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Mastering Astronomy study test 1 part 1
Most of the charged particles fro...,
Earths _____ absorbs most of the ...,
Most of the x rays coming from th...
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Mastering Astronomy study test 1 part 2
Equatorial radius of planets from...,
Make a prediction if the rise in ...,
The average temperature over the ...
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Mastering Astronomy study test 1 part 3
____ is about 30 times as far fro...,
___ is the planet with the highes...,
The planet with the lowest averag...
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Test 1 Mastering Astronomy
If part of the full moon passes t...,
The controversial book of this fa...,
What makes the north star polaris...
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Jovian Planet Systems
Which of the following is not a g...,
Which of the following best descr...,
Which of the following statements...
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Test 2 Mastering Astronomy
Standing on the surface of the ea...,
As long as an object is not gaini...,
Newtons second law of motion tell...
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Chapter 12 home work 8 Asteroids, Comets, and Dwarf Planets
Which of the following statements...,
A typical meteor is created by a ...,
What do we mean by a primitive me...
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Chapter 13 home work 9 Other Planetary Systems
Which of the following properties...,
Is it possible to determine the p...,
Consider the planet that causes t...
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Chapter 5 home work 10 Light and Matter
Suppose you watch a leaf bobbing ...,
Suppose you know the frequency of...,
When considering light as made up...
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Chapter 6 home work 11 Telescopes
Which of the following best descr...,
When your eye forms an image the ...,
What does angular resolution meas...
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Chapter 14 home work 12 The sun
According to modern science appro...,
The sun will exhaust its nuclear ...,
What two physical processes balan...
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Chapter 15 home work 13 Surveying the Stars
What is the approximate chemical ...,
According to the inverse square l...,
Star a has an apparent magnitude ...
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Timed quiz 3
What do asteroids and comets have...,
The combined mass of all the aste...,
What is a meteorite a streak of l...
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Chapter 17 Homework 14 Star stuff
The following figures show variou...,
How do the properties of long liv...,
A main sequence star twice as mas...
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Chapter 18 Homework 15 The Bizzare Stellar Graveyard
A white dwarf is _________ what m...,
A typical white dwarf is ________...,
The maximum mass of a white dwarf...
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Mastering Astronomy Timed quiz 4
Approximately what basic composit...,
Since all stars begin their lives...,
What are the standard units for l...
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