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Chapterl2l DiscoveringlthelUniverselforlYourself
2.1 Multiple-ChoicelQuestions
1) Howlmanylstarslcanlyoulseelwithlyourlnakedleyelonlalclear,lmoonlesslnightlfromlaldarkllocati
on?
A) fewerlthanlalthousand
B) alfewlthousand
C) aboutltenlthousand
D) aboutlalhundredlthousand
E) morelthanlyoulcouldlcountlinlyourllifetimelA
nswer:l B
2) Whichloflthelfollowinglbestldescribeslthelmodernldefinitionloflalconstellation?
A) alregionloflthelcelestiallsphere
B) alpatternloflbrightlstarslinlthelsky
C) alGreeklmythologicallfigure
D) alcollectionloflstarslthatlarelnearlonelanotherlinlspace
E) algrouploflstarslthatlallllielatlaboutlthelsameldistancelfromlEarthlAns
wer:l A
3) Whichloflthelfollowinglstatementslaboutlthelcelestiallspherelislnotltrue?
A) Whenlwellooklinlthelsky,lthelstarslalllappearltolbellocatedlonlthelcelestiallsphere.
B) Earthlislplacedlatlthelcenterloflthelcelestiallsphere.
C) Thelcelestiallsphereldoeslnotlexistlphysically.
D) Thel"celestiallsphere"lisljustlanotherlnamelforlourluniverse.
E) FromlanyllocationlonlEarth,lwelcanlseelonlylhalflthelcelestiallspherelatlanyloneltime.lAns
wer:l D
4) Whichloflthelfollowinglstatementslaboutlthelcelestiallequatorlisltruelatlallllatitudes?
A) ItllieslalonglthelbandlofllightlwelcalllthelMilkylWay.
B) ItlrepresentslanlextensionloflEarth'slequatorlontolthelcelestiallsphere.
C) Itlcutsltheldomeloflyourlskylexactlylinlhalf.
D) Itlextendslfromlyourlhorizonldueleast,lthroughl yourlzenith,ltolyourlhorizonlduelwest.
E) Itlextendslfromlyourlhorizonlduelnorth,lthroughlyourlzenith,ltolyourlhorizonlduelsouth.lAns
wer:l B
5) Whatlislthelecliptic?
A) whenlthelMoonlpasseslinlfrontloflthelSun
B) thelMoon'slapparentlpathlalonglthelcelestiallsphere
C) thelconstellationslcommonlylusedlinlastrologyltolpredictlthelfuture
D) thelSun'sldailylpathlacrosslthelsky
E) thelSun'slapparentlpathlalonglthelcelestiallspherelA
nswer:l E
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6) WhenlwellooklintolthelbandlofllightlinlourlskylthatlwelcalllthelMilkylWay,lcanlwelseeldistantlgalaxi
es?lWhylorlwhylnot?
A) Yes,ltheylappearlaslsmall,lfuzzylpatcheslonlthelotherlsideloflourlgalaxy.
B) Yes,ltherelarelmanylotherlgalaxieslthatlwelseelinsidelthelMilkylWay.
C) No,lbecauselthelstars,lgas,landldustloflthelMilkylWaylblockluslfromlseeinglthem,lhoweverlwelcanlse
elcloselgalaxies.
D) No,lbecauseltherelarelonlylgalaxieslabovelandlbelowlthelplaneloflthelMilkylWay.
E) No,lwelcannotlseelanylotherlgalaxieslfromlEarth.lA
nswer:l C
7) Whichloflthelfollowinglcorrectlyldescribeslthelmeridianlinlyourlsky?
A) alhalf-circlelextendinglfromlyourlhorizonldueleast,lthroughlyourlzenith,ltolyourlhorizonlduelwest
B) alhalf-
circlelextendinglfromlyourlhorizonlduelnorth,lthroughlyourlzenith,ltolyourlhorizonlduelsouth
C) alhalf-
circlelextendinglfromlyourlhorizonldueleast,lthroughlthelnorthlcelestiallpole,ltolyourlhorizonlduelw
est
D) thelpointldirectlyloverl yourlhead
E) thelboundarylbetweenlthelportionloflthelcelestiallspherelyoulcanlseelatlanylmomentlandlthelporti
onlthatlyoulcannotlsee
Answer:l B
8) IflitlislmidnightlinlNewlYork,litlis
A) daytimelinlSydney,lAustralia.
B) midnightlinlSydney,lAustralia.
C) midnightlinlLoslAngeles.
D) middaylinlRioldelJaneiro,lBrazil.
E) midnightleverywhere.l
Answer:l A
9) Howlmanylarcsecondslarelinl1°?
A) 60
B) 360
C) 3,600
D) 100
E) 10,000
Answer:l C
10) Whichloflthelfollowinglstatementsldoeslnotluseltheltermlangularlsizelorlangularldistance
correctly?
A) ThelangularlsizeloflthelMoonlislaboutl1/2ldegree.
B) Thelangularldistancelbetweenlthoseltwolhouseslinltheldistancelisl30°.
C) Thelangularldistancelbetweenlthoseltwolbrightlstarslinlthelskylislaboutl2lmeters.
D) ThelangularlsizeloflthelSunlislaboutlthelsamelaslthatloflthelMoon.
E) Youlcanluselyourloutstretchedlhandltolestimatelangularlsizeslandlangularldistances.lAns
wer:l C
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11) Whatlislalcircumpolarlstar?
A) alstarlthatlislcloseltolthelnorthlcelestiallpole
B) alstarlthatlislcloseltolthelsouthlcelestiallpole
C) alstarlthatlalwayslremainslabovelyourlhorizonlandlappearsltolrotatelaroundlthelcelestiallpole
D) alstarlthatlmakeslaldailylcirclelaroundlthelcelestiallsphere
E) alstarlthatlislvisiblelfromlthelArcticlorlAntarcticlcircleslAn
swer:l C
12) Whichloflthelfollowinglstatementslaboutlcircumpolarlstarslisltruelatlallllatitudes?
A) Theylarelthelstarslcloseltolthelnorthlcelestiallpole.
B) Theylalwayslremainlabovelyourlhorizon.
C) Theylmakelrelativelylsmalllcircles,ltravelinglclockwiselaroundlthelnorthlcelestiallpole.
D) Likelalllotherlstars,ltheylriselinltheleastlandlsetlinlthelwest.
E) YoulcannotlseelthemlfromlthelSouthernlHemisphere.lA
nswer:l B
13) WelcanldescribelalpositionlonlEarth'slsurfacelbylstatinglits
A) altitudelandlazimuth.
B) altitudelandldirection.
C) latitudelandldirection.
D) latitudelandllongitude.
E) meridianlandllongitude.l
Answer:l D
14) WhatlmakeslthelNorthlStar,lPolaris,lspecial?
A) Itlislthelbrightestlstarlinlthelsky.
B) Itlislthelstarlstraightloverhead.
C) Itlappearslverylnearlthelnorthlcelestiallpole.
D) Itlislthelstarldirectlylonlyourlnorthernlhorizon.
E) ItlcanlbelusedltoldeterminelyourllongitudelonlEarth.lAn
swer:l C
15) YoularelstandinglonlEarth'slequator.lWhichlwaylislPolaris,lthelNorthlstar?
A) 30ldegreeslup,lduelWest
B) onlthelnorthernlhorizon
C) directlyloverhead
D) Thelanswerldependslonlwhetherlit'slwinterlorlsummer.
E) Thelanswerldependslonlwhatltimelofldayl(orlnight)litlis.lAn
swer:l B
16) Byllocatinglthelnorthlcelestiallpolel(NCP)linlthelsky,lhowlcanlyouldeterminelyourllatitude?
A) ThelaltitudeloflthelNCPlislthelsamelaslyourllatitude.
B) ThelaltitudeloflthelNCPlislyourlangularldistancelfromlthelNorthlPole.
C) ThelazimuthloflthelNCPlislthelsamelaslyourllatitude.
D) ThelazimuthloflthelNCPlislthelangularldistancelfromlthelNorthlPole.
E) ThelaltitudeloflthelNCPlislthelsamelaslyourldistancelfromlthelNorthlPole.lAns
wer:l A
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Chapterl2l DiscoveringlthelUniverselforlYourself
2.1 Multiple-ChoicelQuestions
1) Howlmanylstarslcanlyoulseelwithlyourlnakedleyelonlalclear,lmoonlesslnightlfromlaldarkllocati
on?
A) fewerlthanlalthousand
B) alfewlthousand
C) aboutltenlthousand
D) aboutlalhundredlthousand
E) morelthanlyoulcouldlcountlinlyourllifetimelA
nswer:l B
2) Whichloflthelfollowinglbestldescribeslthelmodernldefinitionloflalconstellation?
A) alregionloflthelcelestiallsphere
B) alpatternloflbrightlstarslinlthelsky
C) alGreeklmythologicallfigure
D) alcollectionloflstarslthatlarelnearlonelanotherlinlspace
E) algrouploflstarslthatlallllielatlaboutlthelsameldistancelfromlEarthlAns
wer:l A
3) Whichloflthelfollowinglstatementslaboutlthelcelestiallspherelislnotltrue?
A) Whenlwellooklinlthelsky,lthelstarslalllappearltolbellocatedlonlthelcelestiallsphere.
B) Earthlislplacedlatlthelcenterloflthelcelestiallsphere.
C) Thelcelestiallsphereldoeslnotlexistlphysically.
D) Thel"celestiallsphere"lisljustlanotherlnamelforlourluniverse.
E) FromlanyllocationlonlEarth,lwelcanlseelonlylhalflthelcelestiallspherelatlanyloneltime.lAns
wer:l D
4) Whichloflthelfollowinglstatementslaboutlthelcelestiallequatorlisltruelatlallllatitudes?
A) ItllieslalonglthelbandlofllightlwelcalllthelMilkylWay.
B) ItlrepresentslanlextensionloflEarth'slequatorlontolthelcelestiallsphere.
C) Itlcutsltheldomeloflyourlskylexactlylinlhalf.
D) Itlextendslfromlyourlhorizonldueleast,lthroughl yourlzenith,ltolyourlhorizonlduelwest.
E) Itlextendslfromlyourlhorizonlduelnorth,lthroughlyourlzenith,ltolyourlhorizonlduelsouth.lAns
wer:l B
5) Whatlislthelecliptic?
A) whenlthelMoonlpasseslinlfrontloflthelSun
B) thelMoon'slapparentlpathlalonglthelcelestiallsphere
C) thelconstellationslcommonlylusedlinlastrologyltolpredictlthelfuture
D) thelSun'sldailylpathlacrosslthelsky
E) thelSun'slapparentlpathlalonglthelcelestiallspherelA
nswer:l E
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6) WhenlwellooklintolthelbandlofllightlinlourlskylthatlwelcalllthelMilkylWay,lcanlwelseeldistantlgalaxi
es?lWhylorlwhylnot?
A) Yes,ltheylappearlaslsmall,lfuzzylpatcheslonlthelotherlsideloflourlgalaxy.
B) Yes,ltherelarelmanylotherlgalaxieslthatlwelseelinsidelthelMilkylWay.
C) No,lbecauselthelstars,lgas,landldustloflthelMilkylWaylblockluslfromlseeinglthem,lhoweverlwelcanlse
elcloselgalaxies.
D) No,lbecauseltherelarelonlylgalaxieslabovelandlbelowlthelplaneloflthelMilkylWay.
E) No,lwelcannotlseelanylotherlgalaxieslfromlEarth.lA
nswer:l C
7) Whichloflthelfollowinglcorrectlyldescribeslthelmeridianlinlyourlsky?
A) alhalf-circlelextendinglfromlyourlhorizonldueleast,lthroughlyourlzenith,ltolyourlhorizonlduelwest
B) alhalf-
circlelextendinglfromlyourlhorizonlduelnorth,lthroughlyourlzenith,ltolyourlhorizonlduelsouth
C) alhalf-
circlelextendinglfromlyourlhorizonldueleast,lthroughlthelnorthlcelestiallpole,ltolyourlhorizonlduelw
est
D) thelpointldirectlyloverl yourlhead
E) thelboundarylbetweenlthelportionloflthelcelestiallspherelyoulcanlseelatlanylmomentlandlthelporti
onlthatlyoulcannotlsee
Answer:l B
8) IflitlislmidnightlinlNewlYork,litlis
A) daytimelinlSydney,lAustralia.
B) midnightlinlSydney,lAustralia.
C) midnightlinlLoslAngeles.
D) middaylinlRioldelJaneiro,lBrazil.
E) midnightleverywhere.l
Answer:l A
9) Howlmanylarcsecondslarelinl1°?
A) 60
B) 360
C) 3,600
D) 100
E) 10,000
Answer:l C
10) Whichloflthelfollowinglstatementsldoeslnotluseltheltermlangularlsizelorlangularldistance
correctly?
A) ThelangularlsizeloflthelMoonlislaboutl1/2ldegree.
B) Thelangularldistancelbetweenlthoseltwolhouseslinltheldistancelisl30°.
C) Thelangularldistancelbetweenlthoseltwolbrightlstarslinlthelskylislaboutl2lmeters.
D) ThelangularlsizeloflthelSunlislaboutlthelsamelaslthatloflthelMoon.
E) Youlcanluselyourloutstretchedlhandltolestimatelangularlsizeslandlangularldistances.lAns
wer:l C
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11) Whatlislalcircumpolarlstar?
A) alstarlthatlislcloseltolthelnorthlcelestiallpole
B) alstarlthatlislcloseltolthelsouthlcelestiallpole
C) alstarlthatlalwayslremainslabovelyourlhorizonlandlappearsltolrotatelaroundlthelcelestiallpole
D) alstarlthatlmakeslaldailylcirclelaroundlthelcelestiallsphere
E) alstarlthatlislvisiblelfromlthelArcticlorlAntarcticlcircleslAn
swer:l C
12) Whichloflthelfollowinglstatementslaboutlcircumpolarlstarslisltruelatlallllatitudes?
A) Theylarelthelstarslcloseltolthelnorthlcelestiallpole.
B) Theylalwayslremainlabovelyourlhorizon.
C) Theylmakelrelativelylsmalllcircles,ltravelinglclockwiselaroundlthelnorthlcelestiallpole.
D) Likelalllotherlstars,ltheylriselinltheleastlandlsetlinlthelwest.
E) YoulcannotlseelthemlfromlthelSouthernlHemisphere.lA
nswer:l B
13) WelcanldescribelalpositionlonlEarth'slsurfacelbylstatinglits
A) altitudelandlazimuth.
B) altitudelandldirection.
C) latitudelandldirection.
D) latitudelandllongitude.
E) meridianlandllongitude.l
Answer:l D
14) WhatlmakeslthelNorthlStar,lPolaris,lspecial?
A) Itlislthelbrightestlstarlinlthelsky.
B) Itlislthelstarlstraightloverhead.
C) Itlappearslverylnearlthelnorthlcelestiallpole.
D) Itlislthelstarldirectlylonlyourlnorthernlhorizon.
E) ItlcanlbelusedltoldeterminelyourllongitudelonlEarth.lAn
swer:l C
15) YoularelstandinglonlEarth'slequator.lWhichlwaylislPolaris,lthelNorthlstar?
A) 30ldegreeslup,lduelWest
B) onlthelnorthernlhorizon
C) directlyloverhead
D) Thelanswerldependslonlwhetherlit'slwinterlorlsummer.
E) Thelanswerldependslonlwhatltimelofldayl(orlnight)litlis.lAn
swer:l B
16) Byllocatinglthelnorthlcelestiallpolel(NCP)linlthelsky,lhowlcanlyouldeterminelyourllatitude?
A) ThelaltitudeloflthelNCPlislthelsamelaslyourllatitude.
B) ThelaltitudeloflthelNCPlislyourlangularldistancelfromlthelNorthlPole.
C) ThelazimuthloflthelNCPlislthelsamelaslyourllatitude.
D) ThelazimuthloflthelNCPlislthelangularldistancelfromlthelNorthlPole.
E) ThelaltitudeloflthelNCPlislthelsamelaslyourldistancelfromlthelNorthlPole.lAns
wer:l A
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