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Based on the study guide (2015) for Dr. Miroshninchenko's midterm exam for Astronomy 235 at UNCG.

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Astronomy 235- Dr Miroshninchenko Midterm Review 2015

Frage 1 von 23

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What is the age of the Universe?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • 13 billion years

  • 14 billion years

  • 13 million years

  • 14 million years

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Frage 2 von 23

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Who were the most influential figures in the history of astronomy?

Wähle eine oder mehr der folgenden:

  • Kepler and Brahe

  • Eratosthenes and Ptolemy

  • Galileo and Copernicus

  • Socrates and Aristotle

  • All of the above

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Frage 3 von 23

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( Eratosthenes, Kepler, Galileo, Brahe, Ptolemy, Tycho ) was the first to measure the ( radius, diameter, circumference, surface area ) of the Earth which helped to prove the Earth wasn't flat. Copernicus developed the heliocentric system and believed in ( elliptical, rectangular, irregular, perfect circle ) revolutions of the planets. Ptolemy's discoveries include developing the Ptolemaic universe model which was ( heliocentric, sun-centered, earth-centered, moon-centered ), ( epicycles, ellipses, gravity ), and cataloging 1028 stars positions. ( Tycho, Brahe, Kepler, Eratosthenes ) is responsible for ( Tycho, Eratosthenes, Brahe, Andromeda )'s quadrant which is ( 1/2, 1/8, 1/3, 1/4, 1/16 ) of ( an ellipse, a circle, an arch ), used to measure positions, precision of the angular observant, and ( one, two, three, four ) second of ( an arc, an ellipse, a circle ). The ( ellipse, circular, irregular ) orbit was discovered/hypothesized about by ( Kepler, Copernicus, Brahe, Newton ). Galileo discovered ( sunspots, solar flares, sun storms ), mountains and valleys on ( the moon,, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter's moons ) the ( one, five, two, three, four ) moons of ( Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune ), phases of ( Mercury, Venus, the moon ), and used the first telescope as a scientific instrument. Kepler is also responsible for ( 3 laws of gravity, 4 laws of gravity, 4 laws, 3 laws ). The first is that planets have elliptical orbits. The second is that when a planet is ( further away, closer ) to the sun it moves ( slower, faster ) than when it is ( further away, closer ), and the ( third, Pick the other one. ) is that you can measure the ( orbit, revoltionary ) period of a planet that orbits around the sun and convert it to ( astronomical units, light years, Earth years ) and then ( divide, cube, square, multiply ) it and the ( cubed root, square root, product, quotient ) will be it's ( light years, astronomical units, Earth years ) from the sun.

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Frage 4 von 23

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Roughly, how many stars are in the Milky Way galaxy?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • 100 million

  • 100 trillion

  • 100 billion

  • 100 thousand

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Frage 5 von 23

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Roughly how many galaxies are there in the Universe?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • 100 million

  • 100 billion

  • 100 trillion

  • 100 thousand

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Frage 6 von 23

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A is a huge collection of anywhere from a few hundred million to more than a trillion , all bound together by .

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Frage 7 von 23

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Why does the milky way look like a band from Earth? Note: outline of sight lies in the plane of the galaxy.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • We are in the bulge and can only see the flat arms of the galaxy.

  • We are on the arms and cannot see anything but the rest of the arm spread out around us.

  • We are in the bulge and cannot see anything beyond the bulge.

  • We are on the arm and see the disk

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Frage 8 von 23

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Retrograde motion as explained by the system is where the planets orbited around the but also a fixed point within a smaller similar to how the and . The system explains retrograde motion by claiming the orbited around in .

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    Ptolemaic
    Copernican
    Newtonian
    Braheaic
    Sun
    Earth
    moon
    revolutioned around
    circled around
    orbited around
    axis
    revolution
    gravitational pull
    orbit
    Jupiter orbits the sun
    the Earth orbits the sun
    the moon orbits the Earth
    Jupiter's moons orbit each other
    the moon orbits around the Earth
    Earth orbits the sun
    the moon orbits the Sun
    Earth orbits the moon
    the Ptolemaic
    the Eratosthenic
    the Keplarian
    the Copernican
    the planets
    the sun
    the moon
    the Earth
    +the sun
    +the Earth
    +the planets
    +the moon
    irregular patterns
    ellipses
    perfect circles
    imperfect circles

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Frage 9 von 23

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What is direct proof the Earth is not stationary?

Wähle eine oder mehr der folgenden:

  • parallax

  • stellar parallax

  • the seasons

  • the clouds

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Frage 10 von 23

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What elementary (subatomic) particles make up atoms?

Wähle eine oder mehr der folgenden:

  • protons

  • neutrons

  • electrons

  • both 1 and 2

  • both 1 and 3

  • both 2 and 3

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Frage 11 von 23

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What are the main parameters of an EM wave (wavelength, frequency, amplitude)?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • travel through space with a speed c=> their wavelengths ^(greek letter) and frequency f are related

  • travel through space with a speed c=< their wavelengths ^(greek letter) and frequency f are related

  • travel through space with a speed c=> their wavelengths ^(greek letter) and frequency f are not related

  • travel through space with a speed c=< their wavelengths ^(greek letter) and frequency f are not related

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Frage 12 von 23

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What is the place of the visible light in the electromagnetic (EM) spectrum?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • the beginning

  • the end

  • outside of it

  • the middle

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Frage 13 von 23

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How are a photon's energy and frequency (wavelength) are connected?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • The higher the frequency, the more energy it produces.

  • The lower the frequency the more energy it produces.

  • The higher the frequency the less energy it produces

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Frage 14 von 23

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What elementary particle is responsible for emitting radiation in atoms?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • photon

  • neutron

  • proton

  • electron

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Frage 15 von 23

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What does the law of conservation of angular momentum state?

Wähle eine oder mehr der folgenden:

  • an external force must act on an object for momentum to occur

  • an external force must not act on an object for momentum to occur

  • momentum cannot be created or destroyed it simply exists

  • momentum must be created by a constant application of force

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Frage 16 von 23

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What are the consequences of the law of angular momentum?

Wähle eine oder mehr der folgenden:

  • inverse correlation

  • reverse correlation

  • faster movement to conserve angular momentum

  • slower movement to conserve angular momentum

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Frage 17 von 23

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What kind of frequencies (wavelengths) and energies do different types of photons have (for example, X-rays have high frequencies, low wavelengths, and high energies)?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Low-energy photons, like radio photons, tend to behave more like waves, while higher energy photons (i.e. X-rays) behave more like particles.

  • I don't know

  • High-energy photons, like radio photons, tend to behave more like particles, while lower energy photons (i.e. X-rays) behave more like waves

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Frage 18 von 23

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The regions of the EM spectrum are:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Ultraviolet radiation, Visible radiation, Infrared radiation, Terahertz radiation, and Microwave radiation

  • Gamma radiation, X-ray radiation, Ultraviolet radiation, infrared radiation, and radio waves

  • Gamma radiation, X-ray radiation, Ultraviolet radiation, Visible radiation, Infrared radiation, Terahertz radiation, Microwave radiation, and Radio waves

  • Gamma radiation, X-ray radiation, Infrared radiation, and Radio waves

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Frage 19 von 23

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What are the basic properties of all EM waves? (Electromagnetic)

Wähle eine oder mehr der folgenden:

  • waves travel parallel to each other

  • waves travel perpendicular to each other

  • same amplitude and wavelength

  • same frequency and wavelength

  • same frequency, amplitude, and wavelength

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Frage 20 von 23

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What happens when radiation is emitted or absorbed by an atom?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Photons are created

  • Light is created

  • photons are destroyed

  • darkness is created

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Frage 21 von 23

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What mirror size do the largest telescopes in the world have?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • 10m diameter

  • 20m diameter

  • 100m diameter

  • 1000m diameter

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Frage 22 von 23

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Which of the following statements best describes the two principal advantages of telescopes over eyes?

Wähle eine oder mehr der folgenden:

  • Telescopes can collect far more light with far better angular resolution

  • Telescopes can collect far more light with far greater magnification

  • Telescopes have much more magnification and better angular resolution

  • Telescopes collect more light and are unaffected by twinkling

  • Telescopes can see farther without image distortion and can record more accurate colors

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Frage 23 von 23

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Which of the following was not discovered by Galileo?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • phases of Venus

  • stellar parallax

  • mountains and valleys on the moon

  • 4 moons of jupiter

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