ASTR 1101 : OLD MIDTERM
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There are 20 questions, each worth 5 points. You may use a pocket calculator and one page of notes. Record your answers by circling the correct letter, or by writing the answer in the blank after the question. There is exactly one correct answer to each of the 17 multiple choice questions. Many solar system bodies are composed largely of ices. These ices are frozen water (i. e. , "ice"), frozen carbon dioxide (i. e. , dry ice), and frozen methane. These ices can be mixed with some rocky material, and for the larger bodies this rocky material can settle to the center to form a small rocky core. Which of the following bodies is not largely composed of ices: saturn"s rings, pluto, ceres, the largest asteroid, halley"s comet, titan, the biggest moon of saturn. Stonehenge is a wonderful and iconic archaeoastronomy site. You should sketch out the arrangement of stones and point out the indicated directions (and what is pointed to).
