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Everything up until the final Flashcards

1
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What is the air made up of?

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80% Nitrogen, 20% Oxygen

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2
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What is the freezing point of water in Fahrenheit?

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32 Degrees F

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What is the boiling point of water in Fahrenheit?

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212 degrees F

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4
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What is the lowest temperature in celcius?

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-273 degrees C. OR 0 Kelvin

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How do you find Kelvin if you’re given the temperature in Celsius?

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K = C + 273

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6
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What are the “4 forces” ?

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1) Gravity/ levity
2) EM force (electromagnetic)
3) Strong
4) Weak

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7
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What does Strong force do?

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Hold the nucleus together. With the protons having the same charge they naturally want to repel one another but strong force holds them together.

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What is Weak force?

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Something to do with radioactivity??? idk half life or some shit.

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9
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What is the surface(photosphere) temperature of the Sun?

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6000 Kelvin

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10
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What colour do “cool stars” appear?

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RED

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What colour do “hot stars” appear?

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BLUE

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12
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What are the wavelengths from shortest to longest?

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Shorter waves have higher energy

Gamma ray
X-ray
Ultra violet
Visible light
Infrared
Microwave
Radio wave

Longer waves have less energy

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13
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What is an Alpha particle?

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Helium nucleus consisting of 2 protons and 2 neutrons.

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14
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What is a Beta particle?

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Electron

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15
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What are 7 different types of stars?

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1) Red/Blue Giants
2) Red/Blue Dwarfs
3) Neutrons
4) Quorks
5) Black hole
6) Variable
7) Binary stars

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16
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How far away is the Sun?

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93 million miles, 150 million km, 8 light minutes, 1 AU (astronomical unit)

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17
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What are the first 5 letters of the Greek alphabet?

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Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon

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18
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What is the density of water?

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1.00 g/cm cubed

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19
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What is the density of a rock?

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3.00 g/cm cubed

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20
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What is the density of gold?

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20.0 g/cm cubed

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21
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Name 3 radioactive elements?

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1) Uranium
2) Radium
3) Polonium

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22
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How long is the solar cycle of the Sun?

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Solar cycle = Magnetic field. flips every 11 years

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23
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How long is the rotational period of the sun?

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24 days at the equator. 35 days close to the top/bottom. called “Differential Rotation”

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24
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Who discovered the composition of the sun and in what year?

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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1925)

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25
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What is the corona and what temperature is it?

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Outer most layer of the suns atmosphere. Can be seen during a total solar eclipse.
2,000,000 K

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26
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What is the chromosphere of the sun and what temperature is it?

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Lower region of the suns atmosphere. 10,000 K

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27
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What is the photosphere and what temperature is it?

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“Visible surface” of the sun. 6,000 K. Where the Sun spots (solar granulation) happen

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28
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How long does it take a neutrino to get out of the sun?

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2 seconds

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29
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How long does it take a photon to get out of the sun?

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“Random walk” anywhere from 100,000 - 1,000,000 years

30
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What are the 4 famous super novas and what years did they happen?

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1054 - Crab
1572 - Tycho
1604 - Kepler
1987 - Large Magellanic Cloud

31
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Who invented (discovered idk) the Bright line Dark line and Continuous star spectrum’s?

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Bunsen and Kirchoff (1860ish)

Fraunhoffer- found the actual dark lines

32
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What is frequency?

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The number of waves that pass a fixed point in unit time

33
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What is Lambda Max?

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The wavelength at which a substance has its strongest photon absorption.

The highest point along the spectrums y-axis

34
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What is Absolute brightness (Magnitude) M?

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How bright a star appears at a distance of 10 pc

35
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What is apparent brightness (Magnitude) m?

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How bright a star appears from earth

36
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Which type of stars show strong helium lines?

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O & B stars

37
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Which type of stars show strong hydrogen lines?

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A stars

38
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Which type of stars show strong molecule lines?

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K & M stars

39
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Name some binary systems?

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Procyon A (main sequence)
-procyon B (white dwarf)

Sirius A (main sequence)
-sirius B (white dwarf)

Mizar and Alcor (6 star unit)

40
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How long does it take Halley’s comet to orbit the sun?

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76 years

41
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What is “sublimation” and where would you see this term for astronomy?

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(goes from a solid to a gas right away)

The solar winds “melt” the ice (sublimation) of a comet and the dirt trails behind

42
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What is the temperature/ density of the center of the sun?

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15,000,000 K
150 g/cm3

43
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What is another name for hydrogen burning and what temperature is needed to do it?

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Proton proton chain

10,000,000 K (fusion of protons)

44
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What temperature is needed for helium burning?

A

100,000,000 K

45
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What temperature is needed for C, N, O burning?

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500,000,000 K

46
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Density of the earth?

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5.5 g/cm3

47
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What is the brightest star (largest apparent mag from earth)?

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Sirius A

48
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Finish the sentence “The more luminous the star the………..”
And who discovered this?

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the more luminous the star the HIGHER THE MASS.

Eddington discovered this.

49
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What is the nearest star?

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Proxima Centauri

50
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What are brown dwarfs?

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Bigger than a planet, smaller than a star.
“ Super planet or failed star “

Failed because doesn’t reach the 10 mil kelvin required to burn hydrogen

51
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What are the 3 kinds of meterorites?

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1) Stony
2) Metal (iron)
3) Stony (iron-type) RARE

52
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How fast does Earth move?

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30 km/s

53
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Why do Cephied variable stars pulsate and how much can they change in size?

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unequal pressure forces and gravity.

change of 20%

54
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Which stars have longer lifetimes? (mass-lifetime relation)

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Smaller mass = longer life

Bigger mass = shorter life

55
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Composition of the suns surface?

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75% H
24% He
1% metals

56
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Composition of the suns center?

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50% H (because its burning)
49% He
1% metals

57
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What is another name for helium burning?

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Triple alpha process
“helium flash”

58
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What type of stars can burn CNO?

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High mass stars (that reach 500mil K)

low mass stars cant

59
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List some types of stars you would find in the instability strip?

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Variable stars:
Cepheids
R R Lyrae
Z Z Ceti

60
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What type of star is Trappist 1?

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Low mass star (like proxima centauri).

It has 7 planets going around it

61
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What is the Chandrasekhar limit?

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When a star adds mass to the white dwarf it starts to shrink but the density increases.

The limit that a white dwarf can get to before turning into a super nova is 1.44mass of the sun.

“electron degenerate pressure”

62
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What is a planetary nebula?

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A glowing, expanding shell of ionized gas ejected from the low mass red giant. a white dwarf is left behind.

63
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What type of spectrum is the moon?

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Dark line (absorption)

64
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Where would you find a continuous spectrum?

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Glowing tungsten filament

65
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what is an example of a black hole?

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Cygnus X-1
Sagitarius A

66
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What element does the H and K lines show?

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Ionized calcium

67
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Name of the observatory in victoria?

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Dominion astrophysical observatory

68
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Where is mount Palomar?

A

California

69
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Which spectral type shows the strongest hydrogen lines?

A

A type stars

70
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What type of lines are present in O type stars?

A

Ionized helium

71
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What type of lines are present in B type stars ?

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Neutral helium

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