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WorksheetsIntro. to Astronomy
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 22mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is defined as "a body of knowledge, and also a method of how we learned that knowledge"
a)
religion
b)
history
c)
astronomy
d)
science
2.
Above all else, science must be _____
a)
true
b)
honest
c)
correct
d)
partly wrong
3.
How high is our atmosphere?
a)
about 1 km
b)
about 10 km
c)
about 100 km
d)
about 1000 km
4.
What protects us from the onslaught of subatomic particles from the Sun?
a)
a gravitational field
b)
an electric field
c)
a magnetic field
d)
a mine field
5.
What is the name or our spiral galaxy?
a)
Andromeda
b)
Milky Way
c)
Virgo
d)
Triangulum
6.
The visible Universe is _____
a)
expanding, faster every day
b)
expanding at a constant rate
c)
stationary
d)
shrinking
7.
For a kid, what can be very simply defined as "the study of things in the sky"?
a)
astrology
b)
meteorology
c)
astronomy
d)
geology
8.
Borders between astronomy and other fields of science are _____
a)
sharp
b)
fuzzy
c)
undefined
d)
nonexistent
9.
What tool do most modern astronomers NOT use directly anymore?
a)
computers
b)
telescopes
c)
math
d)
physics
10.
Humans have been looking up at the sky _____
a)
for as long as we’ve been humans
b)
for all of recorded history
c)
since the Earth was born
d)
since the invention of the telescope
11.
Early farmers used patterns in the sky to determine ____
a)
which seeds to plant
b)
which fields to plow
c)
when to plant seeds
d)
how many seeds to plant
12.
Astrology literally means _____
a)
"study of asteroids"
b)
"study of the gods"
c)
“study of the stars”
d)
"study of horoscopes"
13.
Which word means “law or culture of the stars"?
a)
astronomy
b)
astrology
c)
astrophysics
d)
cosmology
14.
When making predictions, what do most people tend to do?
a)
remember the hits and forget the misses
b)
discredit memorable anecdotes
c)
remember the misses and forget the hits
d)
try to reduce the confirmation bias
15.
When did the first huge revolution in astronomy take place?
a)
before the invention of the telescope
b)
with the invention of the telescope
c)
after the invention of the telescope
d)
not until the 20th century
16.
Which term means that "all the objects in the sky revolve about the Earth"?
a)
heliocentrism
b)
geocentrism
c)
Copernicism
d)
ellipticism
17.
Who promoted the idea that the Sun was the center of the solar system?
a)
Plato
b)
Aristotle
c)
Ptolemy
d)
Copernicus
18.
Who invented calculus to help him understand the way objects moved in space?
a)
Johannes Kepler
b)
Tycho Brahe
c)
Isaac Newton
d)
Nicolaus Copernicus
19.
What was Galileo's contribution to the telescope?
a)
He patented it
b)
He invented it
c)
He built the first one
d)
He improved on the design
20.
What is the major advantage of orbiting telescopes?
a)
they have higher sensitivity detectors
b)
the atmosphere doesn’t blur observations
c)
they use light-sensitive chemicals
d)
they use computers to analyze observations
21.
What percentage of the universe can we directly see?
a)
4%
b)
10%
c)
40%
d)
100%
22.
Who is the host of Crash Course Astronomy?
a)
Phil Plait
b)
Michael Aranda
c)
Hank Green
d)
John Green
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