Astronomy Final Exam 23

What determines the force of gravity between two objects?

• The distance between and mass of both objects

• The mass of the larger object

• The mass of both objects

• oNly the distance between the two objects

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Where is the celestial north pole located?

• directly over Earth's north geographical pole

• directly over Earth's north magnetic pole

• directly over Earth's south geographical pole

• directly over Earth's south magnetic pole

What star lies directly on the celestial north pole?

• Betelguese

• Polaris

• Vega

• Aldeban

An apparent shift in an objects position caused by the observers motion is:

• parallax

• angular diameter

• retrograde motion

• polarity

How does the path of the sun in the sky change with our seasons?

• It is highest at noon and has a longer arc during the summer.

• It is lowest at noon and has a largest arc during the winter.

• It is lowest at noon and has the largest arc in summer.

• It is highest at noon and has the smallest arc during the summer.

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The Sun is located on one of two of these parts of an elipse

• Focii

• Semi-Major Axis

• Major Axis

• Minor Axis

Which of Kepler's Laws describes the relationship between size of a planet's orbit and its orbital period.

• Law 1

• Law 2

• Law 3

• Law 4

How are the different types of EMR distinguished from one another?

• Wavelength

• Speed

• Color

• Doppler Shift

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How are energy and wavelength related within the electromagnetic spectrum?

• as wavelength decreases energy increases

• as wavelength increases so does energy

• energy has no effect on wavelength

• as wavelegth decreases so does energy level

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Which of these has the highest energy level?

• Red Light

• Blue LIght

• Green Light

• Orange LIght

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