Sample Review Questions for Astronomy Test

The Egyptians studied the stars in part because of the need to predict the flooding of the Nile. This prediction was later associated with the _________.

• Seasons.

• Ancient star map.

• Solar calendar.

• Constellation lore.

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Much of the science of astronomy was developed by the ancients in their study of _________.

• the moon

• astrology

• philosophy

• mathematics

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The circumference of Earth was first determined with 99% accuracy by _________.

• Eratosthenes

• Ptolemy

• Aristotle

• Archimedes

The object in the sky that appears to move least in a day or year is _________.

• the North Star (Polaris)

• the Moon

• the Sun

• Jupiter

The earliest Egyptian astronomers were associated with what group?

• Priests

• Scribes

• Pharaohs

• Merchants

The apparent backward motion of an outer planet among the stars as observed from Earth is known as _________.

• retrograde motion

• prograde motion

• direct motion

• diurnal motion

The earliest recorded attempt to determine the distance to the moon with reasonable accuracy is attributed to _________.

• Ptolemy

• Galileo Galilei

• Isaac Newton

• Nicolaus Copernicus

Scientific studies employing experimental techniques were often first conducted by the ancient _________.

• Greeks

• Romans

• Egyptians

• Persians

The astronomical bodies after which the days of the week have been named are the Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn.

• Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn

• Earth, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn

• Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, and Saturn

• Sun, Mercury, and Venus

The temperature of a star directly affects its _________.

• mass

• color

• size