Astronomy 100

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Decks in this class (12)

Quiz 1
Which of the following structures...,
The speed of light is 186 000 mil...,
An astronomical unit is defined as 3
20  cards
Quiz 2
What are the 7 types of electroma...,
A telescope that uses a mirror to...,
What are the three parts of an at...
10  cards
Quiz 3
The motion of sunspots was observ...,
The name of the process that keep...,
The solution of the missing neutr...
10  cards
Quiz 4
What are three terms associated w...,
Stars fuse helium in the triple a...,
What is the most important factor...
9  cards
Test 1 Extra
Copernicus in his famous book on ...,
What are kepler s 3 laws of plane...,
Galileo used his telescope to obs...
4  cards
Test 2 Extra
What are three parts of the sun s...,
The dark patches observed in the ...,
A binary star system in which one...
12  cards
Quiz 5
William herschel s work of counti...,
Cepheid variable stars are used to 2,
Harlow shapley s work with globul...
10  cards
Quiz 6
The bending of light due to the g...,
What are two examples of active g...,
Quasars were first discovered by ...
9  cards
Test 3 Extra
Astronomers now believe that the ...,
Fundamental corroborating evidenc...,
The flatness problem of the unive...
6  cards
Quiz 7
The theory that is thought to bes...,
The planets of the solar system c...,
The age of the solar system is ap...
10  cards
Quiz 8
One of the peculiar features abou...,
Neptune named after the god of th...,
According to the official stateme...
10  cards
Test 4 Extra
The crust of mars is thought to be 1,
The rings of saturn are caused by 2,
The drake equation is 3
4  cards

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