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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. 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?
2. Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between Kepler's laws of planetary motion and Newton's law of gravity?
3. How long after a new moon will the next third quarter moon appear?
4. What was the chemical composition of the universe at the time of the formation of the cosmic background radiation?
5. The half-life of a particular radioactive material is 12 days.What is the time required for the activity to be reduced to 1/16 of its original value?
6. How does the Bohr model of the atom differ from the planetary model?
7. Which of the following was NOT a difference between the Early and the Late Middle Ages in the West?
8. What is the age of the universe determined by the WMAP data?
9. What caused scientific opinion to shift suddenly against the steady state model and in favor of the big bang model?
10. What is the current explanation for the origin of the water on the surface of the earth?
11. The heliocentric model had completely replaced the geocentric model by the start of the eighteenth century.Why was this so?
12. What was the most significant change in the nature of the universe at the time of the formation of the cosmic background radiation?
13. Why was the geocentric model of the universe accepted as correct for at least 2,000 years?
14. What is the currently accepted interpretation of the redshifts in the spectra of distant galaxies?
15. What is the source of the energy radiated by a white dwarf?
16. What is our current best theory for the formation of the moon?
17. What is the correct order of structures in the universe from smallest to largest?
18. What type of star might have a surface temperature of 10,000 K and a luminosity 1/100 times that of the sun?
19. Which of the following is true regarding a waxing gibbous moon?
20. Which of the following is true regarding dark energy?
21. What determined the sequence of formation of structures in the early universe?
22. Which of the following can be explained using the wave model for light?
23. What advance in atomic models was made by Niels Bohr?
24. What advance in atomic models was made by Ernest Rutherford's model of the atom?
25. Which of the following was NOT a significant discovery of the WMAP probe?

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