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Prepare for your AST 101 Midterm Exam with this astronomy midterm review resource. Designed for students looking to revise course material, reinforce their understanding of introductory astronomy concepts, and prepare for their midterm assessment at Syracuse. Use this review material to organise your revision, revisit important course concepts, and strengthen your understanding before the exam. Ideal for students searching for AST 101 midterm study guides, astronomy revision notes, and exam preparation resources. Course: AST 101 Institution: Syracuse Assessment: Midterm Exam Document: Midterm Review Format: PDF study material

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AST/./101/./MIDTERM/./REVIEW


Which/./of/./the/./following/./is/./NOT/./a/./general/./difference/./between/./a/./planet/./
and/./a/./star?/./
A././Planets/./are/./smaller/./than/./stars.
B././Planets/./are/./dimmer/./than/./stars.
C././All/./planets/./are/./made/./of/./rock/./and/./all/./stars/./are/./made/./of/./gas.
D././Planets/./orbit/./stars,/./while/./stars/./orbit/./the/./center/./of/./the/./galaxy././-
/./correct/./answer/./✔ ✔
C././All/./planets/./are/./made/./of/./rock/./and/./all/./stars/./are/./made/./of/./gas.


Our/./solar/./system/./consists/./of/./_________.
A././the/./Sun/./and/./several/./nearby/./stars,/./as/./well/./as/./the/./planets/./and/./other/./o
bjects/./that/./orbit/./these/./stars
B././the/./Sun/./and/./all/./the/./objects/./that/./orbit/./it
C././a/./few/./hundred/./billion/./stars,/./bound/./together/./by/./gravity

D././the/./Sun/./and/./the/./nine/./planets,/./and/./nothing/./else/./-/./correct/./answer/./✔
✔ B././the/./Sun/./and/./all/./the/./objects/./that/./orbit/./it

, A/./typical/./galaxy/./is/./a/./_________.
A././system/./consisting/./of/./one/./or/./a/./few/./stars/./orbited/./by/./planets,/./moons,/./
and/./smaller/./objects
B././nearby/./object/./orbiting/./a/./planet
C././large,/./glowing/./ball/./of/./gas-powered/./by/./nuclear/./energy
D././collection/./of/./a/./few/./hundred/./million/./to/./a/./trillion/./or/./more/./stars/./boun
d/./together/./by/./gravity/./

E././relatively/./small,/./an/./icy/./object/./orbiting/./a/./star/./-/./correct/./answer/./✔
✔
D././collection/./of/./a/./few/./hundred/./million/./to/./a/./trillion/./or/./more/./stars/./bo
und/./together/./by/./gravity


Which/./of/./the/./following/./best/./describes/./what/./we/./mean/./by/./the/./universe?
A././A/./vast/./collection/./of/./stars/./that/./number/./as/./many/./as/./the/./grains/./of/./san
d/./on/./all/./the/./beaches/./on/./Earth
B././All/./the/./galaxies/./in/./all/./the/./superclusters
C././The/./sum/./total/./of/./all/./mater/./and/./energy
D././The/./universe/./is/./another/./name/./for/./our/./Milky/./Way/./Galaxy././-
/./correct/./answer/./✔ ✔ C././The/./sum/./total/./of/./all/./mater/./and/./energy


What/./do/./astronomers/./mean/./by/./the/./Big/./Bang?
A././The/./event/./that/./marked/./the/./beginning/./of/./the/./expansion/./of/./the/./unive
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