In the milky way galaxy - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What is a light year? - distance that light travels in 1 year What is the closest star to Earth besides the Sun? (4.2 ly away) - proxima centauri What is the age of the universe? - 14 billion years What is our cosmic address? What is the Local Group? - Earth, solar system, milky way galaxy, local group, local supercluster Order of planets in our solar system - Mercury, venus, earth, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune What is the fastest speed in the universe? - speed of light Typical ...

GED Test 740 Questions with Verified Answers "WOW! Mom rides a kayak at noon." How are the underlined words alike? - CORRECT ANSWER They are palindromes Who was the author of Common Sense: Thomas Paine or Thomas Jefferson? - CORRECT ANSWER Thomas Paine What is NOT a real shark: hammerhead, shovelhead, or tigerhead? - CORRECT ANSWER tigerhead What is the force that slows down an object or stops its motion? - CORRECT ANSWER friction Which is greater than 90 degrees: an acute angle o...

Test Bank for Explorations: Introduction to Astronomy 10e 10th Edition by Thomas Arny, Stephen Schneider. Full Chapters test bank are included - Chapter 1 to 18 Preview: The Cosmic Landscape Chapter 1: The Cycles of the Sky Chapter 2: The Rise of Astronomy Essay 1: Backyard Astronomy Chapter 3: Gravity and Motion Chapter 4: Light and Atoms Essay 2: Special and General Relativity Chapter 5: Telescopes Chapter 6: Earth Chapter 7: The Moon and Tides Essay 3: Keeping Time Chapter 8: Th...

Astro 101 - Exam 1 UMich Questions & Answers 2023/2024 what is our planet in the solar system - ANSWER-part of the solar system, in the milky way galaxy, in local group of galaxies, in local supercluster how did we come to be - ANSWER-the Big Bang which produced hydrogen and helium where did elements come from - ANSWER-the big bang produced H and He, which are the base of other elements constructed in stars how old are we in comparison to the universe - ANSWER-human civilization is...

TEST BANK for Explorations: Introduction to Astronomy 9th Edition by Thomas Arny & Stephen Schneider. ISBN 9896. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Preview: The Cosmic Landscape Chapter 1: The Cycles o f th e Sky Chapter 2: The Rise of Astronomy Essay 1: Backyard Astronomy Chapter 3: Gravity and Motion Chapter 4: Light and Atoms Essay 2: Special and General Relativity Chapter 5: Telescopes Chapter 6: Earth Chapter 7: The Moon and Tides Essay 3: Keeping Time Chapter 8: The Terrestrial Planets Chapter 9: The Gian...

Explorations: Introduction to Astronomy 9th Edition by Thomas Arny & Stephen Schneider. ISBN 9896. SOLUTIONS MANUAL. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Preview: The Cosmic Landscape Chapter 1: The Cycles o f the Sky Chapter 2: The Rise of Astronomy Essay 1: Backyard Astronomy Chapter 3: Gravity and Motion Chapter 4: Light and Atoms Essay 2: Special and General Relativity Chapter 5: Telescopes Chapter 6: Earth Chapter 7: The Moon and Tides Essay 3: Keeping Time Chapter 8: The Terrestrial Planets Chapter 9: The G...

 -1.5 magnitude Sirius appears 25x brighter than 2 magnitude Polaris.  “All neutron stars are pulsars, but not all pulsars are neutron stars” FALSE  “Spectroscopic Binary” is the term given to a pair of stars that we can determine are orbiting each other only by measuring their periodic Doppler shifts.  A 6.8 solar mass neutron star does NOT exist.  A loop of gas and charged particles following the magnetic field lines between sunspot’s poles is a Prominence/...

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. What are the characteristics of spiral galaxies? - They contain abundant clouds of cool gas and dust, are rare...

Grass appears green because Correct Answer-it reflects green light and absorbs other colors Place each statement in the correct bin corresponding to whether it represents 1 astronomical unit (1 AU), 1 light-year, or neither of those Correct Answer-1 (AU): about 150 million kilometers, Earth's average distance from the Sun, Jupiter lies about 5.2 of these from the Sun 1 light-year: the distance light travels in 1 year, about 10 trillion kilometers, the star Sirius lies about 8 of these fro...

Using the ideas discussed in the text, in what sense are we "star stuff"? - Nearly every atom from which we are made was once inside of a star When did humans learn that the Earth is not the center of the universe? - Within the past 500 years How are galaxies important to our existence? - Galaxies recycle material from one generation of stars to the next, and without this recycling we could not exist. If we imagine the history of the universe compressed into one year, dinosaurs walked...