ASTRO1 UCSB FINAL SUMMARIZED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% VERIFIED SOLUTION

ASTRO1 UCSB FINAL SUMMARIZED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% VERIFIED SOLUTION A THEORY is a pattern in nature thought to have predictive power. The test of a theory is a prediction. That's where pseudo-science fails. T/F - ANS-T Red giant stars are powered by hydrogen burning in a shell surrounding a core, which has been depleted of hydrogen. T/F - ANS-T Jovian planets have densities similar to that of water, and we know in fact that they are mostly made of water. T/F - ANS-F - Jovian planets are gaseous The Sun appears to circle the Celestial Sphere in one year because the Earth is circling the Sun. The Sun's apparent path is called the horizon. T/F - ANS-F - it's called the ecliptic A planet can occasionally act as a circumpolar star as seen from Santa Barbara. T/F - ANS-F Opaque bodies approximately obey the blackbody laws: the Stefan-Boltzmann Law and Wien's Law. T/F - ANS-T Venus's surface is very hot because it absorbs more sunlight than the earth does. T/F - ANS-B - its thick atmosphere keeps heat from escaping Ozone depletion may have stabilized because of an international agreement to reduce emission of certain industrial chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons. T/F - ANS-