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CP 1 A Modern View of the Universe
What is a star,
What is a planet,
What is a moon
22
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CP 3 The Ancient Roots of Science
What is scientific thinking,
What did ancient cities achieve i...,
How did astronomical observations...
14
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CP 5 Reading Messages from the Cosmos
Definition of energy,
Energy is mesured in,
Define power
27
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CP 6 Telescopes: Portals of Discovery
How do we focus light,
What is the focal plane,
What are the two most important p...
17
cards
CP 14 Our Star
Tf the sun is on fire,
What is gravitational equilibrium,
What is fission
7
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CP 15 Surveying the Stars
What does the brightness of a sta...,
What is luminocity,
What is brightness
19
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CP 16 Star-Forming Clouds
Most interstellar clouds remain s...,
What kind of gas cloud is most li...,
Which of the following types of m...
14
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CP 17 Star Stuff
Which of the following stars will...,
What happens when a main sequence...,
The primary source of energy for ...
11
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CP 18 Stellar Graveyard
The maximum mass of a white dwarf...,
What is an accretion disk,
The more massive a white dwarf th...
14
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CP 19 Our Galaxy
What do we call the bright sphere...,
Where are most of the milky way s...,
Why do disk stars bob up and down...
11
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CP 20 Galaxies and the Foundation of Modern Cosmology
Which of the following is not one...,
Which of the following best descr...,
Galaxies with disks but no eviden...
17
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CP 21 Galaxy Evolution
Collisions between galaxies typic...,
Telescopes designed to study the ...,
According to observations which t...
20
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CP 22 The Birth of the Universe
What was the significance of the ...,
In terms of the eras that scienti...,
Tf in the distant past the temper...
14
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CP 23 Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Fate of the Universe
Dark matter is inferred to exist ...,
Why do we call dark matter dark,
Dark energy has been hypothesized...
22
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CP 24 Life in the Universe
Plants and animals are,
How did oxygen o2 get into earth ...,
Based on dna studies it seems tha...
16
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