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Astronomy Pre-test
Please answer on a separate sheet of paper.
1. Explain the difference between astrology and astronomy.
2. What causes sunlight to fall more intensely on different parts of Earth during various times
of the year?
3. What is the name of our closest star?
4. In which galaxy do you live?
5. Outline the life cycle of a star (list the stages of a star’s development).
6. How many stars are in the Big Dipper?
7. What is an Astronomical Unit?
8. What is meant by redshift?
9. What is the ecliptic?
10. Which planet is least dense?
11. What is the name of our second closest star?
12. What is a light year?
13. What does zenith mean?
14. What does equinox mean?
15. What does solstice mean?
16. If our Sun were the size of a bowling ball, what would be the size of Earth at this scale?
17. What is Hubble’s Law?
18. What is Occam’s razor?
19. From your home, when and where does the first quarter moon rise?
20. How much of the Moon’s surface is in sunlight at any one time?
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