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1. ThehMoonhappearshlargerhwhenhithriseshthanhwhenhithishhighhinhthehskyhbecause


A. youharehcloserhtohithwhenhithrisesh(angular-sizehrelation).
B. youharehfartherhfromhithwhenhithrisesh(angular-sizehrelation).
C. it'shanhillusionhfromhcomparisonhtohobjectshonhthehhorizon.
D. it'shbrighterhwhenhithrises.



Accessibility:hKeyboardhNavigation
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Difficulty:hEasy
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Section:h02.01
h Subtopic:hDiameter-

distancehRelationh(a.k.a.hthehsmallhanglehformula)
Subtopic:hObservationalhastronomy
h Topic:hHistoryhofhAstrono
my
Topic:hLocatinghObjectshinhthehSky

2. washthehfirsthpersonhtohmeasurehthehcircumferencehofhthehEarth.

A. Ptolemy
B. Copernicus
C. Eratsothenes
D. Galileo
E. Aristarchus

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h Subtopic:hHistorical:hShapehandhSizehofhthehEa
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Topic:hHistoryhofhAstronomy



3. WhenhwashithfirsthknownhthaththehEarthhwashsphericalhinhshape?

A. Ithwashalwayshknownhtohbehspherical
B. aththehtimehofhthehGreeks
C. aththehbeginninghofhthehRenaissance
D. onlyhafterhGalileohusedhahtelescopehtohstudyhotherhplanets
E. onlyhrecentlyhwithinhthehlasth100hhundredhyears



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4. Whath ish theh sizeh ofh anh objecth locatedh ath ah distanceh ofh 1,000h metersh andh thath hash angularh sizeh Ah =
h 4hdegrees?




A. abouth11hmeters
B. abouth35hmeters
C. abouth70hmeters
D. abouth4,000hmeters



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Difficulty:hMedium
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Section:h02.01
h Subtopic:hDiameter-
distancehRelationh(a.k.a.hthehsmallhanglehformula)
Topic:hHistoryhofhAstronomy



5. Thehangularhsizehofhanhobjecthincreaseshashthehdistancehtohthehobserverhincreases.

FALSE
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BloomshLevel:h2.hUnderstand
Difficulty:hMedium
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Section:h02.01
Subtopic:hDiameter-distancehRelationh(a.k.a.hthehsmallhanglehformula)
Topic:hHistoryhofhAstronomy



6. ThehangularhsizehofhthehSunhashobservedhfromhEarthhishabouth0.5hdegree.




TRUE
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h BloomshLevel:h1.hRememb

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Difficulty:hMedium
Gradable:hautomatic
Section:h02.01
Subtopic:hDiameter-
h

distancehRelationh(a.k.a.hthehsmallhanglehformula)h Subtopic:hHistorica
l:hDistanceshandhSizeshofhthehSunhandhMoon
Topic:hHistoryhofhAstronomy

7. ThehangularhsizehofhthehMoonhashobservedhfromhEarthhishabouth0.5hdegree.




TRUE
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Difficulty:hMedium
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Section:h02.01
Subtopic:hDiameter-
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distancehRelationh(a.k.a.hthehsmallhanglehformula)h Subtopic:hHistorica

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Topic:hHistoryhofhAstronomy




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