Download Study Guide for Exam 1 Astro 4 Spr`17

TheexamwillcoverallthechaptersthroughChapter6withtheexceptionoftheRelativity
sectionofChapter5.Itwillbemultiplechoiceandtargetedtobearoundanhourlong.
THESKY(Ch2)
WhatistheCelestialSphere?
Whatisprecession?
Whatistheelliptic?
Whatareconstellations?
IfyouhavetwostarsAandB,whereAhasamagnitudeof5andB,of7,whichstarisbrighter?
THEMOON(Ch3)
Whatarethephasesofthemoon?WhatdoesitmeanwhenthemoonisinitsWaningGibbous
phase?
Whatarethetides?Howmanytidesarethereperday?Whatcausesthetides?
What’sthedifferencebetweenasolarandalunareclipse?
TheMoonistidallylockedtowhat?
THEORIGINSOFMODERNASTRONOMY(Ch4)
Whyisastronomysometimesreferredtoastheoldestscience?
Whydidtheancientastronomersstudythesky?
Howdoesanellipsedifferfromacircle?
WhatisCopernicusfamousfor
NametwomajordiscoveriesofGalileo.
GRAVITYPT1(Ch5excludingrelativity)
WhatareNewton’s3LawsofMotion?
Whatisageosynchronousorbit?
WhatisaNeapTide?
TELESCOPESANDLIGHT(Ch6)
Whatiscomputationalastronomy?
Wavelengthisthewave’s(a)distancefrompeaktopeak,(b)distancefrompeaktotrough,(c)
Thespeedoflightis(a)3E8m/s,(b)3E8mph,(c)3.8m/s,(d)3.8mph
Visiblelighthaswavelengthsbetween(a)4000Aand7000A,(b)4000nmand7000nm,(c)4and
5m,(d)4000and7000m.
Differentcolorsofvisiblelightcorrespondto(a)differentwavelengths,(b)different
frequencies,(c)bot(a)&(b),(d)noneoftheabove
Redlighthasashorterwavelengththanbluelight:(a)true,(b)false
Canyouperforminfraredastronomyfromgroundbasedtelescopes?
Whatisatelescope’s“Lightgathering”ability?