Astronomy Questions (correct answers)
Constellations (and the moon) appear to move across the sky at night because: correct
answers The Earth spins on its axis
What is the path that the Sun, Moon, & planets follow through the constellations?
correct answers The ecliptic
What causes Earth's seasons? correct answers 23.5 degree tilt of Earth's rotational axis
A total Lunar eclipse occurs correct answers During the full moon phase
If we know the distance of an object from Earth, we can determine the objects size by
measuring its parallax correct answers False
A lunar eclipse can occur only during the full phase correct answers True
The solar day is longer than the sidereal day correct answers True (by 3.9 minutes)
The stars in a constellation are physically close to one another correct answers False
The Milky Way Galaxy is about 1 million times larger than Earth correct answers False
If Earth rotated twice as fast as it currently does, but its motion around the sun stayed
the same, then correct answers The night would be half as long
The number 9.32x10^2 can also be written how? correct answers 9.32x10**2 and
9.32x10E2
How did the geocentric model account for day and night on Earth? correct answers The
sun orbited Earth (Earth was motionless)
Copernicus' important contribution to astronomy was: correct answers Proposing a
model that easily explained the retrograde motions of the planets
Who published the first astronomical observations made with a telescope? correct
answers Galileo
Earth is closer to the sun in January. From this fact, Kepler's 2nd law tells us correct
answers Earth orbits faster in January
Aristotle proposed that all planets revolve around the sun correct answers False--
geocentric, all revolved around Earth
During retrograde motion, planets actually stop and move backward in space correct
answers False--appear to because of the speed of Earths orbit
Constellations (and the moon) appear to move across the sky at night because: correct
answers The Earth spins on its axis
What is the path that the Sun, Moon, & planets follow through the constellations?
correct answers The ecliptic
What causes Earth's seasons? correct answers 23.5 degree tilt of Earth's rotational axis
A total Lunar eclipse occurs correct answers During the full moon phase
If we know the distance of an object from Earth, we can determine the objects size by
measuring its parallax correct answers False
A lunar eclipse can occur only during the full phase correct answers True
The solar day is longer than the sidereal day correct answers True (by 3.9 minutes)
The stars in a constellation are physically close to one another correct answers False
The Milky Way Galaxy is about 1 million times larger than Earth correct answers False
If Earth rotated twice as fast as it currently does, but its motion around the sun stayed
the same, then correct answers The night would be half as long
The number 9.32x10^2 can also be written how? correct answers 9.32x10**2 and
9.32x10E2
How did the geocentric model account for day and night on Earth? correct answers The
sun orbited Earth (Earth was motionless)
Copernicus' important contribution to astronomy was: correct answers Proposing a
model that easily explained the retrograde motions of the planets
Who published the first astronomical observations made with a telescope? correct
answers Galileo
Earth is closer to the sun in January. From this fact, Kepler's 2nd law tells us correct
answers Earth orbits faster in January
Aristotle proposed that all planets revolve around the sun correct answers False--
geocentric, all revolved around Earth
During retrograde motion, planets actually stop and move backward in space correct
answers False--appear to because of the speed of Earths orbit
