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FNU North Celestial Pole & Antarctic Circles Question

 


  1. Question 1

    2.5 PointsWhat is a circumpolar star?


  2. Question 2

    2.5 PointsBy locating the north celestial pole (NCP) in the sky, how can you determine your latitude?


  3. Question 3

    2.5 PointsWhat conditions are required for a solar eclipse?


  4. Question 4

    2.5 PointsWhen are eclipse seasons?


  5. Question 5

    2.5 PointsWhat do astronomers mean by a constellation?


  6. Question 6

    2.5 PointsWhat is the ecliptic?


  7. Question 7

    2.5 PointsWhich of the following best describes why we have seasons on Earth?


  8. Question 8

    2.5 PointsWhen an electron drops to a lower energy level in an atom,


  9. Question 9

    2.5 PointsWhich of the following observational techniques is most appropriate for measuring Doppler shifts?


  10. Question 10

    2.5 PointsWhat do astronomers mean by light pollution?


  11. Question 11

    2.5 PointsFrom laboratory measurements, we know that a particular spectral line formed by hydrogen appears at a wavelength of 121.6 nanometers (nm). The spectrum of a particular star shows the same hydrogen line appearing at a wavelength of 121.8 nm. What can we conclude?


  12. Question 12

    2.5 PointsWhat is the purpose of adaptive optics?


  13. Question 13

    2.5 PointsLaboratory measurements show hydrogen produces a spectral line at a wavelength of 486.1 nanometers (nm). A particular star’s spectrum shows the same hydrogen line at a wavelength of 486.0 nm. What can we conclude?


  14. Question 14

    2.5 PointsThe astronauts feel weightless in the International Space Station, which orbits the Earth once every 90 minutes. Why?


  15. Question 15

    2.5 PointsWhat is the acceleration of gravity at the surface of Earth?


  16. Question 16

    2.5 PointsNewton’s Second Law of Motion tells us that the net force applied to an object equals its ________.


  17. Question 17

    2.5 PointsSpeed and velocity are the same thing.


  18. Question 18

    2.5 PointsNewton’s second law states: sum of forces = mass × acceleration. According to this, what property can you determine if you observe the acceleration of an object with a known mass?


  19. Question 19

    2.5 PointsHe discovered that the orbits of planets are ellipses.


  20. Question 20

    2.5 PointsWhen Copernicus first created his Sun-centered model of the universe, it did not lead to substantially better predictions of planetary positions than the Ptolemaic model. Why not?