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Astro 1 Final Review
Questions from Exam I and II, Fall 2011, UCSB
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Astronomy
Undergraduate 1
12/05/2011
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Most elements heavier than Iron are thought to be produced by...?
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Nuclear explosions in the shock wave regions surrounding supernova explosions
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A white dwarf is...?
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A hot main sequence star
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The Great Red Spot is?
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A long lived storm in Jupiter's atmosphere
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The greenhouse effect heats a planet by...
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Trapping infared radiation
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Why are neutrinos observed to arrive faster than photons?
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The stellar remnant absorbs and reabsorbs photons
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