Unit 1 Quiz

What was Kepler's Contribution to Astronomy?

• Created an in between model, where all the planets revolved around the Sun, except the Earth, which the Sun went around

• Found that the path of the planets were ellipses, and created three laws of planetary motion

• Known as the greatest scientist of all time, invented calculus while working on astronomy

• One of the first to push for the Sun-centered universe

What was Galileo's Contribution to Astronomy?

• First person to measure the size of the Earth

• Found that the path of the planets were ellipses, and created three laws of planetary motion

• Studied all aspects of motion, used a telescope to study the sky, and gave us information about the composition of the moon, sunspots, and objects orbiting Jupiter

• Determined that the moon is smaller than Earth, and the Earth is much, much, smaller than the Sun; one of the first people to think of the universe as Sun-centered

The point on the celestial sphere that lies directly overhead at your location is called the:

• Solstice

• Equiox

• Zenith

• Ecliptic

• Celestial Equator

The imaginary line on the celestial sphere lying exactly above Earth’s equator is known as:

• Zenith

• Celestial Equator

• Horizon

• Ecliptic

• Equinox

The path that the Sun appears to make around the celestial sphere as the Earth moves along its orbit is known as the:

• Zenith

• Celestial Equator

• Horizon

• Ecliptic

• Equinox

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Which of the following shows a Waning Crescent Moon?

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Which of the following phases would come directly After a First Quarter Half Moon?

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What is this Moon Phase Called?

• Waxing Crescent

• Waning Gibbous

• Waxing Gibbous

• Waning Crescent

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What is this Moon Phase Called?

• Waxing Crescent

• Waning Gibbous

• Waxing Gibbous

• Waning Crescent

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Select all of the following statements that are true about eclipses:

• Solar Eclipses are harder to see because the Sun is so far away

• Lunar Eclipses are less frequently observed than Solar Eclipses because the shadow of the Moon is so small

• Solar Eclipses are less frequently observed than Lunar Eclipses because the Earth's shadow is larger than the Moon's shadow

• Lunar Eclipses occur when the Moon is blocked by Earth's Shadow

• A Solar Eclipse occurs when the Sun is in the way so you can't see the Moon from Earth

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