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ST 235-01 UNCG Final Exam Study Guide Questions and Answers with complete solution
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The cosmic calendar - a imaginary concept to examine the history of our planet compressed into 
one year-Carl Sagan, human civilzation 
doesn't come on the scene until almost the last few seconds. This made people realize how insignificant 
human society is on the grand scale of time and the imense universe especially in the human-centerd 
view of religions. 
planet - A large body in space that orbits a star and does not produce light of its own 
star - A ball of hot gas, primarily hydrogen and...
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Astro 7N Exam 2 Questions and Answers | Verified Updated| Latest 2024.
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Astro 7N Exam 2 Questions and Answers | Verified Updated| Latest 2024. 
1. A high-luminosity star ... 
A: is always at a larger distance than a low-luminosity star 
 B: emits more light than a low-luminosity star 
C: is always redder than a star with a lower luminosity 
D: is at a lower temperature than a low-luminosity star 
E: is always at a smaller distance than a low-luminosity star 
2. If a red giant appears the same brightness as a red main sequence star, which one is 
farther away? 
 A:...
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Astronomy 101 Questions with Complete Solutions
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AU-astronomical unit Correct Answer-Earth's average distance from the sun. Used to describe distance within the solar system 
 
Light Year- ly Correct Answer-Distance light can travel. which is about 10 trillion km. Used to describe distance of stars and galaxies. measure of distance not time. 
 
Solar system Correct Answer-consists of sun,planets, and their moons; which is held together by a common center. 
 
Local Group Correct Answer-more than 70 galaxies put together 
 
galaxy clusters Corr...
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ASTR EXAM 2024 WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
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Movie adaptation of Carl Sagans book where Jodi Foster travels through a worm hole - correct answer Contact 
 
In 1955 movie where pod people take over Santa Maria California - correct answer Invasion of the body snatchers 
 
This movie is widely known as the most accurate sci-fi movies today - correct answer Interstellar 
 
Screenshot - correct answer What is close encounters of the third kind 
 
Light emitted by a hot, dense body, where all wavelengths are present - correct answer What is a co...
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Astronomy - Final Exam With Complete Solutions 100% Solved
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Astronomy - Final Exam With 
Complete Solutions 100% Solved 
How are galaxies created? ️️One says that galaxies were born when vast clouds of gas and 
dust collapsed under their own gravitational pull, allowing stars to form. ... The other, which has 
gained strength in recent years, says the young universe contained many small "lumps" of matter, 
which clumped together to form galaxies. 
How was Hubble important to our understanding of galaxies? ️️he discovered the existence 
of ...
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EAPS 105 Exam 1 HW Questions & Answers 2024
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EAPS 105 Exam 1 HW Questions & Answers 2024 
 
 
What lies in the center of the galaxy? 
a. a void, like the eye of a hurricane 
b. the oldest stars in the galaxy 
c. a supermassive black hole 
d. the home world of our galactic empire - ANSWER-c. a supermassive black hole 
 
Which of the following statements about the solar system are correct? 
a. It formed 4.6 billion years ago. 
b. At least one of the giant planets are formed of rock and metal like terrestrial planets. 
c. The orbits of the ma...
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WGU C165 Unit 5: Earth & Sky 2023|24 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS Latest update
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WGU C165 Unit 5: Earth & Sky 2023|24 
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Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation 
The law that says every object in the universe attracts every other object, and that 
the force is affected by mass and distance: the greater the mass of an object, the 
greater the attraction; the farther apart the objects, the weaker the attraction. 
Nebula 
a cloud of gas and dust in space 
Nuclear Fusion 
The process by which two or more small nuclei fuse to make a bigger 
nucleus...
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Test Bank for Explorations: Introduction to Astronomy, 10th Edition by Thomas Arny
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Test Bank for Explorations: Introduction to Astronomy 10e 10th Edition by Thomas Arny, Stephen Schneider. Full Chapters test bank are included - Chapter 1 to 18 
 
Preview: The Cosmic Landscape 
Chapter 1: The Cycles of the Sky 
Chapter 2: The Rise of Astronomy 
Essay 1: Backyard Astronomy 
Chapter 3: Gravity and Motion 
Chapter 4: Light and Atoms 
Essay 2: Special and General Relativity 
Chapter 5: Telescopes 
Chapter 6: Earth 
Chapter 7: The Moon and Tides 
Essay 3: Keeping Time 
Chapter 8: Th...
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Space Exploration|Complete Questions with A+ Graded Answers
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Space Exploration|Complete Questions with A+ Graded Answers 
main sequence 
a diagonal area on an H-R diagram that includes more than 90 percent of all stars 
 
 
white dwarf 
A small, hot, dim star that is the leftover center of an old star 
 
 
Luminosity 
the true brightness of an object 
 
 
light year 
the distance light travels in one year 
 
 
blueshifted 
the doppler shift toward shorter wavelengths of light from an approaching object 
 
 
Redshifted 
stars moving away from Earth 
 
 
Ne...
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LAB 4 ASTR 102
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Lab 4 
How Big is our Galaxy? 
ASTRO 102 
1 Objective 
The objective of this lab was to introduce methods that astronomers use to estimate properties of 
astronomical objects using observations. 
2 Introduction 
A variable star is a star whose brightness changes periodically. Variable stars are comprised of two 
categories, intrinsic and extrinsic variables. The luminosity of an intrinsic star changes, whereas only the 
apparent brightness of an extrinsic star changes due to changes in the amoun...
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