ASTRO 1 PSU EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
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ASTRO 1 PSU EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
ASTRO 1 PSU EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
How much more light does a 12 meter telescope collect than a 6 meter telescope? - CORRECT ANSWER 4 times more
In the spectroscopy game, what did you do to produce emission lines i...
ASTRO 1 PSU EXAM 1 2024-2025 QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
How much more light does a 12 meter telescope collect than a 6 meter telescope? -
CORRECT ANSWER 4 times more
In the spectroscopy game, what did you do to produce emission lines in the spectrum? -
CORRECT ANSWER excite the gas in the box
What type of light does not get through earth's atmosphere? - CORRECT ANSWER
x-ray
is light a particle or a wave? - CORRECT ANSWER both
if a telescope in space is only 1/4 the diameter of a telescope on earth, which of the
following is true? - CORRECT ANSWER the space telescope has a higher
magnification than the larger telescope on the ground
lower-energy radiation has - CORRECT ANSWER longer wavelengths
from earth, which constellation might you find the planet saturn? - CORRECT ANSWER
taurus
two weeks after the 3rd quarter moon is the - CORRECT ANSWER first quarter
moon
, ASTRO 1 PSU EXAM 1 2024-2025 QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
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? - CORRECT 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? - CORRECT ANSWER the electron will eventually
emit a photon with the same energy as the one it absorbed
how many constellations are not zodiac constellations? - CORRECT 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? - CORRECT ANSWER absorption spectrum
What did Newton's law of universal gravitation tell us about how gravity works? -
CORRECT ANSWER the force of gravity from the sun will be stronger on a larger mass
object
how often is the sun in front of a zodiac constellation? - CORRECT ANSWER always
as compared to a cool star, a hotter star emits: - CORRECT ANSWER shorter
wavelength, higher frequency blue color
what happens when the electrons in atoms of a particular chemical element jump from
higher to lower energy levels? - CORRECT ANSWER bright lines appear in the
spectrum at particular energy levels
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