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Astronomy 101 Exam Questions and Answers All Correct Which of the following are reasons that gravity is important to star and planet formation? - Answer-Gravity causes clouds to collapse; Once bodies are large enough, gravity pulls them together to create even larger bodies When dust grains first begin to grow into larger objects, this occurs because of - Answer-Collisions between dust grains The direction of revolution in the plane of the Solar System was determined by - Answer-The di...

A THEORY is a pattern in nature thought to have predictive power. The test of a theory is a prediction. That's where pseudo-science fails. T/F - Answer-T Red giant stars are powered by hydrogen burning in a shell surrounding a core, which has been depleted of hydrogen. T/F - Answer-T Jovian planets have densities similar to that of water, and we know in fact that they are mostly made of water. T/F - Answer-F - Jovian planets are gaseous The Sun appears to circle the Celestial Sphere in on...

8.1. In Wikipedia, look up "Mercury (planet)", scroll down to "Orbit, rotation, and longitude", and answer this question: How many Mercury solar days (single day/night cycle) occur in a Mercury year (time to orbit the Sun)? - a. 0.5 8.2. In Wikipedia, look up "Mercury (planet)", scroll down to "Surface conditions and exosphere", and answer this question: Despite its extremely high temperatures, has frozen water (ice) accumulated on Mercury's surface? - a. It would appear that way ...

How many constellations are there? - 88 constellations lookback time - The time elapsed between when we detect the light here on Earth and when it was originally emitted by the source, is known as the 'lookback time'. Center of Milky Way - The Galactic Center (or Galactic Centre) is the rotational center of the Milky Way galaxy; it is a supermassive black hole of 4.100 ± 0.034 million solar masses, which powers the compact radio source Sagittarius A. Period- Luminosity relation - In ...

A chemoautotroph gets its energy from - chemical reactions and its carbon from its environment Abnormal forms of protein molecules called prions have one of the characteristics of living things in that they - actively respond to external changes According to Kepler's Second Law of planetary motion, a planet moves fastest in its orbit when it is - at perihelion According to the nebular theory for the formation of the solar system - planets should be rotating in the same direction as they o...

Atomists Atoms are infinite and in random motion. Beloved in principle of plentitude Principle of Plentitidue The universe contains all possible forms of existence. Anything is possible. Relates to quantum mechanics Murphy's Law Anything that can go wrong will go wrong occams razor the most simple explanation is the most likely explanation Copernican Principle the principle that the Earth is not the center of the universe and is the same from all directions. ...

wx 201 test 2 erau exam questions with correct answers aneroid barometer - Answer-An instrument that measures changes in air pressure without using a liquid. -Measured in millibars barograph - Answer-An instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure. pressure gradient force - Answer-the amount of pressure change occurring over a given distance hydrostatic equation - Answer-pressure drops more rapidly with increasing height at high latitudes and lower...

NATS 1525 questions and answers latest top score. Atomists - correct answer. Atoms are infinite and in random motion. Beloved in principle of plentitude Principle of Plentitidue - correct answer. The universe contains all possible forms of existence. Anything is possible. Relates to quantum mechanics Murphy's Law - correct answer. Anything that can go wrong will go wrong occams razor - correct answer. the most simple explanation is the most likely explanati...

1 AVIATION PHYSICS EXAM | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+ What is matter? Correct Answer: Matter is what all things are made of. It's the foundation for any discussion of physics What is the Law of Conservation? Correct Answer: Matter can not be created or destroyed but it is possible to change it's physical state What's an example of the law of conservation? Correct Answer: the combustion process of liquid fuel or water from solid to liquid to vap...

1 AVIATION PHYSICS EXAM | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+ What is matter? Correct Answer: Matter is what all things are made of. It's the foundation for any discussion of physics What is the Law of Conservation? Correct Answer: Matter can not be created or destroyed but it is possible to change it's physical state What's an example of the law of conservation? Correct Answer: the combustion process of liquid fuel or water from solid to liquid to vap...