Exam 1

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Two weeks

B  One month

C  One week

D  Three to four days

A  the chromosphere of the sun.

B  the corona of the sun.

C  prominences.

D  the photosphere of the sun.

A  Full phase and below the plane of Earth’s orbit.

B  New phase and below the plane of Earth’s orbit.

C  None of these.

D  New phase and crossing Earth’s orbital plane.

E  Full phase and crossing Earth’s orbital plane.

A  autumnal equinox and the vernal equinox.

B  summer solstice and the winter solstice.

C  the sun is on the ecliptic and is never on the celestial equator.

D  the sun is always on the celestial equator.

A  Autumnal equinox

B  Winter solstice

C  Summer solstice

D  Vernal equinox

A  The observed phase of the Moon changes over the course of one night.

B  Everyone on Earth observes the same phase of the Moon on a given night.

C  In some phases, the Moon can be observed during the day.

D  The phases of the Moon cycle with a period of approximately one month.

A  none

B  half

C  more than half

D  all

E  less than half

A  The large communications satellite will have an orbital period that is more than twice as long as the weather satellite.

B  The large communications satellite will have an orbital period that is twice as long as the weather satellite.

C  None of these.

D  The large communications satellite will have an orbital period that is half as long as weather satellite.

A  Tycho Brahe

B  Nicholas Copernicus

C  Isaac Newton

D  Galileo Galilei

E  Johannes Kepler

A  traveled on epicycles whose centers followed orbits around the Earth.

B  were allowed to travel backwards in their orbits.

C  traveled in elliptical orbits.

D  travel in circular orbits with uniform motion.

A  The moons moved in non-circular orbits about Jupiter.

B  The moons did not appear to orbit the Sun.

C  The moons did not appear to orbit the Earth.

D  The moons appeared to be too small, and therefore too far away, to be considered part of the solar system.

A  was heliocentric.

B  is the model we currently use.

C  included elliptical orbits.

D  contained epicycles.

A  that the Sun rotates on its axis

B  that Saturn has rings

C  that Mars moves with retrograde motion

D  that Jupiter has several moons orbiting it

E  that Venus goes through phases

A  the dividing line between the north and south celestial hemispheres.

B  the path that the sun appears to follow on the celestial sphere as Earth orbits the sun.

C  both a line around the sky directly above Earth’s equator and the dividing line between the north and south celestial hemispheres.

D  a line around the sky directly above Earth’s equator.

E  both the dividing line between the north and south celestial hemispheres and the path that the sun appears to follow on the celestial sphere as Earth orbits the sun.

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  The revolution of the Earth around the Sun

B  The revolution of the Sun around the Earth

C  The revolution of the Moon around the Earth

D  The Earth’s rotation on its axis

A  our latitude is +35°

B  our longitude is +35°

C  our latitude is +55°

D  our longitude is +55°

A  Newton’s 2nd Law

B  Newton’s Law of Gravitation

C  Newton’s 1st Law

D  Newton’s 3rd Law

A  All of the changes listed would cause the same increase in the force.

B  double the mass of Earth.

C  double the mass of the Moon.

D  None of the changes listed could cause the force to increase.

E  move the moon two times closer to Earth.

A  new moon and first quarter moon.

B  noon and midnight.

C  third quarter and full moons.

D  first quarter and third quarter moons.

E  new moon and full moon.

A  The tides on Earth are caused by changes in the Earth’s orbital speed.

B  The tides on Earth are caused by the pull of the Moon’s gravity.

C  The tides on Earth are caused by the pull of the Sun’s gravity.

D  The tides on Earth are caused by the tilt in the Earth’s axis.

A  Its acceleration is not zero.

B  Its velocity is not zero.

C  There is an unbalanced force acting on it.

D  Its acceleration is zero.

A  Isaac Newton

B  Johannes Kepler

C  Tycho Brahe

D  Nicolaus Copernicus