Astronomy Midterm Exam

The observation that everything moved across the night sky from east to west caused early astronomers like Aristotle to believe...

• The sun was the center of the solar system.

• The earth was the center of the solar system.

• The earth was flat.

Ancient Greeks believed, the earth to be the centre of the universe. What do we call this model?

• Copernican Model

• Geocentric Universe

• Heliocentric Universe

Which African astronomer/librarian measured the circumference of the earth using sticks and shadows?

• Aristotle

• Ptolemy

• Copernicus

• Eratosthenes

The name for the average sun-to-earth distance is

• A Year
• A Light Year
• An Astronomical Unit
• A Parsec

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In 24 hours, earth has night and day as a result of what two things?

• the revolution of the earth and its tilt
• the revolution of the earth and its rotation
• the rotation of the earth and its tilt
• the rotation of the moon and the earth

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About how often does the moon revolve around the earth?

• about a year
• about a month
• about a week
• about a day

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What causes moon phases?

• the rotation of the Moon 
• the rotation of the Earth
• the revolution of the Moon around the Earth
• the tilt of the Earth around the sun

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What happens when the area in which you live tilts away from the sun?

• It is summer.
• It is spring.
• It is winter.
• It is fall.

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The term equinox means....

• equal amount of day light and equal amount of night
• Equal amount of winter and summer
• Equal amounts of hot dogs for everyone
• The longest day of the year

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What is the longest day of the year?

• winter solstice
• summer solstice
• fall equinox
• spring equinox

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