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EAPS 105 Exam 1 HW Questions & Answers 2024 What lies in the center of the galaxy? a. a void, like the eye of a hurricane b. the oldest stars in the galaxy c. a supermassive black hole d. the home world of our galactic empire - ANSWER-c. a supermassive black hole Which of the following statements about the solar system are correct? a. It formed 4.6 billion years ago. b. At least one of the giant planets are formed of rock and metal like terrestrial planets. c. The orbits of the ma...

About what percent of the mass of our Solar System's planets is contained in Jupiter? A) 50.0% B) 70.0% C) 85.0% D) 99.9% - ️️B) 70.0% About what percent of the Solar System's mass is contained in the Sun? A) 50.0% B) 70.0% C) 85.0% D) 99.9% - ️️D) 99.9% According to Kepler's 3rd Law, which of the following influences the time it takes a planet to orbit the Sun? A) Its mass B) Its density C) Its orbital radius D) Its spin rate - ️️C) Its orbital radius

EAPS 105 Exam Questions & Answers 2024 Which arrangement is in order of increasing size, left to right? - ANSWER-• Planet, star, solar system, galaxy Which of the following is the largest? - ANSWER-• The distance from the Earth to the sun What causes seasons? - ANSWER-• The sun spends less time in the sky during winter than summer. • The Sun's rays spread out more in winter than in summer. • The suns rays are more spread out over the Earth in the winter • Larger Tilt...

EAPs 105 Exam 1 Questions & Answers 2024 The difference between open and closed systems is that - ANSWER-open systems can acquire matter and energy but closed systems cannot A snowball that rolls down a hill, gradually gaining more and more mass and rolling faster and faster as it continues, would be an example of a(n) - ANSWER-positive feedback system Which of the following statements is true about the transfer of energy, matter, or momentum in the atmosphere? - ANSWER-Energy transfe...

EAPS 105 Final Exam 2024 with 100% correct answers Which of the following is the largest? - ANSWER-The distance from Earth to the sun. Galileo's observations of the gibbous phase of Venus proved that: - ANSWER-Venus orbits the sun. Copernicus: - ANSWER-Showed how retrograde motion could be explained without epicycles if the planets all orbited the sun. Infrared astronomy is often done from high-flying aircraft because: - ANSWER-infrared radiation is absorbed in Earth's atmosphere...

What is the fate of the largest stars? A) To collapse into a white dwarf and outgas its outer layers. B) To collapse into a black hole and outgas its outer layers. C) To collapse into a white dwarf and explode as a supernova. D) To collapse into a black hole and explode as a supernova. - ️️D) To collapse into a black hole and explode as a supernova. Which is the correct sequence of the Solar Nebula Hypothesis? (Don't worry about the starting point, just the order, since this is a...

Which are the terrestrial planets? - ️️Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars The relative angular velocity of Earth's satellites (natural and otherwise) based on their orbital distance - ️️Satellites orbit more slowly the more distant they orbit Satellites orbit faster the less distant they orbit The relative distance from the Sun to the giant planets - ️️Jupiter- 5.2, Saturn- 9.54, Uranus- 19.2, Neptune- 30.06, (AU) The relative distance from the Sun to the terrestrial planets - ️️...

EAPS 105 Exam 3 Study Guide Questions & Answers 2024 The components of a Primary Atmosphere are: - ANSWER-Hydrogen & Helium Factors that influence a planet's Escape Velocity are: - ANSWER-Mass of Planet: The greater the mass the higher velocity needed Radius of Planet: The larger the radius, the lower velocity is needed Factors that influence the velocity of an Atmospheric Gas Molecule: - ANSWER-Temperature: The higher the temperature, the faster it moves Atomic Weight: The lig...

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