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Astronomy Test One
159 points (3 points each)
select the best answer
1.
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b.
c.
d.
The following mission went to the Moon:
Galileo
Voyager
Cassini
Apollo
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
The following mission went to Neptune:
Galileo
Voyager
Cassini
Apollo
3.
a.
b.
c.
d.
The following mission is currently at Saturn:
Galileo
Voyager
Cassini
Apollo
4.
a.
b.
c.
d.
The rover “Opportunity” is on which planet?
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
5.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Messenger is where?
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
6.
a.
b.
c.
d.
The replacement for the Hubble Space Telescope will be:
Chandra
James Webb
Spitzer
WISE
7.
a.
b.
c.
d.
What is the “Steady-State” theory?
states the Universe was created in a “Big Bang”
states the Universe will expand forever
states the Universe will one day collapse on itself
states the Universe is unchanging
8.
a.
b.
c.
d.
What is the “Big Bang”?
the expansion of the Universe out of a tiny point
the creation of our Solar System
the noise from the creation of the Universe
the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs
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a.
b.
c.
d.
What did Copernicus do?
made planetary orbits elliptical
placed the Sun in the center of our Solar System
observed the Universe was expanding
discovered the background radiation from the Big Bang
10. What did Kepler do?
a. made planetary orbits elliptical
b. placed the Sun in the center of our Solar System
c. observed the Universe was expanding
d. discovered the background radiation from the Big Bang
11. What did Edwin Hubble do?
a. made planetary orbits elliptical
b. placed the Sun in the center of our Solar System
c. observed the Universe was expanding
d. discovered the background radiation from the Big Bang
12. What did Penzias and Wilson do?
a. made planetary orbits elliptical
b. placed the Sun in the center of our Solar System
c. observed the Universe was expanding
d. discovered the background radiation from the Big Bang
13. Longitude is measured
a. north or south of the equator
b. east or west of the prime meridian
c. in miles
d. north or south of the poles
14. Why do the seasons change?
a. it gets colder in winter
b. the Earth moves closer or farther from the Sun
c. the Earth is tilted in its orbit
d. the phases of the Moon
15. It is June at the north pole, and you are watching the Sun all day and night.
Describe what you see.
a. the Sun never sets, it just does a big circle in the sky near the horizon
b. the Sun never rises
c. the Sun rises in the East, stays up for 12 hours, and sets in the West
d. the Moon slowly covers the Sun, and it becomes dark
16. It is June at the south pole and you are watching the Sun all day and night.
Describe what you see.
a. the Sun never sets, it just does a big circle in the sky near the horizon
b. the Sun never rises
c. the Sun rises in the East, stays up for 12 hours, and sets in the West
d. the Moon slowly covers the Sun, and it becomes dark
17. Why is it hotter in Florida than Shelby Twp.?
a. the Sun is higher in the sky
b. it is closer to the equator
c. it is closer to the Sun
d. the days are longer
18. How does the angle of sunlight affect climate?
a. the lower the angle off of the horizon, the wetter the climate
b. the lower the angle off of the horizon, the warmer the climate
c. the higher the angle off of the horizon, the colder the climate
d. the higher the angle off of the horizon, the warmer the climate
19. You live in the Shelby Twp., and your cousin moved to Ecuador (on the
equator). Where would the Sun be in the sky for each of you at 12 noon on
June 21?
a. about 50° up for me, 90° for cousin
b. 90° for me, about 50° up for cousin
c. 90° up for both of us
d. about 50° up for both of us
20. What is the difference between “revolution” and “rotation”?
a. rotation is to orbit around, revolution is to spin on its axis
b. revolution is to orbit around, rotation is to spin on its axis
c. revolution is a chaotic overthrow of a government, rotation is to turn
d. revolution is a Beatles song, rotation isn’t
21. How long does it take the Earth to rotate once? Revolve once?
a. 1 year, 1 day
b. 1 day, 1 year
c. 1 month, 1 day
d. 1 day, 1 month
22. Why is the Sun higher in the sky in summer?
a. the Earth is closer to the Sun
b. the days are longer
c. the Sun is on a higher orbit
d. the Earth is tilted toward the Sun
23. In the above picture showing the Earth going around the Sun, label the
seasons
a. a fall, b winter, c spring, d summer
b. a winter, b spring, c summer, d fall
c. a spring, b summer, c fall, d winter
d. a summer, b fall, c winter, d spring
24. Why are different stars out in winter than summer?
a. the Earth is tilted
b. new stars are constantly forming
c. the constellations revolve around the Sun
d. the nighttime faces different parts of the sky
25. You sit out all night watching the northern stars. You notice the whole “big
dipper” move through a big arc in the sky, yet the tail star of the “little
dipper” (Polaris) never moves. Explain why.
a. the little dipper is fainter than the big dipper
b. the big dipper is wider in the sky than the little dipper
c. Polaris is attached to the celestial sphere at 0°
d. Polaris is directly over the north pole
26. Are shadows longer in Shelby Twp or Quebec, Canada (far to our north) at
any given daylight time? Why?
a. Shelby, because the Sun is higher in the sky
b. Shelby, because we are farther south
c. Quebec, because the Sun is lower in the sky
d. Quebec, because it is colder
27. Why are stars grouped in constellations?
a. to divide the sky into equal areas
b. to record solar eclipses
c. to serve as a map to locate things in the sky
d. to tell horoscopes with
28. What is the zenith?
a. the top of the sky
b. the Orion group of constellations
c. the distance from an apex to the nadir
d. the “Clash of the Titans” constellations
29. You see a bright star out one night. How do you know it is a “star” and not a
“planet”?
a. its size
b. its color
c. its brightness
d. it twinkles
30. How can you use the “big dipper” to find Polaris, the North Star?
a. imagine the big dipper is really a big bear and Polaris is a little bear
b. align it with a compass
c. the two stars in the handle point to it
d. the front stars of the scoop point to it
31. Describe how everything in the sky moves. Why does this happen?
a. west to east, because Polaris is the North Star
b. east to west, that is how the Earth spins
c. west to east, that is how the Earth goes around the Sun
d. east to west, that is the direction the Moon goes around Earth
32. What is a galaxy?
a. a cloud of gas floating in space
b. a gem in Orion’s Belt
c. a large solar system
d. a collection of hundreds of billions of stars
33. What two stars can you locate using Orion’s Belt? How?
a. Aldebaran and Sirius, follow the pointer stars in the scoop
b. Aldebaran and Sirius, look right and left
c. Betelgeuse and Ceres, look left and right
d. Ceres and Aldebaran, follow the pointer stars in the scoop
34. About how much wider is the Earth compared to the Moon?
a. 4
b. 10
c. 109
d. 4.5 billion
35. About how much wider is the Sun than the Earth?
a. 4
b. 10
c. 109
d. 4.5 billion
36. Looking at the above calendar, the Moon on January 17 is:
a. full
b. new
c. 1st quarter
d. 3rd quarter
37. The Moon on January 20 is:
a. waxing crescent
b. waning crescent
c. waxing gibbous
d. waning gibbous
38. The Moon on January 10 is:
a. full
b. new
c. 1st quarter
d. 3rd quarter
39. The Moon on January 15 is:
a. waxing crescent
b. waning crescent
c. waxing gibbous
d. waning gibbous
40. During a full moon, the order of the Earth, Moon, and Sun are:
a. Earth, Sun, Moon
b. Sun, Earth, Moon
c. Moon, Sun, Earth
d. Earth, Moon, Sun
41. From day to day, a waxing moon is:
a. getting smaller
b. getting bigger
c. getting brighter
d. getting younger
42. How long does it take the Moon to go around the Earth?
a. 1 day
b. 1 week
c. 1 month
d. 1 year
43. When the Moon is full, why doesn’t the Earth block all of the sunlight from
hitting it?
a. the Sun is in the way
b. the Earth is too small
c. the Moon’s orbit is tilted at 5° in respect to Earth’s orbit
d. the Moon is too far away
44. What is a solar eclipse? How must things be arranged for a solar eclipse to
occur?
a. When Earth’s shadow falls on Moon. Sun, Earth, Moon
b. When Earth’s shadow falls on Moon. Sun, Moon, Earth
c. When Moon’s shadow falls on Earth. Sun, Earth, Moon
d. When Moon’s shadow falls on Earth. Sun, Moon, Earth
45. What would you see if you watched a solar eclipse?
a. the shadow of the Moon slowly cover the Sun
b. the shadow of the Earth slowly cover the Moon
c. the Moon slowly move across the face of the Sun
d. the Sun move across the face of the Moon
46. What is a lunar eclipse? How must things be arranged for a lunar eclipse to
occur?
a. When Earth’s shadow falls on Moon. Sun, Earth, Moon
b. When Earth’s shadow falls on Moon. Sun, Moon, Earth
c. When Moon’s shadow falls on Earth. Sun, Earth, Moon
d. When Moon’s shadow falls on Earth. Sun, Moon, Earth
47. What would you see if you watched a lunar eclipse?
a. a. the shadow of the Moon slowly cover the Sun
b. the shadow of the Earth slowly cover the Moon
c. the Moon slowly move across the face of the Sun
d. the Sun move across the face of the Moon
48. Why don’t eclipses happen twice a month?
a. the Moon’s orbit is tilted 5° with respect to Earth’s
b. they do somewhere on Earth
c. there are not two full moons per month
d. there only two kinds of tides
49. What causes tides in terms of the water on Earth?
a. the density of ocean water
b. the centrifugal force of the Earth spinning
c. the centrifugal force of the Earth going around the Sun
d. the gravity of the Sun and Moon
50. How often do high tides and low tides happen?
a. 1 each per day
b. 1 each per month
c. 4 of each per month
d. 2 of each per day
51. Why do you have that many tides per day (from previous question)?
a. the Earth spins under the bulge of water
b. the gravity of the Moon pulls it that fast
c. the Moon and Sun line up that often
d. the centrifugal force of the Moon
52. What is the difference between a spring tide and a neap tide?
a. neap tides have higher highs and lower lows
b. spring tides happen in the Spring
c. spring tides have higher highs and lower lows
d. neap tides happen twice as often
53. Why does the quarter of the Moon determine the type of tide?
a. the Moon is on different sides of the Earth, changing its appearance
b. the gravity of the Sun and Moon either work together or against each other
c. the amount of moonlight changes the tides
d. the revolution of the Moon pulls the tide with it