Physical Science Second Quarter Exam

When does the summer solstice usually occur in the northern hemisphere?

• March

• June

• September

• December

Which of the following models of the universe is heliocentric?

• Aristarchu’s model

• Aristotelian model

• Ptolemaic model

• Tychonic model

In the Tychonic model of the universe, which of the following is stationary?

• Earth only

• Sun only

• Earth and the sun

• Nothing is stationary

What kind of terrestrial motion is portrayed by a free-falling object in accordance to Aristotle belief?

• Alteration

• Celestial

• Natural

• Violent

Who was the first astronomer to suggest that Earth rotates on its axiss?

• Aristarchus

• Aristotle

• Bhrahe

• Eudoxus

Which is not true about Galileo?

• He discovered the sunspot

• He invented the first Telescope

• He observed the phases of Venus.

• He discovered the moons of Jupiter

Which of the following observations did the ancient Greeks use to determine the Earth's spherical shape?

• The changing phases of the Moon

• The appearance of shooting stars

• The Earth's shadow on the Moon during a lunar eclipse

• The daily rising and setting of the Sun

Which phenomenon was known only with the aid of Telescope?

• Eclipse

• Solstice

• Sunspot

• Supernova

Which of the following does not surround Jupiter

• Callisto

• Europa

• Fixed stars

• Ganymede

Who uses Brahe’s data to come up with his own laws of planetary motion

• Galileo Galileo

• Johannes Kepler

• King Frederick

• Nicolaus Copernicus