Exam 2 Astronomy Preparations

What is the modern theory of how the formation of our Solar system was initiated?

When the Stardust probe returned to Earth what was surprising about the comet dust it collected?

What is the definition of an element?

What characteristics of an atom make an element unique?

What is the basic structure of our Solar System?

What property of radio wave's behaviors do radio telescopes use to increase their resolution?

What are the advantages and limitations of radio telescopes versus optical telescopes?

What are the primary characteristics of the Terrestrial planets?

Comets are important because of which of the following?

What is the periodic table?

Heavy elements such as C, Fe, Ca, Si originate from what events?

Who was the first to use a telescope to make astronomical observations?

Modern telescopes store their images using what type of a device?

What type of molecular or electronic transitions cause infrared light to emit from a star?

What type of molecular or electronic transitions cause visible or ultraviolet light to emit from a star?

What is the modern theory of how our Solar System was formed?

What are adaptive optics, and corrective optics?

Spectral line analysis of a star's can tell us which of the following?

How much of the mass of our Solar System does the Sun represent?

The quantum hypothesis shows that a photons energy is directly proportional to what quantity?

What is another name for an atomic fingerprint?

Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the Universe.

Infrared telescopes are primarily Earth based.

What is the goal of comparative planetology?

What's another reason we need space-based telescopes?

What principal characteristic of a reflecting telescope determines its resolution?

What scientist explained how the photoelectric effect actually worked?

What are the advantages of storing images using CCD arrays?

What type of radiation is being used to study gamma rays in the CTA project?

Why do astronomers use all wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum to investigate astronomical objects?

What are the basic parts of a spectroscope?

What are the stages of the Sun’s formation during the birth of our Solar System?

Quantum hypothesis says what about the behavior of light?

Kirchoff's law explains the formation of a continuous spectrum by?

When you are sitting in a chair why don't you melt into it?

What type of light can cause the photoelectric effect?

Atoms are mostly which of the following?

Electron energy levels in an atom are referred by what type of a number?

How are emission spectra and absorption spectra related?

What type of a model is the Bohr model of the atom?

Kirchoff's law explains the formation of an absorption spectrum by?

Why are Earth based telescopes built usually at the top of high mountain ranges?

What characteristics of the Earth make it likely that a local Supernova caused the gas nebula to condense?

Why are the Jovian planets so large when compared to the Terrestrial planets?

What is the reason why as the protoplanetary disk got smaller it spun faster?

Doppler shift of spectral lines can tell us what about a star?

Why do we need space-based telescopes?

What is the Frost line, and how did it affect the formation of the Jovian planets?

Why does the Sun rotate so slowly on its axis compared to all of the planets?

In my "Turner field/perimeter" analogy of an atom's size how big is the nucleus at the center of this model?

What are the primary characteristics of the Jovian planets?

What role does Earth’s atmosphere play in astronomical observations?

What are comets primarily made of?

Atoms are smaller than the wavelength of visible light.

What type of molecular or electronic transitions cause radio waves to emit from a star?

Why are all modern scientific telescopes reflecting telescopes?

Kirchoff's law explains the formation of an emission spectrum by?

What is the difference between reflecting and refracting telescopes?