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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #2
A One month
B Two weeks
C Three to four days
D One week
Question #3
A prominences.
B the corona of the sun.
C the photosphere of the sun.
D the chromosphere of the sun.
Question #4
A None of these.
B New phase and below the plane of Earth’s orbit.
C New phase and crossing Earth’s orbital plane.
D Full phase and below the plane of Earth’s orbit.
E Full phase and crossing Earth’s orbital plane.
Question #5
A the sun is always on the celestial equator.
B summer solstice and the winter solstice.
C the sun is on the ecliptic and is never on the celestial equator.
D autumnal equinox and the vernal equinox.
Question #6
A Vernal equinox
B Winter solstice
C Autumnal equinox
D Summer solstice
Question #7
A Everyone on Earth observes the same phase of the Moon on a given night.
B In some phases, the Moon can be observed during the day.
C The phases of the Moon cycle with a period of approximately one month.
D The observed phase of the Moon changes over the course of one night.
Question #8
A none
B more than half
C all
D less than half
E half
Question #9
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.
Question #10
A Tycho Brahe
B Nicholas Copernicus
C Galileo Galilei
D Johannes Kepler
E Isaac Newton
Question #11
A traveled on epicycles whose centers followed orbits around the Earth.
B traveled in elliptical orbits.
C were allowed to travel backwards in their orbits.
D travel in circular orbits with uniform motion.
Question #12
A The moons moved in non-circular orbits about Jupiter.
B The moons did not appear to orbit the Earth.
C The moons did not appear to orbit the Sun.
D The moons appeared to be too small, and therefore too far away, to be considered part of the solar system.
Question #13
A is the model we currently use.
B was heliocentric.
C contained epicycles.
D included elliptical orbits.
Question #14
A that Saturn has rings
B that Venus goes through phases
C that Mars moves with retrograde motion
D that the Sun rotates on its axis
E that Jupiter has several moons orbiting it
Question #15
A 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.
B both a line around the sky directly above Earth’s equator and the dividing line between the north and south celestial hemispheres.
C the dividing line between the north and south celestial hemispheres.
D a line around the sky directly above Earth’s equator.
E the path that the sun appears to follow on the celestial sphere as Earth orbits the sun.
Question #16
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #17
A The Earth’s rotation on its axis
B The revolution of the Sun around the Earth
C The revolution of the Moon around the Earth
D The revolution of the Earth around the Sun
Question #18
A our longitude is +35°
B our latitude is +55°
C our latitude is +35°
D our longitude is +55°
Question #19
A Newton’s 1st Law
B Newton’s 2nd Law
C Newton’s Law of Gravitation
D Newton’s 3rd Law
Question #20
A double the mass of the Moon.
B double the mass of Earth.
C move the moon two times closer to Earth.
D All of the changes listed would cause the same increase in the force.
E None of the changes listed could cause the force to increase.
Question #21
A third quarter and full moons.
B noon and midnight.
C first quarter and third quarter moons.
D new moon and full moon.
E new moon and first quarter moon.
Question #22
A The tides on Earth are caused by the tilt in the Earth’s axis.
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 changes in the Earth’s orbital speed.
Question #23
A Its velocity is not zero.
B There is an unbalanced force acting on it.
C Its acceleration is not zero.
D Its acceleration is zero.
Question #24
A Isaac Newton
B Nicolaus Copernicus
C Tycho Brahe
D Johannes Kepler