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From RegentsEarth.com 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 win Ques. #1 The process that powers the sun (and all stars) is........ (Nuclear) fusion Back Ans. Ques. #2 Luminosity is the brightness of a star independent of it’s................. Distance Ans. Back Ques. #3 What is a nebula? A cloud of gas & dust in space Ans. Back Ques. #4 According to the Doppler effect, what happens to the wavelengths of light emitted by an object approaching the Earth? The wavelengths decrease (are shifted towards the blue end of the specturm. Ans. Back Ques. #5 If it takes the Earth the same amount of time to move from location A to B as it does to move from C to D, what do you know about the shaded areas 1 & 2 Areas 1 & 2 are equal Ans. Back Ques. #6 What is the maximum possible eccentricity of an ellipse and what name is given to an ellipse with that eccentricity? Maximum e is 1. An ellipse whose e =1 is a line. Ans. Back Ques. #7 What star is about the same temperature as our sun but is more than 100 times more luminous Polaris Ans. Back Ques. #8 3 part question: If an object is moving away from the earth tell what will happen to each of the following: a) The wavelengths of light emitted b) The gravitational attraction c) The apparent diameter a) longer (red shifted) b) weaker (decreased) c) smaller Ans. Back Ques. #9 State the relationship between a planet’s distance from the sun and it’s orbital velocity. As distance increases, orbital velocity decreases Ans. Back Ques. #10 Distance CD is 48. Distance AB is 12. What is e? e = 0.25 Ans. Back Ques. #11 What term describes the system shown in the diagram? Geocentric Ans. Back Ques. #12 At what rate does the Earth rotate? 15°/hr Ans. Back Ques. #13 What is the name of our galaxy? The Milky Way Ans. Back Ques. #14 Name any evidence that supports the Big Bang theory. 1) Background radiation 2) Expanding universe as evidenced by red shift Ans. Back Ques. #15 What event is shown in the diagram? A solar eclipse Ans. Back Ques. #16 On which planet is a day (1 rotation) longer than a year (1 revolution)? Venus Ans. Back Ques. #17 What event is shown in the diagram? A lunar eclipse Ans. Back Ques. #18 The solid lines are star trails which record the nightly paths of stars around Polaris. How many hours are represented by these trails? 4 hours Ans. Back Ques. #19 What is the time at location B? 8 AM Ans. Back Ques. #20 What is the phase when the moon is at position 1? New moon Ans. Back Ques. #21 How far is it from Saturn to Neptune? 3069 km Ans. Back Ques. #22 How long does it take the moon to complete one set of phases (from new moon to new moon)? 29.5 days Ans. Back Ques. #23 What kind of tides are produced by this arrangement of the sun, moon and earth? Neap tides Ans. Back Ques. #24 What term describes this cloud of gas and dust in space? Nebula Ans. Back Ques. #25 About how old is Jupiter? About 4.6 billion years old Ans. Back Ques. #26 Which number represents the only possible position of the moon during a lunar eclipse? Position 5 Ans. Back Ques. #27 Approximately how much time goes by between high and low tides at any location on Earth? Just over 6 hours Ans. Back Ques. #28 What name is given to electromagnetic energy with a wavelength of 0.005cm? Infra red Ans. Back Ques. #29 Explain why you see different constellations (stars) in the winter than you do in the summer. The earth moves 186 million miles (around the sun) from it’s summer to it’s winter position so that we are looking at very different parts of the sky. Ans. Back Ques. #30 Why does the apparent diameter of the sun (as seen from earth) change throughout the year? The earth’s orbit is an ellipse. Sometimes we’re closer so the sun appears larger. Sometimes we’re farther away so the sun appears smaller. Ans. Back YOU’RE A WINNER! The orbit of the Earth is a slightly eccentric ellipse