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ASTR101 Final Exam (Introduction to Astronomy)
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ASTR101 Final Exam (Introduction to Astronomy)
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1. What celestial phenomenon is explained by the fact that the plane of the moon's orbit around the earth is not the same as the plane of the earth's orbit around the sun?
2. How did the Copernican model of the universe account for day and night?
3. Which of the following is true regarding a waxing gibbous moon?
4. What is the correct order of structures in the universe from smallest to largest?
5. The WMAP probe determined the contents of the universe at the time of the formation of the cosmic background radiation and at the present time.Which of the following is true based on that determination?
6. As the temperature of the early universe decreased due to the expansion of space, structures began to develop. What is the correct order for this formation?
7. In 1923, how was Hubble able to demonstrate the existence of other galaxies?
8. Where would a very small star with a low luminosity and high surface temperature be located on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram?
9. Your body contains carbon, oxygen, and many other elements heavier than helium. Where were these atoms about 7 billion years ago?
10. Who is credited with reintroducing the concept of a heliocentric universe in the late fifteenth century?
11. What is the currently accepted interpretation of the redshifts in the spectra of distant galaxies?
12. What is our current best theory for the formation of the moon?
13. What determined the sequence of formation of structures in the early universe?
14. Which of the following is the correct sequence in the death of a high-mass star?
15. What was the chemical composition of the universe at the time of the formation of the cosmic background radiation?
16. What is (are) the origin(s) of the interstellar medium?
17. What is the meaning of the Greek word that is the origin of the word atom?
18. What was the most significant difference in the views of Plato and Aristotle?
19. Which of the following is NOT a region of the electromagnetic spectrum?
20. What advance in atomic models was made by Niels Bohr?
21. What is true of Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson with regard to their discovery of the cosmic background radiation?
22. Who was the first person to correctly determine the orbits of the planets?
23. The heliocentric model had completely replaced the geocentric model by the start of the eighteenth century.Why was this so?
24. What type of star might have a surface temperature of 35,000 K and a luminosity of 100,000 times that of the sun?
25. What two physical quantities does Hubble's Law relate?

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