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AstronomycToday,c9ec(Chaisson/McMillan)
Chapterc2c c ThecCopernicancRevolution:cThecBirthcofcModerncScience

2.1 True/FalsecQuestions

1) ItcwascthecChinesecwhocprovidedccriticalcancientcdataconcsupernovaecandccomets.cA
nswer:c TRUE
Diff:c1
SectioncRef:c 2.1

2) IslamiccscholarschelpedcpreservecthecastronomycofcAncientcGreececduringcEurope'scDarkcAges.cA
nswer:c TRUE
Diff:c1
SectioncRef:c 2.1

3) Whencacplanetcretrogrades,citcappearsctocmovecwestwardcforcweekscatcactime.cA
nswer:c TRUE
Diff:c1
SectioncRef:c 2.2

4) LikecthecSuncandcthecMoon,cthecplanetscappearctocmovecfromcwestctoceastcfromconecdayctocthecne
xt.
Answer:c TRUEc
Diff:c2
SectioncRef:c 2.2

5) LikecthecSuncandcthecMoon,cthecstarscappearctocmovecfromcwestctoceastcfromconecdayctocthecne
xt.
Answer:c TRUEc
Diff:c2
SectioncRef:c 2.2

6) Ascoriginallycstated,cthecCopernicancmodelcdidcnocbettercjobcofcpredictingcplanetarycbehaviorcth
ancdidcthecPtolemaiccone.
Answer:c TRUEc
Diff:c2
SectioncRef:c 2.3

7) Galileo'scobservationscofcthecentirecphaseccyclecofcVenuscprovedcthatcPtolemy'scepicyclescc
ouldcnotcbeccorrectcinckeepingcVenuscbetweencuscandcthecSun.
Answer:c TRUEc
Diff:c1
SectioncRef:c 2.4




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8) Galileo'scobservationscofcsunspotscprovedcthecSuncwascrotating,clikecthecEarth.cA
nswer:c TRUE
Diff:c2
SectioncRef:c 2.4

9) Keplercfoundcthecorbitscofcplanetscarecellipses,cnotccircles.c
Answer:c TRUE
Diff:c1
SectioncRef:c 2.5

10) Thecorbitscofcmostcofcthecplanetscincourcsolarcsystemchavececcentricitiescclosectoczero.cA
nswer:c TRUE
Diff:c1
SectioncRef:c 2.5

11) KeplercbasedchisctheoriesconcthecprecisecplanetarycobservationscofcTychocBrahe.c
Answer:c TRUE
Diff:c1
SectioncRef:c 2.5

12) Thececcentricitycofcacperfectlyccircularcorbitcisc1.c
Answer:c FALSE
Diff:c2
SectioncRef:c 2.5

13) Keplercdeterminedcthecshapecofceachcplanet'scorbitcbyctriangulationcfromcdifferentcpointsconcE
arth'scorbit,cusingcobservationscmadecatcmanycdifferentctimescofcthecyear.
Answer:c TRUEc
Diff:c2
SectioncRef:c 2.5

14) Mercury,cwithcachigherceccentricitycorbit,cshouldcchangecitscorbitalcspeedcmorecthancdocV
enuscorcEarth.
Answer:c TRUEc
Diff:c2
SectioncRef:c 2.5

15) Acplanetc(orccomet)cwillcspeedcupcascitcapproachescthecSun.cA
nswer:c TRUE
Diff:c2
SectioncRef:c 2.5

16) TransitscofcVenuscwereccriticalcincearlycdeterminationscofcthecA.U.c
Answer:c TRUE
Diff:c2
SectioncRef:c 2.5


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17) Newton'scLawsccompletelycreplacedcthecincorrectcworkcofcKepler.c
Answer:c FALSE
Diff:c2
SectioncRef:c 2.5

18) Newton'scmodificationcofcKepler'scThirdcLawcletscuscmeasurecthecmasscofcthecSun.cA
nswer:c TRUE
Diff:c2
SectioncRef:c 2.5

19) Newton'scLawcofcGravitycwouldcexplaincwhycSaturn,csocfarcfromcthecSun,cmovescsocslowlycac
rosscthecsky.
Answer:c TRUEc
Diff:c2
SectioncRef:c 2.7

20) Ifcthecmasscofcacbodycwerecdoubled,citscgravitycwouldcbecomec4ctimescstronger.cA
nswer:c FALSE
Diff:c2
SectioncRef:c 2.7

21) AccordingctocNewton'scsecondclaw,cifcyoucdoublecthecforcecactingconcacbody,cthecaccelerationcwi
llcdouble.
Answer:c TRUEc
Diff:c2
SectioncRef:c 2.7

2.2 MultiplecChoicecQuestions

1) ThecprincipalcculturecthatctransferredcGreekcastronomicalcknowledgectocRenaissancecEuropec
was:
A) Byzantine.
B) Chinese.
C) Mongol.
D) Islamic.
E) Mayan.c
Answer:c Dc
Diff:c1
SectioncRef:c 2.2




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