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Astro 102 Final Exam Ultimate Study Guide | 100% Correct Answers | Verified | Latest 2024 Version
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What are the characteristics of disk stars (yellow) of the Milky Way Galaxy? - High mass stars, the 
Sun, youngest stars, and stars that all orbit in nearly the same plane 
 
What are the characteristics of halo stars (green) of the Milky Way Galaxy? - Globular clusters, oldest 
stars, stars whose orbits can be inclined at any angle, and stars with smallest abundance of heavy 
elements. 
 
Wh...
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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 
 
 
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ASTR 1101|157 Final Exam Questions Solved Correctly|2024
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A black car left in the sunlight becomes hotter than a white car left in the sunlight under the same conditions because - ️️the white car reflects more sunlight than the black car. 
A planet is detected via the Doppler technique. The velocity change of the star is a measure of - ️️the planet's mass and orbital distance. 
A planet will have bands in its atmosphere like Jupiter and Saturn if - ️️the planet has a high temperature. 
A prism is able to spread white light out into a spect...
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Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. - What is the order of 
the planets with distance from the Sun? 
Venus - Which planet has the highest surface temperature? 
Jupiter - Which planet has the largest mass? 
Uranus - Which planet has the largest tilt of its spin axis? 
Mercury - Which planet has the largest temperature variations? 
Venus - Which planet rotates backw...
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The star Bernard's Star has an apparent magnitude of 9.5 and the star Lelande 21185 has an apparent magnitude of 7.5. Which one is brighter? By how many times? 
Lelande 21185 is the brighter star as the more negative the magnitude is, the brighter the object is. Subtract the two magnitudes and take the absolute value to get a positive answer. Then use that answer as the power on 2.512. 
|9.5-(+7.5)| =2| =2| 
2.5 ^2 = 6.25 
Therefore Lelande 21185 is about ...
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A protostar's evolutionary "track" in the H-R diagram traces out - ️️how the protostar's luminosity and temperature change with time. 
A star's position in the H-R diagram is determined by its - ️️temperature and size. 
As a star becomes a red giant, how does it move on the HR diagram? - ️️upward and to the right 
Because angular momentum must be conserved, as a gas cloud contracts due to gravity it will also - ️️spin faster. 
Binary star systems are extremely useful in stud...
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To find the most accurate distance to a nearby star using parallax, astronomers could compare the view 
of the star against the background stars at what times of the year? - In January and July 
Which of the following correctly expresses the distance to a nearby star? - 1.3 parsecs 
Consider two stars (Y and Z) that both exhibit parallax. Star Z appears to move back and forth against the 
background stars by a greater amount than Y. Which star is farther away from Earth? - Star Y 
A star has a p...
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Apparent and Absolute Magnitude Test Questions and Answers
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Apparent and Absolute Magnitude Test Questions and Answers 
Absolute Magnitude cont... more - Answer-Stars more than 32.6 LY away appear dimmer than they are 
High apparent magnitude and low absolute magnitude 
If a star is 32.6 LY away, its absolute and apparent magnitudes will be the same. 
 
Hertzsprung-Russell (H-R) Diagram - Answer-Shows relationships between absolute magnitude and temperature of stars. 
Can also show the relationship between temperature and luminosity 
As temperature incre...
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To find the most accurate distance to a nearby star using parallax, astronomers could compare the view 
of the star against the background stars at what times of the year? - In January and July 
 
Which of the following correctly expresses the distance to a nearby star? - 1.3 parsecs 
 
Consider two stars (Y and Z) that both exhibit parallax. Star Z appears to move back and forth against the 
background stars by a...
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