@PROFDOCDIGITALLIBRARIES
ASTRO 1 EXAM 1 2025 | COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS | LATEST VERSION |
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Save
Terms in this set (106)
PR
Modern scientific theories perfect.
are NOT:
O
elegant.
continuously tested.
FD
perfect.
simple.
testable.
O
Into how many 88
constellations is the
celestial sphere divided?
C
110
44
12
88
57
,@PROFDOCDIGITALLIBRARIES
That Polaris will not always precession shifting the celestial pole.
be the pole star is due to:
precession shifting the
celestial pole.
the sidereal day being
shorter than the solar day.
the Solar winds blowing
the Earth farther away
from the Sun.
the Moon following the
ecliptic, instead of the
equator.
PR
the Earth's revolution
being slightly less than
exactly 365.25 days.
O
If Earth orbited the Sun in longer
9 months instead of 12,
then, compared with a
FD
sidereal day, a solar day
would be
O
longer.
shorter.
unchanged.
C
A solar eclipse can only new moon
happen during a:
solstice.
first quarter moon.
new moon.
full moon.
perihelion passage of the
Sun.
,@PROFDOCDIGITALLIBRARIES
A lunar eclipse can only full moon
happen during a:
aphelion.
perigee.
new moon.
full moon.
equinox.
When the Moon is directly full
opposite the Sun in the
sky, its phase is:
PR
first or third quarter.
new.
full.
waxing or waning
O
crescent.
waxing or waning
gibbous.
FD
Imagine you are holding a clockwise
small ball below you so
that you look down on its
O
"North Pole." Turn the ball
in a counterclockwise
C
direction. Continue to turn
it in that direction as you
slowly raise it above your
head so that you are
looking up at its "South
Pole." In what direction is it
rotating now?
Still counterclockwise
Clockwise
Sideways
, @PROFDOCDIGITALLIBRARIES
What will happen to the The Moon will have the same phases, but will grow
phases of the Moon as (wax) from the left side rather than the right
viewed from the Southern
hemisphere?
The Moon will have the
same phases, but will
grow (wax) from the left
side rather than the right
They will be identical to
those in the Northern
Hemisphere
The Moon will wax in the
PR
Southern Hemisphere
when it is waning in the
Northern Hemisphere
The Moon will not go
O
through phases
FD
O
C
ASTRO 1 EXAM 1 2025 | COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS | LATEST VERSION |
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Save
Terms in this set (106)
PR
Modern scientific theories perfect.
are NOT:
O
elegant.
continuously tested.
FD
perfect.
simple.
testable.
O
Into how many 88
constellations is the
celestial sphere divided?
C
110
44
12
88
57
,@PROFDOCDIGITALLIBRARIES
That Polaris will not always precession shifting the celestial pole.
be the pole star is due to:
precession shifting the
celestial pole.
the sidereal day being
shorter than the solar day.
the Solar winds blowing
the Earth farther away
from the Sun.
the Moon following the
ecliptic, instead of the
equator.
PR
the Earth's revolution
being slightly less than
exactly 365.25 days.
O
If Earth orbited the Sun in longer
9 months instead of 12,
then, compared with a
FD
sidereal day, a solar day
would be
O
longer.
shorter.
unchanged.
C
A solar eclipse can only new moon
happen during a:
solstice.
first quarter moon.
new moon.
full moon.
perihelion passage of the
Sun.
,@PROFDOCDIGITALLIBRARIES
A lunar eclipse can only full moon
happen during a:
aphelion.
perigee.
new moon.
full moon.
equinox.
When the Moon is directly full
opposite the Sun in the
sky, its phase is:
PR
first or third quarter.
new.
full.
waxing or waning
O
crescent.
waxing or waning
gibbous.
FD
Imagine you are holding a clockwise
small ball below you so
that you look down on its
O
"North Pole." Turn the ball
in a counterclockwise
C
direction. Continue to turn
it in that direction as you
slowly raise it above your
head so that you are
looking up at its "South
Pole." In what direction is it
rotating now?
Still counterclockwise
Clockwise
Sideways
, @PROFDOCDIGITALLIBRARIES
What will happen to the The Moon will have the same phases, but will grow
phases of the Moon as (wax) from the left side rather than the right
viewed from the Southern
hemisphere?
The Moon will have the
same phases, but will
grow (wax) from the left
side rather than the right
They will be identical to
those in the Northern
Hemisphere
The Moon will wax in the
PR
Southern Hemisphere
when it is waning in the
Northern Hemisphere
The Moon will not go
O
through phases
FD
O
C
