Quiz 1 Study Guide Questions

Who is credited with inventing formal logic?

• Aristotle

• Isaac Newton

• Albert Einstein

• Galileo Galilei

The ancient site used to track the movement of the sun is:

• Stonehenge

• The Colosseum

• The Great Wall of China

• Machu Picchu

The method that measures the position of a star from two different points on Earth’s orbit is called:

• Parallax

• Spectroscopy

• Photometry

• Astrometry

What is the scientific method’s first step?

• Observation

• Hypothesis

• Experimentation

• Conclusion

The scientist who first suggested the heliocentric model of the solar system is:

• Isaac Newton

• Galileo Galilei

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Albert Einstein

Kepler’s laws describe the motion of what?

• Planets around the Sun

• Stars in the galaxy

• Moons around planets

• Comets in the solar system

The tool used to magnify light from distant objects is:

• Telescope

• Microscope

• Binoculars

• Magnifying Glass

Which law states that an object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by an external force?

• Newton's First Law of Motion

• Newton's Second Law of Motion

• Newton's Third Law of Motion

• Law of Conservation of Energy

The phenomenon where light from distant objects in space shifts toward the red end of the spectrum, indicating they are moving away from us, is known as:

• Redshift

• Blueshift

• Doppler Effect

• Parallax

The method that involves breaking light into colors to study a star’s properties is called:

• Spectroscopy

• Astrometry

• Photometry

• Interferometry