetter
deliciousness
deliciousness
densitywavetheory
disc
discoveredbyDemocritus
disk
disk
disk
diskcomponent
diskshape
dust
dust
dust
dustclustered
Earth
earth
earth
emissionnebula
encompassing
expansive
faint
faint
farout
flowinggases
fluffy
galactic
galaxies
galaxies
galaxy
galaxy
galaxy
galaxy
galaxy
galaxy
galaxy
galaxy
galaxy
galaxy
galaxy
galaxy
galaxy
galaxy
galaxy
galaxy
galaxy
galaxy
galaxy
galaxy
galaxy
galaxy
galaxy
galaxy
galaxy
galaxy
galaxy
galaxy
galaxy
galaxy
galaxy
galaxy
galaxy
galaxy
galaxy
galaxy
galaxy
galaxywherethesolarsystemlives
gammarays
gas
gas
gas
gigantic
globularclusters
globularclusters
globularclusters
globularclusters
glow
good
gravity
GreatRift
halo
halo
halo
halo
halopopulationstars
HarlowShapley
hazy
home
home
huge
huge
huge
huge
hydrogen
Idontknow
Imnotlateyet
incredible
instability
interstellar
interstellarmedium
invisiblecosmicrays
kiloparsec
kuklos
life
light
light
lightyears
lightyears
line
little
locatednearSagittarius
long
lotofstars
magnificent
manystars
mass
massive
MeninBlack
metals
metals
milk
milky
milky
milky
milkycircle
millionsofstars
monolithiccollapsemodel
monolithiccollapsemodel
monolithiccollapsemodel
monolithiccollapsemodel
monolithiccollapsemodel
moons
night
NorthernCross
nougat
nougat
nova
nuclearbulge
nuclearbulge
nuclearbulge
nuclearbulge
nucleus
old
openclusters
ourgalaxy
oursolarsystem
overwhelming
planets
planets
planets
planets
planets
planets
planets
planets
population
populationIIstars
populationIIstars
populationIstars
populationIstars
pretty
pretty
pretty
pretty
propermotions
rocks
rotation
SagittariusA
snickers
solarsystem
solarsystem
solarsystem
solarsystem
solarsystem
solarsystem
space
spacedust
spacey
sphericalcomponent
sphericalcomponent
spiral
spiral
spiral
spiral
spiral
spiral
spiral
spiral
spiral
spiral
spiral
spiral
spiralarm
spiralarms
spiralarms
spiralarms
spiralarms
spiralarms
spiralarms
spiralgalaxy
spiralgalaxy
spiralshape
spiraltracers
spurs
starclusters
stars
stars
stars
stars
stars
stars
stars
stars
stars
stars
stars
stars
stars
stars
stars
stars
stars
stars
stars
stars
stars
stars
stars
stars
stars
stars
SummerTriangle
suns
superawesomeness
supermassiveblackhole
system
technical
thisisweird
trail
typeIIsupernova
universe
universe
universe
unseen
vast
verycold
verydark
vialactea
vialactea
wheelshaped
whirlpool
whitestripe
WilliamandCarolineHerschel
yummy
yummy
yummy
yummy
Astronomy 210 Reading Assignment 10, Fall Semester 2010
ReplyDeleteCuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA
Student responses (raw, unedited, unconsolidated)
Sections 70158, 70160
bigspace, farout, verycold, verydark, flowinggases
Expansive, encompassing, disc, spiral, awesome
Deliciousnesscaramelchocolatelycreamystars
around13billionyearsold, monolithiccollapsemodel, wheel-shapedgalaxy, HarlowShapley, WilliamandCarolineHerschel
spiral galaxy stars meninblack planets
Metals, kiloparsec, halo, population, instability.
milky, trail, galaxy, stars, arm
galaxy,celestrial sphere,Earth,Emission nebula, Great Rift
100billionsolarmasses, nuclearbulge, spiraltracers, densitywavetheory, monolithiccollapsemodel
candybar, home, galaxy, awesome, spiralarm
I'm not late yet.(word)
:)
galaxy,solorsystems,planets,spriral
lotofstars, milkywaycandybar planets gas&dust galaxy
HugeComplexOverwhelmingTechnicalAstrological
Galaxy manystars discshape whitestripe bright
bigstarscrowdedfaightlong
galaxy, disk, cannibal, huge, whirlpool
population I stars and population II stars Metals, monolithic collapse model and sagittarius A
stars, galaxy, bright, northerncross, summertriangle
Starsbeautifulbigspiralglaxy
magnificiant millionsofstars incredible huge unseen
Chewey. Nuget. Chocolate. Bar. Stars
milky,dustclustered,pretty,crowded,spacey
pretty, big, stars...
Idontknow
galaxy, stars, barred, spiral, halo
brightlineclusterslittleamazing
bandoflightwithstars
planets, stars, galaxy, earth, snickers
candybarbigclustercowschocolate
astronomicalmassiveinterstellarbeautifulsystem
PrettyGalaxySpiral
galaxy, 200-400billionsofstars, blackholeatcenter, discoveredbyDemocritus, spiralshape
Chocolate Candy Bar with Caramel
Galaxy, Stars, Candy, Chocolate, Yummy.
galaxy , spiral, chocolate. caramel. candy
Globularclusters, nucleus, openclusters, disk,spherical components
carmel,nuget,chocolate,hydrogen,spacedust
universe, galaxy, clumpofstars, superawesomeness, abandoffaintstarsacrossthecelestialsphere
galaxy nuclearbulge halo globularcluster spiralarms
spiralgalaxy blackhole gammarays interstellarmedium invisiblecosmicrays
galaxy, stars, band, concentration, oursolarsystem.
chocolate universe big
hazy band light glow galaxy
creamychocolatefluffygooddeliciousness
Cepheidvarablestars,propermotions,diskcomponent,halo,nuclearbulge
ourgalaxy, solarsystem, locatednearsagittarius, 100,000lightyearsaway, gasduststars.
galaxy light earth 13.2billion candy
Candybar, galaxy, home, spiral, pretty
stars, galaxy, planets, rocks, sprial
galaxy, spiralarms, celestialsphere, lightyears, stars
candybar, yummy, stars, galaxy, darkchocolateisbetter
yummy,chocolate,stars, Galaxy, spiral
solarsystems planets nova typeIIsupernova blackhole
Galaxycandybarstarsspiral
Galaxycandymilkstarsawesome.
galaxy, galaxieskuklos, vialactea, spiralarms, sphericalcomponent
galaxy, starclusters, space, galactic, spiral
spiralgalaxyhugeoldstars
galaxy, vast, solarsystem, barredspiral, bandoflight
globularcluster,13billionyears,halopopulationstars,monolithiccollapsemodel
galaxy belt supermassiveblackhole spiralarms
galaxy, disk, gravity, rotation, mass
faintstarsgalaxyatomsbillion
cluster, galaxy. candy, solar system, planets
planetsstarsmoonssunslife thisisweird
milkycircle, vialactea, nuclearbulge, monolithiccollapse, spiralarms
galaxy, stars, lightyears, barredspiralgalaxy, solarsystem
Spiral Arms spurs and branches globular clusters population I population II stars
yummy, creamy, caramel, stars, big
stars, galaxies, night, universe, chocolate
duststarsgasgiganticmilky
galaxy where the solar system lives