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The word astronomy means:
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"Patterns among the stars."
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"To study the stars."
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"Discovering the universe."
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"Personally traits set by the stars."
Pregunta 2
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The number of classical planets in our Solar System is:
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Eight
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Nine
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Twevle
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Six
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Four
Pregunta 3
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A light-year is a unit commonly used in astronomy as a measure of:
Pregunta 4
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The early universe was composed mainly of which two elements?
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Hydrogen and helium
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Carbon and oxygen
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Hydrogen and oxygen
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Carbon and iron
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Nitrogen and oxygen
Pregunta 5
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There are ________ constellations in the entire sky.
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12
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13
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88
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Hundreds of
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Thousands of
Pregunta 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.
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North and south celestial poles.
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Zenith and the north and south celestial poles.
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Zenith and east and west directions.
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Celestial equator and summer solstice.
Pregunta 7
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What defines the location of the equator on Earth?
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The axis around which Earth rotates.
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Where the ground is the warmest.
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The tilt of Earth's rotational axis relative to its orbit around the Sun.
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The orbit of Earth around the Sun.
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All of the above.
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The direction directly overhead of an observer defines his or her:
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Meridian
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Celestial pole
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Nadir
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Circumpolar plane
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Zenith
Pregunta 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
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Ecliptic
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Circumpolar plane
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Celestial equator
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Eclipse
Pregunta 10
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Which laws are based entirely on observational data without having any theoretical framework behind them?
Pregunta 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
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Frequency
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Orbital domain
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Velocity
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Eccentricity
Pregunta 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
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The moon
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Another planet
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Nothing
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Jupiter
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Kepler's third law is a relationship between an orbiting object's:
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Gravitational force and mass
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Acceleration and mass
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Velocity and period
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Period and semimajor axis
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Semimajor axis and velocity
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Newton's first law states that objects in motion:
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Eventually come to rest.
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Experience an unbalanced force.
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Experience a nonzero acceleration.
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Stay in motion.
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Must wait for the second law to be enacted.
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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
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Mass
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Inertia
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All of the above
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Nothing changes
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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
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Increase; 16
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Decrease; 4
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Decrease; 16
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Increase; 2
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The force of gravity that an object is directly proportional to its:
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Inertia
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Size
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Mass
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Density
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Distance
Pregunta 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:
Pregunta 19
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The speed of light was first determined by which scientist?
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Galileo
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Bugs Bunny
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Romer
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Einstein
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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.
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It would get dark 8 minutes later.
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It would het dark 27 minutes later.
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It would get dark 1 hour later.
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IT would get dark 24 hours later.
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A light-year is a unit that is used to measure:
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Time
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Wavelength
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Speed
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Energy
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Distance
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If the frequency of a beam of light were to increase, its period would ________ and its wavelength would ________?
Pregunta 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.
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Gamma rays, ultraviolet, visible, infrared, radio waves.
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Gamma rays, X-rays, infrared, visible, ultraviolet.
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X-rays, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, radio waves.
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Radio waves, ultraviolet, visible, infrared, gamma rays
Pregunta 24
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As wavelength increases, the energy of a photon ________ and its frequency ________.
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Increases; decreases.
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Increases; increases.
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Decreases; decreases.
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Decreases; increases
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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.
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Red light has a longer wavelength and lower frequency than blue light.
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Red light has a shorter wavelength and higher frequency than blue light.
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Red light has a shorter wavelength and lower frequency than blue light
Pregunta 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.
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An iron atom has more protons in its nucleus than a carbon atom.
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An iron atom has more electrons than a carbon atom.
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A carbon atom is bigger than an iron atom.
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All of the above are true.
Pregunta 27
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When an electron moves from a higher energy level in an tom to a lower energy level:
Pregunta 28
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Which of these objects would emit an absorption spectrum?
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An incandescent light bulb.
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A fluorescent light bulb.
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An isolated hot gas cloud.
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A hot, solid object.
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A thin, cool gas cloud that lies in front of a hotter blackbody.
Pregunta 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?
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A signal with a wavelength less than 1m.
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A signal with a wavelength more than 1m.
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A signal moving faster than the speed of light.
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A signal moving slower than the speed of light.
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A signal with a wavelength of 1m, moving the normal the normal speed of light.
Pregunta 30
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Which of these would have the biggest redshift?
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A star moving slowly toward you.
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A star moving fast toward you.
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A star moving slowly away from you.
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A star moving fast away from you.
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A star that is not moving away from you or toward you.
Pregunta 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.
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It isn't radiating any energy.
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It is radiating more energy than it is absorbing.
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It is absorbing more energy than it is radiating.
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It is absorbing the same amount of energy that it is radiating.
Pregunta 32
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The Kelvin temperature scale is used in astronomy because:
Pregunta 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.
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The blue stars are hotter on their surfaces than the red stars.
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The blue stars are closer to us than the red stars.
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The red stars are closer to us than the blue stars.
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The blue stars are moving away from us faster than the red stars.
Pregunta 34
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A reflecting telescope is preferable over a refracting telescope because:
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Its lack of chromatic aberration.
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Its shorter length for the same aperture size.
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There is no aperture limit.
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Its lighter weight for larger apertures.
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All of the above are valid reasons.
Pregunta 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.
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80-meter telescope.
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50-meter telescope.
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30-meter telescope.
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10-meter telescope.
Pregunta 36
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Chromatic aberration results from:
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Blue light being reflected more than red light.
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Red light being reflecting more than blue light.
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Red light being refracted more than blue light.
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Blue light being refracted more than red light.
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A lens being polished incorrectly.