Final Exam

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Final Exam

• Review

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Formulas

• Vr Hd

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Chapter 15

• Hubble Deep Field
• Galaxy Classification
• Elliptical
• Spiral
• Irregular
• Barred Spiral
• Galaxy Subclassifications
• Distance Indicators
• Standard Candles
• Tully-Fisher Relation
• Distance Ladder
• The Local Group

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Chapter 16

• Hubbles Law
• Hubbles Constant
• Redshift
• Dark Matter
• Evidence of Dark Matter
• Galaxy Collisions
• Galactic Cannibalism
• The Origin of Galaxies
• The Evolution of Galaxies
• Lookback Time
• The Structure of the Universe

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Chapter 17

• Olbers Paradox
• Homogeneity
• Isotropy
• Universality
• The Cosmological Principle
• Galactic Red Shifts
• Expansion of the Universe
• Curvature of the Universe
• Closed
• Flat
• Open
• Age of the Universe

• The Big Bang
• Evidence of the Big Bang
• Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
• The Early Universe
• The Future of the Universe
• Critical Density
• Dark Matter (What is it?)
• The Accelerating Universe
• Cosmological Constant
• Dark Energy
• The Origin of Galaxies

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Chapter 18

• Life As We Know It
• Possibility of Life Elsewhere
• Life Zone
• Travel Among the Stars
• Restrictions
• Communicating with Other Civilizations
• The Search For Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence
• The Water Hole
• The Drake Equation