Answer These The Universal Law of Gravitation Flashcards

Astronomy

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Which of the following objects is obeying Newton's laws of motion?
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Which of the following objects is experiencing the Earth's gravitational force?
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Consider an apple falling off a tree. Which of the following apply to this situation?
Only the apple is attracting the Earth and the Earth is is attracting the apple apply
Newton's modification of Kepler's 3rd law allows astronomers to determine the _____ of celestial objects.
Mass
If the distance between two objects doubles, the gravitational attraction between them becomes half.
False
Which of the following lists Electromagnetic Waves in increasing order of wavelength?
X-rays, Ultraviolet, Visible Light, Infrared, Radio Waves
Which of the following lists Electromagnetic Waves in increasing order of frequency?
Radio Waves, Infrared, Visible Light, Ultraviolet, X-Rays
Which of the following spectra will result from a hot tenuous gas?
Emission lines characteristic of the atoms/molecules in the gas
A star moving away from the Earth at high speed will show:
Red shifted spectral lines
Star X has a surface temperature of 6000 K, and appears yellow. Star Y appears red. What can we conclude about star Y?
It's surface temperature is lower that 6000 K
What is an atmospheric window?
A range of wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation which transmit through the Earth's atmosphere
Which of the following can be determined from Wien's law?
The temperature of the surface of the Sun
What determines the identity of a chemical element?
The number of protons in the nucleus
An ordinary light bulb emits light by heating a metal filament. What kind of spectrum do you expect to observe from the incandescent light bulb?
Continuous emission spectrum
What causes the colors observed in the common rainbow?
None of the choices are correct