Parallax - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

If star Alpha Centauri moved to 10 miles faster than it is now, the parallax angle would? correct answers get smaller What do you need to measure in order to determine a stars luminosity? correct answers Apparent brightness and distance Which of these stars clusters is oldest? correct answers A cluster whose brightest main sequence stars are yellow What two factors of info do you need for characteristics of stars? correct answers Its mass and it's stage of life Star A and B are iden...

How do you avoid parallax error? correct answers Look perpendicularly at the ruler Which meniscus do you use when measuring volume? correct answers Bottom meniscus (except Mercury - upper meniscus) How do you measure short intervals of time? correct answers Time a specific number of cycles and then divide the total time by the number of cycles. Mass correct answers The amount of matter and object is made up of OR the property of an object that resists changes in motion Density correc...

ABO advance study guide TEST BANK WITH MORE THAN 500 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS When taking seg height measurements, which of the following situations could result in a parallax error? - ANSWER Patient sitting/ dispenser standing erect Which of the following is not significant in identifying the problem of vertical imbalance? - ANSWER Patient's age Which of the following elements is NOT critical when determining verti...

Astro 102 - Final Exam Set Questions With 100% Correct Answers | Latest Update What is cosmology? - ANSWER : the study of how the distribution of galaxies changes over time How does the size of a supernova compare with the size of the observable universe? - ANSWER : The size of a supernova is 2/3 the size of the observable universe Cepheids with longer periods have... - ANSWER : higher luminosities A Cepheid with a period of 30 days has an average luminosity that is.... - ANS...

Movie adaptation of Carl Sagans book where Jodi Foster travels through a worm hole - correct answer Contact In 1955 movie where pod people take over Santa Maria California - correct answer Invasion of the body snatchers This movie is widely known as the most accurate sci-fi movies today - correct answer Interstellar Screenshot - correct answer What is close encounters of the third kind Light emitted by a hot, dense body, where all wavelengths are present - correct answer What is a co...

What does a spectrometer measure? a) resolution b) how much light of each color is coming from a sky object c) subtended angle between stars d) length of a sidereal year - Answer-b) how much light of each color is coming from a sky The apparent path of the sun, moon, planets, and zodiac across the sky is called the a) equator b) celestial equator c) ecliptic d) horizon - Answer-c) ecliptic What is special about the stars Mizar and Alcor in the Big Dipper? a) they are actually a system...

When taking seg height measurements, which of the following situations could result in a parallax error? - Patient sitting/ dispenser standing erect Which of the following is not significant in identifying the problem of vertical imbalance? - Patient's age Which of the following elements is NOT critical when determining vertical imbalance? - Lens power in the 180 degree meridian A prism will displace the object being viewed towards its ________. - Apex A prism will bend light towards its...

ABO ADVANCE STUDY GUIDE 2024| COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT When taking seg height measurements, which of the following situations could result in a parallax error? - Patient sitting/ dispenser standing erect Which of the following is not significant in identifying the problem of vertical imbalance? - Patient's age Which of the following elements is NOT critical when determining vertical imbalance? - Lens power in the 180 degree meridian A prism will displace the object bei...

perceptual organization - Answer depth, form, motion, constantly binocular cues - Answer depth retinal disparity - Answer eyes are 2.5 inches apart convergence - Answer depth based on how much eyes are turned, far away eyes are relaxed, close up eyes contract monocular cues - Answer form of object, relative size, interpositoin (overlap), relative height, shading and contour motion parallax - Answer relative motion, things farther move slower, things closer move f...

astro quiz 7What basic characteristics/properties of stars are we trying to understand? - correct answer To understand how something works we need to know their basic characteristics: - Size, shape, distance - Energy output, temperature - Mass What's parallax and how do we use it to measure the distance to a nearby star? - correct answer For nearby stars use Parallax -measure position against background stars -use angle to calculate distance The distance in parsecs is , with the angle m...