Astronomy - first half of the semester

An observer in Quebec City notices that there are approximately 10 hours between sunrise and sunset. On this day, the sun will rise:

• Between northeast and east.

• Due east

• Between east and southeast

• Between southwest and west

• Due west

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How would the number of constellations that are circumpolar vary with your latitude?

• The farther you traveled towards the Equator from the poles, the more circumpolar stars there are

• The closer you live to the North or the South Pole, the more circumpolar stars there are

• The number of circumpolar stars does not depend on your latitude

• There are no circumpolar stars at the South Pole, but every star is circumpolar at the North Pole

From lowest energy to highest energy, which of the following correctly orders the different categories of electromagnetic radiation?

• radio, X rays, visible light, ultraviolet, infrared, gamma rays

• visible light, infrared, X rays, ultraviolet, gamma rays, radio

• gamma rays, X rays, visible light, ultraviolet, infrared, radio

• radio, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, X rays, gamma rays

• Infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, X rays, gamma rays, radio

What direction is the observer facing?

• east

• west

• north

• south

• overhead

For the time shown, what constellation would the observer see high in the sky?

• Aquarius

• Pisces

• Leo

• Taurus

• Scorpius

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For the time shown, what constellation is setting on the western horizon?

• Pisces

• Leo

• Cancer

• Taurus

• Scorpius

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What constellation will be highest in the sky at noon?

• Aquarius

• Pisces

• Leo

• Taurus

• Scorpius

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If you could see stars during the day, the drawing above shows what the sky would look like at noon on a given day. The Sun is near the stars of the constellation Gemini. Near which constellation would you expect the Sun to be located at sunrise the next day?

• Leo

• Cancer

• Gemini

• Taurus

• Pisces

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Which constellation was highest in the sky 6 hours before the time shown in the drawing above?

• Leo

• Cancer

• Gemini

• Taurus

• Pisces

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What time is it when the moon phase shown begins to set below the horizon?

• Before sunrise

• at noon

• in the mid-afternoon

• at midnight

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