EAPS 105 Exam 1 Questions With || || || || || ||
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Where did the first helium atoms originate from? -
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CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔The Big Bang || || ||
What is an orbital resonance? - CORRECT
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ANSWER(S)✔✔When two or more bodies orbit at multiples || || || || || || ||
of the same orbital period.
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True/False: Your atoms are made from the remnants of || || || || || || || || ||
stars and your hydrogen is from the big bang. - CORRECT
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ANSWER(S)✔✔True
Which of the following parameters is not used to measure
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the mass of a planet based on the orbital characteristic of
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one of its moons? - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔the mass of
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the moon ||
About what percent of the Solar System's mass is
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contained in the Sun? - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔99.9% || || || || || ||
, Based on the location of the ice line, what is the likely
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composition of objects in the asteroid belt? - CORRECT || || || || || || || || ||
ANSWER(S)✔✔Mostly rock and metal || || ||
What is the prime source of most current nebula? -
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CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔They are supernova remnants || || || ||
What was Copernicus' great contribution to science? -
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CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔He placed the Sun at the center
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of the universe
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What is the spinning disc of gas and dust from which
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planets will form around a star referred to? - CORRECT
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ANSWER(S)✔✔All of the above || || ||
-which includes a solar nebula, a protoplanetary disc, and
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an accretionary disc
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Long period comets have very elongated orbits, coming
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from far out in the solar system to swing close by the sun
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and return to where they came. What would be the most
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likely eccentricity of their orbits? - CORRECT
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ANSWER(S)✔✔0.95
What is the heaviest element that can be fused (created)
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in the core of a high mass star? - CORRECT
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ANSWER(S)✔✔Iron
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Where did the first helium atoms originate from? -
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CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔The Big Bang || || ||
What is an orbital resonance? - CORRECT
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ANSWER(S)✔✔When two or more bodies orbit at multiples || || || || || || ||
of the same orbital period.
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True/False: Your atoms are made from the remnants of || || || || || || || || ||
stars and your hydrogen is from the big bang. - CORRECT
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ANSWER(S)✔✔True
Which of the following parameters is not used to measure
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the mass of a planet based on the orbital characteristic of
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one of its moons? - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔the mass of
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the moon ||
About what percent of the Solar System's mass is
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contained in the Sun? - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔99.9% || || || || || ||
, Based on the location of the ice line, what is the likely
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composition of objects in the asteroid belt? - CORRECT || || || || || || || || ||
ANSWER(S)✔✔Mostly rock and metal || || ||
What is the prime source of most current nebula? -
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CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔They are supernova remnants || || || ||
What was Copernicus' great contribution to science? -
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CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔He placed the Sun at the center
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of the universe
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What is the spinning disc of gas and dust from which
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planets will form around a star referred to? - CORRECT
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ANSWER(S)✔✔All of the above || || ||
-which includes a solar nebula, a protoplanetary disc, and
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an accretionary disc
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Long period comets have very elongated orbits, coming
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from far out in the solar system to swing close by the sun
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and return to where they came. What would be the most
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likely eccentricity of their orbits? - CORRECT
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ANSWER(S)✔✔0.95
What is the heaviest element that can be fused (created)
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in the core of a high mass star? - CORRECT
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ANSWER(S)✔✔Iron
