Astro 1 Exam 1 PSU Questions and Solution 2025

Astro 1 Exam 1 PSU Questions and Solution 2025 How much more light does a 12 meter telescope collect than a 6 meter telescope? - answer 4 times more In the spectroscopy game, what did you do to produce emission lines in the spectrum? - answer-excite the gas in the box What type of light does not get through earth's atmosphere? - answer-x-ray is light a particle or a wave? - answer-both if a telescope in space is only 1/4 the diameter of a telescope on earth, which of the following is true? - answer-the space telescope has a higher magnification than the larger telescope on the ground lower-energy radiation has - answer-longer wavelengths from earth, which constellation might you find the planet saturn? - answer-taurus two weeks after the 3rd quarter moon is the - answer-first quarter moon for a star close to the north star, how long does it take to move in a circle the whole way around the north star? - answer-24 hours An electron in a sodium atom absorbs a photon of light and moves to the next highest energy level, what will happen? - answer-the electron will eventually emit a photon with the same energy as the one it absorbed how many constellations are not zodiac constellations? - answer-75 or 76 A star is a hot dense gas surrounded by a cooler, low density atmosphere. What type of spectrum will a star create? - answer-absorption spectrum