BILLY SCIENCE TEST 11 - LESSON 157 EXAM
ANSWERED AND GRADED
What was the first satellite launched by the United States? - Correct Answer Explorer 1
What is a device that splits light into a spectrum for analysis? - Correct Answer spectroscope
What circle on the celestial sphere runs directly overhaed adn connects the celestial poles? -
Correct Answer meridian
What is the path on the celestial sphere that the sun follows in a year? - Correct Answer
ecliptic
What technique dramatically increases the resolution of radio telescope image by combining
data from multiple telescopes? - Correct Answer interferometry
What is the replacement of A.D. that has become popular among those who deny the deity of
Jesus? - Correct Answer C.E.
What is the point on the celestial sphere directly above an observer? - Correct Answer zenith
What instrument inreases an object's brightness by gathering more light than the unaided eye?
- Correct Answer telescope
How would 2:15 p.m. be stated in 24-hour time? - Correct Answer 14:15
What is another name for an objective mirror? - Correct Answer primary mirror
, From which calendar do the English month names come? - Correct Answer Julian
In which climate zone does every location have at least one day a year when the sun is directly
overhead? - Correct Answer tropics
IN which climate zone does the sun rise and set every day but is never straight overhead? -
Correct Answer Temperate Zone
What two regions of the earth experience at least one day of darkness and one day of daylight?
- Correct Answer Frigid Zones
What type of time is based on the stars? - Correct Answer sidereal time
What was the first space station designed so that it could be expanded? - Correct Answer Mir
What unit of time is based on the period Earth takes to orbit the sun once? - Correct Answer
solar year
What was the first space station launched by the United States? - Correct Answer Skylab
What term refers to the earth's slow "wobble" on its axis that causes the pole star to change? -
Correct Answer precession
What maneuver allows a spacecraft to steal a planet's motion, thus increasing its speed and
orbit as it flies past? - Correct Answer gravity assist
What visible-light telescope was launched into space, enabling seeing without atmospheric
distortion? - Correct Answer Hubble Space Telescope
ANSWERED AND GRADED
What was the first satellite launched by the United States? - Correct Answer Explorer 1
What is a device that splits light into a spectrum for analysis? - Correct Answer spectroscope
What circle on the celestial sphere runs directly overhaed adn connects the celestial poles? -
Correct Answer meridian
What is the path on the celestial sphere that the sun follows in a year? - Correct Answer
ecliptic
What technique dramatically increases the resolution of radio telescope image by combining
data from multiple telescopes? - Correct Answer interferometry
What is the replacement of A.D. that has become popular among those who deny the deity of
Jesus? - Correct Answer C.E.
What is the point on the celestial sphere directly above an observer? - Correct Answer zenith
What instrument inreases an object's brightness by gathering more light than the unaided eye?
- Correct Answer telescope
How would 2:15 p.m. be stated in 24-hour time? - Correct Answer 14:15
What is another name for an objective mirror? - Correct Answer primary mirror
, From which calendar do the English month names come? - Correct Answer Julian
In which climate zone does every location have at least one day a year when the sun is directly
overhead? - Correct Answer tropics
IN which climate zone does the sun rise and set every day but is never straight overhead? -
Correct Answer Temperate Zone
What two regions of the earth experience at least one day of darkness and one day of daylight?
- Correct Answer Frigid Zones
What type of time is based on the stars? - Correct Answer sidereal time
What was the first space station designed so that it could be expanded? - Correct Answer Mir
What unit of time is based on the period Earth takes to orbit the sun once? - Correct Answer
solar year
What was the first space station launched by the United States? - Correct Answer Skylab
What term refers to the earth's slow "wobble" on its axis that causes the pole star to change? -
Correct Answer precession
What maneuver allows a spacecraft to steal a planet's motion, thus increasing its speed and
orbit as it flies past? - Correct Answer gravity assist
What visible-light telescope was launched into space, enabling seeing without atmospheric
distortion? - Correct Answer Hubble Space Telescope
