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1. ThenMoonnappearsnlargernwhennitnrisesnthannwhennitnisnhighninnthenskynbecause


A. younarencloserntonitnwhennitnrisesn(angular-sizenrelation).
B. younarenfarthernfromnitnwhennitnrisesn(angular-sizenrelation).
C. it'snannillusionnfromncomparisonntonobjectsnonnthenhorizon.
D. it'snbrighternwhennitnrises.



Accessibility:nKeyboardnNavigatio
nnBloomsnLevel:n1.nRememb
er
Difficulty:nEasy
Gradable:nautomatic
Section:n02.01
nSubtopic:nDiameter-
distancenRelationn(a.k.a.nthensmallnanglenformula)
Subtopic:nObservationalnastronom
ynTopic:nHistorynofnAstrono
my
Topic:nLocatingnObjectsninnthenSky

2. n wasnthenfirstnpersonntonmeasurenthencircumferencenofnthenEarth.

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

Accessibility:nKeyboardnNavigatio
nnBloomsnLevel:n1.nRememb
er
Difficulty:nEasy
Gradable:nautomatic
Section:n02.01
nSubtopic:nHistorical:nShapenandnSizenofnthenEar
th
Topic:nHistorynofnAstronomy



3. WhennwasnitnfirstnknownnthatnthenEarthnwasnsphericalninnshape?

A. Itnwasnalwaysnknownntonbenspherical
B. atnthentimenofnthenGreeks
C. atnthenbeginningnofnthenRenaissance
D. onlynafternGalileonusednantelescopentonstudynothernplanets
E. onlynrecentlynwithinnthenlastn100nhundrednyears



Accessibility:nKeyboardnNavigatio
nnBloomsnLevel:n1.nRememb
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Difficulty:nEasy
Gradable:nautomatic
Section:n02.01
nSubtopic:nHistorical:nShapenandnSizenofnthenEar
th
Topic:nHistorynofnAstronomy




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4. Whatn isn then sizen ofn ann objectn locatedn atn an distancen ofn 1,000n metersn andn thatn hasn angularn sizen An =
n 4ndegrees?




A. aboutn11nmeters
B. aboutn35nmeters
C. aboutn70nmeters
D. aboutn4,000nmeters



Accessibility:nKeyboardnNavigation
BloomsnLevel:n3.nAppl
ynDifficulty:nMedium
nGradable:nautomati
c
Section:n02.01
nSubtopic:nDiameter-
distancenRelationn(a.k.a.nthensmallnanglenformula)
Topic:nHistorynofnAstronomy



5. Thenangularnsizenofnannobjectnincreasesnasnthendistancentonthenobservernincreases.

FALSE
Accessibility:nKeyboardnNavigation
BloomsnLevel:n2.nUnderstand
Difficulty:nMedium
Gradable:nautomatic
Section:n02.01
Subtopic:nDiameter-distancenRelationn(a.k.a.nthensmallnanglenformula)
Topic:nHistorynofnAstronomy



6. ThenangularnsizenofnthenSunnasnobservednfromnEarthnisnaboutn0.5ndegree.




TRUE
Accessibility:nKeyboardnNavigatio
nnBloomsnLevel:n1.nRememb
er
Difficulty:nMedium
Gradable:nautomatic
Section:n02.01
nSubtopic:nDiameter-

distancenRelationn(a.k.a.nthensmallnanglenformula)nSubtopic:nHistorical
:nDistancesnandnSizesnofnthenSunnandnMoon
Topic:nHistorynofnAstronomy

7. ThenangularnsizenofnthenMoonnasnobservednfromnEarthnisnaboutn0.5ndegree.




TRUE
Accessibility:nKeyboardnNavigatio
nnBloomsnLevel:n1.nRememb
er
Difficulty:nMedium
Gradable:nautomatic
Section:n02.01
nSubtopic:nDiameter-

distancenRelationn(a.k.a.nthensmallnanglenformula)nSubtopic:nHistorical

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, :nDistancesnandnSizesnofnthenSunnandnMoon
Topic:nHistorynofnAstronomy




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