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What is Astronomy? - Answer -A natural science that tries to understand, explain,& predict observations of the world. -The study of celestial objects: outside of Earths atmosphere (stars, moons, suns, planets, galaxies) Why study Astronomy? - Answer -it's the study of everything & encompasses many subjects. What is modern astronomy? - Answer -more than cataloguing objects -How does matter and energy work? -What is the universe and how do humans fit into it? Cosmi...

What is the celestial sphere and how do the stars and sun relate to it? - Answer an imaginary hollow sphere where ancients believed the stars were hung and carried around the earth; useful in modern astronomy to describe the location of celestial objects What are the effects of the Earth's rotation, its revolution, and its tilt? - Answer Earth's rotation is the cause for the differences in daytime and nighttime as it spins on its axis. When that axis is tilted towards the su...

T or F: Luminosity of the sun is not measured in kilograms but in Watts. - Answer True T or F: The moons of the outer planets show no volcanic activity -- only the terrestrial planets actually have volcanoes. - Answer False T or F: The photosphere of the sun has a temperature of about 5800 K, but parts of the sun's upper atmosphere are actually hotter than 1,000,000 K. - Answer True T or F: We have never seen the SN 1987A supernova remnant get brighter or dimmer. - ...

Ultraviolet Light - Answer Light with wavelengths that fall in the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum between visible light and X rays. Inverse Square Law - Answer A law followed by an quantity that decreases with the square of the distance between two objects Conservation of Angular Momentum - Answer (Law of) the principle that, in the absence of net torque (twisting force), the total angular momentum of a system remains constant. Transmission - Answer (of ...

How does the scale of Earth compare with that of the distance between the Earth and Sun? (If shrunken by a factor 10^10) - Answer Earth is the size of a ballpoint pen, 15 meters away from the sun. Sun is the size of a grapefruit. How does the scale of Earth compare with that of the distance to other stars? - Answer The next closest star, Alpha Centauri, would be about 4200 km (2600 miles) away - the distance from Washington, D.C., to San Francisco. The universe has as many star...

What is the cosmological principle? - Answer - There is nothing special about our place in the universe - Matter and energy obey same physical laws everywhere What is our full cosmic address? - Answer Earth, Solar System, Milky Way, Local Group, Virgo Supercluster, Observable Universe In the organizational diagram below, the term Earth would most appropriately fit in the area labeled? - Answer Solar System; Our Earth best fits in the bubble of our Solar System In the ...

Alpha Centauri - Answer the closest star system to our solar system Andromeda Galaxy - Answer the nearest large spiral galaxy to the Milky Way Orion Nebula - Answer a diffuse nebula situated in the milky way, one of the brightest nebulae, visible to the naked eye in the night sky Astronomical objects distanced from nearest to farthest from Earth - Answer the sun, pluto, alpha centauri, orion nebula, star near the center of the milky way, star near the far side of...

Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, & Control. - Answer What is the DMAIC Model? Six Sigma. - Answer What methodology is the DMAIC model used? To ______ the problem and the ideal in terms of the target to achieve. - Answer What is the purpose of the Define stage? To collect relevant data about the process and the problem. - Answer What is the purpose of the Measure stage? To _______ the process and identify the cause-effect relationship between inputs and outpu...

Ineffective presentations suffer what type of consequences? - Answer -Inefficient use of time -vital information not communicated -lost sales -waste of financial resources -ALL OF THESE Which of the following is not a typical purpose of most business presentations? - Answer Enhancing A publisher's presentation to a group of authors to describe how the publishing process works has the purpose of - Answer Explaining A presentation that brings sales representatives...

Problem statement will: - Answer -spell out your goals -lay out boundaries on the problem-solving space. -define success criteria. -spell out the constraints you're going to face. -articulate your assumptions, who the stakeholders are, and any timelines that you're going to face. Explain what it means to ask the question behind the question. - Answer Seek to understand why you're asked to look at something -Motivation for asking the question Describe three ways ...