Astronomy Final: Test Questions and Canvas Notes Guaranteed Success Grade A+ Update

Astronomy Final: Test Questions and Canvas Notes Guaranteed Success Grade A+ Update According to Wien's Law, a star cooler than the Sun would appear: Red T/F: Radio waves, visible light, and X-rays are all types of electromagnetic radiation. True A wave's velocity is the product of the: Frequency times the wavelength of the wave Which of these is the same for all forms of electromagnetic radiation in a vacuum? Photon energy If you are standing at the Earth's North Pole, which stars would you see rising and setting? None of them T/F: Copernicus proposed a heliocentric model for the solar system. True Galileo's observations of the phases of Venus: Showed that Venus had to orbit the Sun and not Earth T/F: Right ascension in the sky is very similar to latitude on the Earth False T/F: The speed of a planet orbiting the Sun does not depend on the planet's position in its orbit. False Which of the following is not true of the celestial equator? It traces the path of the Sun among the constellations In the summer we observe different constellations than in the winter. This is because: Earth has moved to the other side of its orbit F = ma Newton's Second Law He wrote the Almagest - the standard astronomy book for 1400 years. Ptolemy The constellations are: Arbitrary regions that cover the entire sky What physical property of the Earth gives rise to the seasons? The tilt of its rotation axis to the plane of its orbit