Astronomy Review Questions PDF

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Review questions over the astronomy segment....

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Astronomy Review Questions What is the Pythagorean Paradigm? Who were the following, what was their view of the universe, what specifically did they accomplish in astronomy – Ptolemy, Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, Galileo, Newton, Hubble What are Kepler’s Three Laws? What is the age of the Universe? What events happened when during the Big Bang? When did each happen? What does a red shift indicate? How are galaxies moving relative to each other? What is the Universe made of? How are heavy elements formed and when? What is a nebula, galaxy, star? How do we classify galaxies? What is the life sequence of sun-sized stars? Of more massive stars? What is a neutron star? A black hole? How do they form? What are the layers of our sun? What is our Sun made of? What is the solar wind? The heliosphere? What produces auroras? Planets – order, relative size, composition, moons, sizes of moons What is an astronomical unit? A light year? How do we study planets? Planets – assorted facts especially anything unusual Which planets have been visited by landers? Orbiters? Fly-bys? When and who landed on our moon? How was our moon formed? What’s a trans-Neptunian? The Kuiper Belt? Where do asteroids come from? Comets? What is a long-period comet versus a short-period comet?...