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AMSCO AP World History Modern- Unit 4Primogeniture Laws - correct answers English laws that only led eldest sons inherit land, leading younger sons to search for money via things like joint-stock companies. 
 
Omani-European Rivalry - correct answers Portuguese vs the Omani over the Muslim controlled Indian ocean trade 
 
Cartography - correct answers The science of making maps 
 
Astronomical Chart - correct answers a guide to the stars to help navigation 
 
Maritime Empires - correct answers e...
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Earth Space Exam Review 2023 GRADED A+ (ACTUAL EXAM ) Questions and Answers (Solved) 
 
1. Occurs when the Moon passes directly between the Sun and Earth and 
casts a shadow over part of Earth 
Answer: solar eclipse 
2. an eclipse in which the moon appears darkened as it passes into the 
earth's shadow. 
Answer: lunar eclipse 
3. the average distance between the earth and the sun; useful for 
measuringdistances within the solar system 
Answer: astronomical unit (AU) 
4. the distance light trave...
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PHSC102 - Midterm study Guide Questions And All Correct Answers 
 
What are the Steps to the Scientific Method? - Answer -Step 1- make an observation, pose a question or problem 
Step 2 - make a hypothesis (an educated guess) 
Step 3 - experiment - hypothesis must be testable and reproducible 
Step 4 - Conclusion - Results 
 
The study of the Universe. - Answer -Astonomy 
 
Totality of all space, time, matter, and energy. - Answer -Universe 
 
Radius of Earth? - Answer -6378 Km 
 
Distance from ...
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Solar System Characteristics: orbits, what do inner planets do compared to outer, and what about spin - ANSWER Counter Clockwise Orbits, Inner planets move faster, Each planet has individual spin 
 
Number of planets and names - ANSWER 8: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune 
 
Gravity - ANSWER Attractive force, holds everything together, requires 2 objects pull on each other 
 
Gravity on Ea...
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Ast2 Questions with complete solution 2023/2024
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Ast2 Questions with complete solution 2023/20241 astronomical unit (AU) - correct answer = 150,000,000 km 
= average distance 
between Earth & Sun 
 
1 light year (ly) - correct answer = 9,500,000,000,000 km 
= distance light travels in a year 
 
Earth - correct answer rocky planet with iron core 
 
Sun - correct answer typical star - ball of hot gas, mostly hydrogen & helium. 100x larger in diameter 
than Earth 
 
Earth-Sun distance - correct answer 1 AU 
 
Milky Way Galaxy - correct ...
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Gizmo Solar System Explorer 2022 - All Answers are Correct
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Gizmo Solar System Explorer 2022 - All Answers are Correct 
 
Vocabulary: astronomical unit, dwarf planet, eccentricity, ellipse, gas giant, Kepler’s laws, orbit, orbital radius, period, planet, solar system, terrestrial planet 
 
Gizmo Warm-up 
The Solar System Explorer Gizmo shows a model of the solar system. All of the distances, but not the sizes of the planets, are shown to scale. To begin, turn on Show orbital paths and click Play ( ). You are looking at the four inner planets. 
 
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astronomy - ANSWER The study of the moon, stars, and other objects in space 
 
layers of the sun - ANSWER photosphere, chromosphere, corona 
 
the moons gravitational pull is responsible for - ANSWER earths tides 
 
Equinox - ANSWER The two days of the year on which neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the sun; september and march 
 
Solstice - ANSWER Either of the two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator 
 
Big Bang Theory - ANSWER (c...
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WGU C894 Unit 1 Intro to Astronomy, 
Exam Review Questions and answers, 
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What is planet Earth's diameter? - -nearly 13,000km 
What is our moon's diameter compared to Earth's? - -our moon is 1/4 size diameter of our Earth 
scientific notation - -system of recording very large or very small numbers using powers of 10 
ex: 380,000=3.8 x 10⁵ 
planet - -non self-luminous body orbiting the Sun or another star that has strong enough gravity to 
compress it into a spheroidal...
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Astronomy Exam 1 Questions And Answers 
 
What are the size and time scales seen in astronomy compared to what we use here on Earth everyday? - ANS 1 year= time between solstices, 1 month= time between new moons, 1 day= time between noons, 1 week= 7 days= number of objects in the seen in the sky with the naked eye (sun, moon, and visible planets) 
 
How are the distance units light-year and astronomical unit defined? - ANS Scientific notation: 9.4607 x 10^12 km 
 
How far away are the neare...
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1. Which of the following definitions best describes a constellation? 
 	a. 	a region of the sky containing a certain star pattern 
 	b. 	a group of very bright stars 
 	c. 	a group of very faint stars 
 	d. 	the dividing line between the north and south celestial hemispheres 
ANSWER: 	a 
 
 
2. How many official constellations are there? 
 	a. 	98 
 	b. 	88 
 	c. 	13 
 	d. 	55 
ANSWER: 	b 
 
 
3. Which of the following best describes the Big Dipper? 
 	a. 	an asterism 
 	b. 	a faint star near...
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