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Exam 1 Flashcards

1
Q

Particle radiation from the sun is potent ion ally much more hazardous outside the earths

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Magnetic field

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2
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The suns activity is closely related to

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Sunspot number

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3
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Radio blackouts are caused by

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Outburst solar flare

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4
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Geomagnetic storms range from

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G1-G5

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5
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Solar radiation storms vary from

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S1-S5

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6
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Radio blackouts vary from

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R1-R5

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7
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Suns mass in the solar system

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99.8%

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8
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3 types of planets

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Terrestrial
Gaseous
Dwarf

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9
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Earth is ____ the mass of the sun

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One millionth

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10
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Largest planet

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Jupiter

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11
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Smallest planet

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Mercury

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12
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Planets outside the solar system were found by

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Gravity towards other stars

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13
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Most eccentric planets orbit

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Pluto

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14
Q

1 AU

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Sun to earth

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15
Q

70%
25%
5%

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Hydrogen
Helium
Other stuff

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16
Q

Early universe
H2
He

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75%
25%

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17
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Collapsing cloud that stars form in is often caused by a nearby exploding

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Supernova

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18
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Hydrogen fusion into helium requires the core temp to be

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10^7 K or higher

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19
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Theoretical lifetime of the sun

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5 billion years

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20
Q

Neutron stars are composed of

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Neutrons

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21
Q

Ends as a white dwarf

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Red giant

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22
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Shortest lifespan

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Massive star, red supergiant

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23
Q

Charged particles

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N
P
He

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24
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Comets are made of

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Ice and dust

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25
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Types of asteroids

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C
S
M

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26
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Brightest asteroid

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S

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27
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Most asteroids are located between

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2AU - 3.5AU

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28
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Beyond the planets

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Oort cloud

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29
Q

Greatest damage to spacecraft

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Small objects

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30
Q

Albedo

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Reflectivity of light

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31
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Planet with little to no atmosphere

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Mercury

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32
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The suns charged particles follow the suns

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Magnetic field lines

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33
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Escape velocity

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Greatest near larger planets

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34
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Planet with the highest escape velocity

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Jupiter

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35
Q

Two types of radiation

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UV
GCR

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36
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Ionizing radiation in the electromagnetic spectrum includes

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UV
X ray
Gamma

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37
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Solar wind is made of

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Protons and electrons

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38
Q

SPEs

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Large outbursts from the sun

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39
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The peak in the suns emission is in the

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Visible band
Green yellow color

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40
Q

Solar activity cycle

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11 yrs

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41
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Larger number of dark spots on the sun implies

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Solar activity levels in the sun

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42
Q

Energy in the sun is produced by

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Fusion of H to He

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43
Q

For each helium atom produced by H_____ electron neutrinos are generated

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4

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44
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Solar wind travels

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400 km/s

45
Q

Suns magnetic field reverses

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22 years

46
Q

Solar magnetic field and solar winds extend to

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Magnetosphere of earth

47
Q

Lowest layer of the earths atmosphere

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Troposphere

48
Q

Photodissociation and photoionization of O2 and N2 take place in

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Magnetosphere

49
Q

1 Grey

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100 RAD

50
Q

Equivalent dose

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Absorbed dose times radiation weighing factor

51
Q

1SV

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100 REM

52
Q

SV

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Grey times weighing factor

53
Q

First modern theory of the formation of the solar system through a nebular cloud

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Kant in the 1700s

54
Q

A collapsing gas cloud that forms a star system increases its rotation rate because of the conservation of

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Angular Momentum

55
Q

A protostar forms at

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Center of collapsing gas cloud

56
Q

Sun formed

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4.5 billion years ago

57
Q

Elements heavier than hydrogen and He are formed by

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Fusion

58
Q

Comet material was brought back

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Delta spacecraft in 2006

59
Q

Particles within the collapsing solar nebula disk begin to collide and collect accrete from the

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Electrostatic force

60
Q

Gravity takes over when clumps reach the size of

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A mountain

61
Q

Bodies greater than ____ are pulled into a spherical shape by gravity

A

480 km

62
Q

Moon formed

A

Body the size of mars and earth collided

63
Q

Mars two moons thought to be captured asteroids

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Phobos and deimos

64
Q

Boundary outside which water is in a frozen state allowing gas and ice planets to form

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Frost line

65
Q

Uranus blue green color

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Methane gas

66
Q

Sun ends its life in

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5 billion yrs

67
Q

Babylonian priests recorded the positions of stars

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4,000 yrs ago

68
Q

Credited with developing the first rockets

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Chinese

69
Q

Developed more accurate rockets for warfare for the British in early 1800s

A

William Conry

70
Q

First to launch a liquid fuel rocket

A

Goddard

71
Q

Father of astronautics

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Tsiolkovsky

72
Q

Alan Shepard was the first American in space who also flew in

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Apollo 14

73
Q

Germany pursued the development of rockets because

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Not prohibited by treaty of Versailles

74
Q

Von Brauns wheel shaped space station concept to create

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Artificial gravity

75
Q

Von Brauns red stone missile could have launched the first satellite but it was given to the navy to launch

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Vanguard 1

76
Q

NASA

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October 1 1960

77
Q

First person in space
April 12 1961

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Yuri Gagarin

78
Q

Total Gemini flights between 1965-166

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10

79
Q

Two launch vehicles for Apollo

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Saturn V
Saturn 1B

80
Q

First Apollo moon landing

A

Apollo 11
July 16th 1969

81
Q

Apollo 12 visited

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Surveyor 3

82
Q

First to use a lunar rover

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Apollo 15

83
Q

Last Apollo mission

A

Apollo 17

84
Q

First space shuttle

A

Columbia
April 1981

85
Q

First to propose heliocentric

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Aristarchus

86
Q

Accurate measures of planets by

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Hipparchus

87
Q

Keplers first law

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Planets orbit the sun in elliptical orbits with the sun at one focus

88
Q

Keplers third law

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Cubes axis to orbital squared

89
Q

German V-2 was used by

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US
USSR

90
Q

First V-2 launch from white sands

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May 1946

91
Q

Bumper rocket

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V-2 and aerobee

92
Q

First live subjects on suborbital flight

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Bumper

93
Q

Jupiter-C launched to over 600 miles

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September 20 1956

94
Q

First intercontinental ballistic missile

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USSR
August 3 1957

95
Q

USSR ICMB ranged

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8,800 km

96
Q

First satellite in orbit

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Sputnik
R-7 rocket
October 4 1957

97
Q

Second satellite with Laika

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Sputnik 2

98
Q

US first orbital satellite

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January 31 1958
Jupiter C/Redstone

99
Q

Explorer 1 had internal and external

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Temperature gauge

100
Q

Explorer 1 measured hits with an

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Internal micrometeoroid detector

101
Q

Explorer 1 had both high power and low power

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Transmitter

102
Q

Fuel for the V-2 and oxidizer

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Liquid ethanol
Liquid oxygen

103
Q

V-2 parts manufactured in

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Germany

104
Q

V-2 insulation for the propellant tank

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Glass wool (fiberglass)

105
Q

V-2 turbine pumps powered by the reaction of

A

Hydrogen peroxide with sodium permanganate

106
Q

Used to steer the v-2

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Carbon veins

107
Q

V-2 weight

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14 tons

108
Q

Highest V-2 altitude

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100 miles

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