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Astronomy 104

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Natalie Balzert
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Question 1

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The word astronomy means:
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  • "Patterns among the stars."
  • "To study the stars."
  • "Discovering the universe."
  • "Personally traits set by the stars."

Question 2

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The number of classical planets in our Solar System is:
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  • Eight
  • Nine
  • Twevle
  • Six
  • Four

Question 3

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A light-year is a unit commonly used in astronomy as a measure of:
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  • Time
  • Speed
  • Mass
  • Distance
  • A term to confuse students

Question 4

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The early universe was composed mainly of which two elements?
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  • Hydrogen and helium
  • Carbon and oxygen
  • Hydrogen and oxygen
  • Carbon and iron
  • Nitrogen and oxygen

Question 5

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There are ________ constellations in the entire sky.
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  • 12
  • 13
  • 88
  • Hundreds of
  • Thousands of

Question 6

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The meridian is defined as an imaginary circe on the sky on which lie the :
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  • Celestial equator and vernal equinox.
  • North and south celestial poles.
  • Zenith and the north and south celestial poles.
  • Zenith and east and west directions.
  • Celestial equator and summer solstice.

Question 7

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What defines the location of the equator on Earth?
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  • The axis around which Earth rotates.
  • Where the ground is the warmest.
  • The tilt of Earth's rotational axis relative to its orbit around the Sun.
  • The orbit of Earth around the Sun.
  • All of the above.

Question 8

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The direction directly overhead of an observer defines his or her:
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  • Meridian
  • Celestial pole
  • Nadir
  • Circumpolar plane
  • Zenith

Question 9

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The apparent path of the Sun across the celestial sphere over the course of a year is called the:
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  • Prime meridian
  • Ecliptic
  • Circumpolar plane
  • Celestial equator
  • Eclipse

Question 10

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Which laws are based entirely on observational data without having any theoretical framework behind them?
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  • Physical laws
  • Galileo's laws of planetary motion
  • Newton's law of motion
  • Deductive laws
  • Empirical laws

Question 11

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The time it takes a planet to complete one full orbital revolution is commonly known as its:
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  • Period
  • Frequency
  • Orbital domain
  • Velocity
  • Eccentricity

Question 12

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If the Sun is located at one focus of Earth's elliptical orbit, what is at the other focus?
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  • Earth
  • The moon
  • Another planet
  • Nothing
  • Jupiter

Question 13

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Kepler's third law is a relationship between an orbiting object's:
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  • Gravitational force and mass
  • Acceleration and mass
  • Velocity and period
  • Period and semimajor axis
  • Semimajor axis and velocity

Question 14

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Newton's first law states that objects in motion:
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  • Eventually come to rest.
  • Experience an unbalanced force.
  • Experience a nonzero acceleration.
  • Stay in motion.
  • Must wait for the second law to be enacted.

Question 15

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Which if the following properties of an astronaut changes when he or she is standing on the moon, relative to when the astronaut is standing on Earth?
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  • Weight
  • Mass
  • Inertia
  • All of the above
  • Nothing changes

Question 16

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Suppose you are suddenly transported to a planet with 1/4 the mass of Earth but the same radius as the Earth. Your weight would ________ by a factor of ________.
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  • Increase; 4
  • Increase; 16
  • Decrease; 4
  • Decrease; 16
  • Increase; 2

Question 17

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The force of gravity that an object is directly proportional to its:
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  • Inertia
  • Size
  • Mass
  • Density
  • Distance

Question 18

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If you measured the orbital period of the Moon and the distance between the Earth and the Moon then you could calculate:
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  • The mass of the Moon
  • The sum of the masses of the Earth and the Moon
  • The average distance between the Earth and Sun
  • The radius of the Earth
  • The radius of the Moon

Question 19

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The speed of light was first determined by which scientist?
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  • Galileo
  • Bugs Bunny
  • Romer
  • Einstein

Question 20

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If the Sun instantaneously stopped giving off light, what would happen on Earth?
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  • It would immediately get dark.
  • It would get dark 8 minutes later.
  • It would het dark 27 minutes later.
  • It would get dark 1 hour later.
  • IT would get dark 24 hours later.

Question 21

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A light-year is a unit that is used to measure:
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  • Time
  • Wavelength
  • Speed
  • Energy
  • Distance

Question 22

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If the frequency of a beam of light were to increase, its period would ________ and its wavelength would ________?
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  • Decrease, increase.
  • Increase; decrease.
  • Increase; increase.
  • Decrease; decrease.
  • Stay the same; stay the same

Question 23

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Which of the following lists different types of electromagnetic radiation in order from the smallest wavelength to the largest wavelength?
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  • Radio waves, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, X-rays.
  • Gamma rays, ultraviolet, visible, infrared, radio waves.
  • Gamma rays, X-rays, infrared, visible, ultraviolet.
  • X-rays, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, radio waves.
  • Radio waves, ultraviolet, visible, infrared, gamma rays

Question 24

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As wavelength increases, the energy of a photon ________ and its frequency ________.
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  • Increases; decreases.
  • Increases; increases.
  • Decreases; decreases.
  • Decreases; increases

Question 25

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How do the wavelength and frequency of red light compare to the wavelength and frequency of blue light?
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  • Red light has a longer wavelength and higher frequency than blue light.
  • Red light has a longer wavelength and lower frequency than blue light.
  • Red light has a shorter wavelength and higher frequency than blue light.
  • Red light has a shorter wavelength and lower frequency than blue light

Question 26

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Why is an iron atom a different element than a carbon atom?
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  • A carbon atom has fewer neutrons in its nucleus than an iron atom.
  • An iron atom has more protons in its nucleus than a carbon atom.
  • An iron atom has more electrons than a carbon atom.
  • A carbon atom is bigger than an iron atom.
  • All of the above are true.

Question 27

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When an electron moves from a higher energy level in an tom to a lower energy level:
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  • The atom is ionized.
  • A continuous spectrum is emitted.
  • A photon is absorbed.
  • The electron needs to lie down to take a rest.
  • A photon is emitted.

Question 28

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Which of these objects would emit an absorption spectrum?
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  • An incandescent light bulb.
  • A fluorescent light bulb.
  • An isolated hot gas cloud.
  • A hot, solid object.
  • A thin, cool gas cloud that lies in front of a hotter blackbody.

Question 29

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A spaceship is traveling toward Earth while giving off a constant radio signal with a wavelength of 1 meter. What will the signal look like to people on Earth?
Answer
  • A signal with a wavelength less than 1m.
  • A signal with a wavelength more than 1m.
  • A signal moving faster than the speed of light.
  • A signal moving slower than the speed of light.
  • A signal with a wavelength of 1m, moving the normal the normal speed of light.

Question 30

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Which of these would have the biggest redshift?
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  • A star moving slowly toward you.
  • A star moving fast toward you.
  • A star moving slowly away from you.
  • A star moving fast away from you.
  • A star that is not moving away from you or toward you.

Question 31

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What does it mean to say that an object is in thermal equilibrium?
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  • It isn't absorbing any energy.
  • It isn't radiating any energy.
  • It is radiating more energy than it is absorbing.
  • It is absorbing more energy than it is radiating.
  • It is absorbing the same amount of energy that it is radiating.

Question 32

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The Kelvin temperature scale is used in astronomy because:
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  • At 0 K an object has absolutely zero energy.
  • Water freezes at 0 K.
  • Water boils at 100 K.
  • Hydrogen freezes at 0 K.
  • The highest temperature possible is 1000 K.

Question 33

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Why do some stars in the sky appear blue, while other stars appear red?
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  • The red stars are hotter on their surfaces than the blue stars.
  • The blue stars are hotter on their surfaces than the red stars.
  • The blue stars are closer to us than the red stars.
  • The red stars are closer to us than the blue stars.
  • The blue stars are moving away from us faster than the red stars.

Question 34

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A reflecting telescope is preferable over a refracting telescope because:
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  • Its lack of chromatic aberration.
  • Its shorter length for the same aperture size.
  • There is no aperture limit.
  • Its lighter weight for larger apertures.
  • All of the above are valid reasons.

Question 35

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Which telescope would collect 100 times more light than a 1-meter telescope?
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  • 100-meter telescope.
  • 80-meter telescope.
  • 50-meter telescope.
  • 30-meter telescope.
  • 10-meter telescope.

Question 36

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Chromatic aberration results from:
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  • Blue light being reflected more than red light.
  • Red light being reflecting more than blue light.
  • Red light being refracted more than blue light.
  • Blue light being refracted more than red light.
  • A lens being polished incorrectly.
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