Quarter 1 Exam Review

Energy is produced in the cores of main sequence stars when

• lighter elements undergo fusion into heavier elements

• heavier elements undergo fusion into lighter elements

• cosmic background radiation is absorbed

• cosmic background radiation is released

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Compared to the spectral lines observed in the laboratory, the spectral lines observed in the light from the distant star have shifted toward the

• red end of the spectrum, indicating the star’s movement toward Earth

• red end of the spectrum, indicating the star’s movement away from Earth

• blue end of the spectrum, indicating the star’s movement toward Earth

• blue end of the spectrum, indicating the star’s movement away from Earth

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Approximately how many degrees does Earth travel in its orbit in one month?

• 1°

• 15°

• 30°

• 360°

For an observer in the Northern Hemisphere at 43° N latitude, the highest altitude of the noon Sun occurs when the Sun is above the

• eastern horizon

• western horizon

• northern horizon

• southern horizon

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Which motion is mainly responsible for the difference in the constellations visible at midnight during the summer & winter?

• The Sun orbits Earth.

• Earth orbits the Sun.

• The stars in the constellations orbit Earth.

• Earth orbits the stars in the constellations.

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Some of the constellations that are visible to New York State observers at midnight in December are different from the constellations that are visible at midnight in June

• because constellations rotate on an axis

• constellations revolve around Earth

• Earth rotates on its axis

• Earth revolves around the Sun

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The intensity of insolation at solar noon from November 1 to February 1 in New York State will

• decrease, only

• increase, only

• decrease, then increase

• increase, then decrease

The altitude of Polaris measured by an observer at the Tropic of Cancer is

• 15°

• 23.5°

• 66.5°

• 90°

Earth’s planetary winds curve right in the

• southern hemisphere, and right in the northern hemisphere

• southern hemisphere, and left in the northern hemisphere

• northern hemisphere, and right in the southern hemisphere

• northern hemisphere, and left in the southern hemisphere

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Which two stars have a lower luminosity and temperatures than our sun?

• Procyon B and Barnard Star

• Procyon B and 40 Eridani B

• Proxima Centauri and Barnard Star

• Alpha Centauri and Proxima Centauri