–1– AST104 Sp. 2006: WELCOME TO EXAM 3 Multiple Choice
... 1. Which contains the most planets? a. our present solar system b. the Oort Cloud c. our Galaxy d. the Kirkwood gaps e. our solar nebula 2. If a star 10 light years away emits radio waves toward us on Earth then a. radio waves we receive are 10 years old. b. radio waves we receive are 1/10 year old. ...
... 1. Which contains the most planets? a. our present solar system b. the Oort Cloud c. our Galaxy d. the Kirkwood gaps e. our solar nebula 2. If a star 10 light years away emits radio waves toward us on Earth then a. radio waves we receive are 10 years old. b. radio waves we receive are 1/10 year old. ...
Sun
... Why, in some parts of the world, are the days longer in the summer than in the winter? A) Because the Earth is tilted as it moves around the Sun B) Because the Sun gets brighter in the summer C) Because the Earth spins more slowly in the summer ...
... Why, in some parts of the world, are the days longer in the summer than in the winter? A) Because the Earth is tilted as it moves around the Sun B) Because the Sun gets brighter in the summer C) Because the Earth spins more slowly in the summer ...
Asteroids • Small, rocky objects in orbit around the Sun. +
... • Small, rocky objects in orbit around the Sun. • Sizes up to hundreds of km. • 26 known ones with sizes > 200 km. ...
... • Small, rocky objects in orbit around the Sun. • Sizes up to hundreds of km. • 26 known ones with sizes > 200 km. ...
Intro To Astronomy
... Earth Rotation = Sky Rotation Polaris - The North Star Circumpolar Star - “Around the Pole” star - Does not set below horizon in the sky at a particular latitude Noncircumpolar Star - Rises and sets at some time during the day or night ...
... Earth Rotation = Sky Rotation Polaris - The North Star Circumpolar Star - “Around the Pole” star - Does not set below horizon in the sky at a particular latitude Noncircumpolar Star - Rises and sets at some time during the day or night ...
Astronomy 101 Test 1 Review FOUNDATIONS Scientists use the
... (but a very long distance from!) Earth's North Pole, so that as the Earth rotates, the Celestial Sphere appears to rotate around this star. The Solar Day is how long it takes for the Sun to return to a given position in the sky. The Sidereal Day is how long it takes the Earth to spin 360 degrees on ...
... (but a very long distance from!) Earth's North Pole, so that as the Earth rotates, the Celestial Sphere appears to rotate around this star. The Solar Day is how long it takes for the Sun to return to a given position in the sky. The Sidereal Day is how long it takes the Earth to spin 360 degrees on ...
Ch. 22 Honors Study Guide Name 1. How did Eratosthenes
... 5. How does the heliocentric model explain why everything looks like it revolves around Earth? ...
... 5. How does the heliocentric model explain why everything looks like it revolves around Earth? ...
Earth Space Systems Semester 1 Exam Astronomy Vocabulary Astronomical Unit-
... A contracting cloud of dust and gas with enough mass to form a young star. Radio Telescope A ground based, big dished telescope designed to make observations in radio wavelengths rather than visible wavelengths. They are less affected by weather and the atmosphere as are ground based optical telesco ...
... A contracting cloud of dust and gas with enough mass to form a young star. Radio Telescope A ground based, big dished telescope designed to make observations in radio wavelengths rather than visible wavelengths. They are less affected by weather and the atmosphere as are ground based optical telesco ...
Vocabulary – Our Solar System
... The Moon is a large round rock that orbits the Earth once every 29 days. It is the fifth largest moon in our solar system. ...
... The Moon is a large round rock that orbits the Earth once every 29 days. It is the fifth largest moon in our solar system. ...
Quiz # 1 - Oglethorpe University
... c. the Sun moved among the planets, and pulled them out of their circular orbits d. the planets moved on a small circle whose center in turn circled a point near the Earth e. you can't fool me, Ptolemy's system did not include ANY explanation of retrograde motion We now know that the orbit of a stab ...
... c. the Sun moved among the planets, and pulled them out of their circular orbits d. the planets moved on a small circle whose center in turn circled a point near the Earth e. you can't fool me, Ptolemy's system did not include ANY explanation of retrograde motion We now know that the orbit of a stab ...
Level 4
... Standard(s) being addressed: SC.4.E.5.1: Observe that the patterns of stars in the sky stay the same although they appear to shift across the sky nightly, and different stars can be seen in different seasons. SC.4.E.5.2: Describe the changes in the observable shape of the moon over the course of abo ...
... Standard(s) being addressed: SC.4.E.5.1: Observe that the patterns of stars in the sky stay the same although they appear to shift across the sky nightly, and different stars can be seen in different seasons. SC.4.E.5.2: Describe the changes in the observable shape of the moon over the course of abo ...
Our Place in the Cosmos and Introduction to
... calendar due to precession of equinoxes since founding of astrology Rigorous tests of astrological “predictions” have shown they do not work ...
... calendar due to precession of equinoxes since founding of astrology Rigorous tests of astrological “predictions” have shown they do not work ...
And a Whole Lot Farther to the Nearest Star
... So, if 10 inches equals 864,000 miles, one inch will represent 86,400 miles. And 0.0000115 inch will represent a single mile approximately. At this scale, how big is the earth? Well, the earth is 7,913 miles in diameter. 7,913 times 0.0000115 equals 0.091 inches approximately—in other words, not qu ...
... So, if 10 inches equals 864,000 miles, one inch will represent 86,400 miles. And 0.0000115 inch will represent a single mile approximately. At this scale, how big is the earth? Well, the earth is 7,913 miles in diameter. 7,913 times 0.0000115 equals 0.091 inches approximately—in other words, not qu ...
Topic E: Astrophysics E1 Introduction to the Universe.
... This means that depending on it’s location in it’s orbit, it will feel more or less pull from the Sun This pulls on the Earths axis of rotation and makes it wooble. This is technically called _______________. This means that the “North Star” won’t always be the north star. Period – _______ ...
... This means that depending on it’s location in it’s orbit, it will feel more or less pull from the Sun This pulls on the Earths axis of rotation and makes it wooble. This is technically called _______________. This means that the “North Star” won’t always be the north star. Period – _______ ...
Homework #3
... 2) Write down the name and series of nuclear reactions responsible for powering the Sun. DO NOT use shorthand notation. Above what stellar mass does the CNO cycle dominate in producing energy on the main sequence? 3) Why is there a minimum mass a star can have on the main sequence and what is the va ...
... 2) Write down the name and series of nuclear reactions responsible for powering the Sun. DO NOT use shorthand notation. Above what stellar mass does the CNO cycle dominate in producing energy on the main sequence? 3) Why is there a minimum mass a star can have on the main sequence and what is the va ...
We live on the earth. It`s one of the planets in our solar
... connected to the sun and the sun is the center of our neighborhood. The sun isn't a planet. It's actually a star and stars are basically big balls of __________ gas. The center of the sun or its core is like an enormous furnace, like a bomb that never stops exploding. The heat spreads out from the s ...
... connected to the sun and the sun is the center of our neighborhood. The sun isn't a planet. It's actually a star and stars are basically big balls of __________ gas. The center of the sun or its core is like an enormous furnace, like a bomb that never stops exploding. The heat spreads out from the s ...
Space exploration - Menihek Home Page
... 6. Optical telescopes : these include both refracting (lenses only) and reflecting (lenses and mirrors) telescopes. Large observatories (labs that contain huge telescopes) are typically built high on mountaintops above most of the air so that they are not hindered by atmospheric conditions. 7. Radi ...
... 6. Optical telescopes : these include both refracting (lenses only) and reflecting (lenses and mirrors) telescopes. Large observatories (labs that contain huge telescopes) are typically built high on mountaintops above most of the air so that they are not hindered by atmospheric conditions. 7. Radi ...
Unit 2 Study Guide - Grant County Schools
... Planets are in constant motion. The two motions that all planets do is rotate and revolve. A rotation is one spin of a planet on its axis. As the planet spins half of the planet is facing the sun and the other half is facing away. The lit side is day and the dark side is night. The spinning of the p ...
... Planets are in constant motion. The two motions that all planets do is rotate and revolve. A rotation is one spin of a planet on its axis. As the planet spins half of the planet is facing the sun and the other half is facing away. The lit side is day and the dark side is night. The spinning of the p ...
Unit 2 Study Guide (word)
... Planets are in constant motion. The two motions that all planets do is rotate and revolve. A rotation is one spin of a planet on its axis. As the planet spins half of the planet is facing the sun and the other half is facing away. The lit side is day and the dark side is night. The spinning of the p ...
... Planets are in constant motion. The two motions that all planets do is rotate and revolve. A rotation is one spin of a planet on its axis. As the planet spins half of the planet is facing the sun and the other half is facing away. The lit side is day and the dark side is night. The spinning of the p ...
The Sun: Our nearest star
... neutrinos that flow through a tank with 100,000 gallons of cleaning fluid turned a chlorine atom into an argon atom. Started counting and they came up short by about a factor of three. • This was the great Solar Neutrino Problem. ...
... neutrinos that flow through a tank with 100,000 gallons of cleaning fluid turned a chlorine atom into an argon atom. Started counting and they came up short by about a factor of three. • This was the great Solar Neutrino Problem. ...
Slide 1
... hot gas which looks like planetary disk, and called Planetary Nebulae (PNe) (nothing to do with planets per se) • PNe cores continue to cool and become White Dwarfs (94% stars end up as WDs) ...
... hot gas which looks like planetary disk, and called Planetary Nebulae (PNe) (nothing to do with planets per se) • PNe cores continue to cool and become White Dwarfs (94% stars end up as WDs) ...
STONEHENGE
... The major causeway opening to the north-east embraces the direction of the most northerly risings of both moon and sun. Not until about 2550 BCE did construction of a ring of stones commence. There being no natural stone on this part of the chalk plain, the stones had to be imported. WHENCE? The fir ...
... The major causeway opening to the north-east embraces the direction of the most northerly risings of both moon and sun. Not until about 2550 BCE did construction of a ring of stones commence. There being no natural stone on this part of the chalk plain, the stones had to be imported. WHENCE? The fir ...
Coronal Mass Ejection
... thermonuclear fusion of hydrogen into helium. • Gravitational and thermal equilibrium determine the Sun’s internal structure and its rate of energy generation. • The Sun’s atmosphere displays its own version of weather and climate, governed by solar magnetic fields. Solar weather has important influ ...
... thermonuclear fusion of hydrogen into helium. • Gravitational and thermal equilibrium determine the Sun’s internal structure and its rate of energy generation. • The Sun’s atmosphere displays its own version of weather and climate, governed by solar magnetic fields. Solar weather has important influ ...
Astronomy 101 Test 1 Review FOUNDATIONS Scientists use the
... (but a very long distance from!) Earth's North Pole, so that as the Earth rotates, the Celestial Sphere appears to rotate around this star. The Solar Day is how long it takes for the Sun to return to a given position in the sky. The Sidereal Day is how long it takes the Earth to spin 360 degrees on ...
... (but a very long distance from!) Earth's North Pole, so that as the Earth rotates, the Celestial Sphere appears to rotate around this star. The Solar Day is how long it takes for the Sun to return to a given position in the sky. The Sidereal Day is how long it takes the Earth to spin 360 degrees on ...
SNC1P * Exam Review: ECOLOGY
... 15. What is the difference between rotation and revolution? How many days does it take the Earth to revolve around the Sun? How long does it take for the Earth to complete one rotation? 16. Why is the Eastern part of the world further ahead in the day than we are? 17. How long does it take the moon ...
... 15. What is the difference between rotation and revolution? How many days does it take the Earth to revolve around the Sun? How long does it take for the Earth to complete one rotation? 16. Why is the Eastern part of the world further ahead in the day than we are? 17. How long does it take the moon ...