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WorksheetsB7 Astro 1st Quarter Test Review
Total questions: 49
Worksheet time: 27mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Earth is the ____ planet from the sun.
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
2.
While the actual use of stone circles like Stonehenge and the Big Horn Medicine Wheel is unknown, it is clear that they could have been used as a celestial calendar. Why would this be so important to ancient societies?
a)
It
would help them know when to turn the page on the calendar.
b)
a.
It
would help them know when the sun rises and sets.
c)
It
would help them know the location of the constellations.
d)
It
would help them know when to plant and harvest
3.
What tool did Galileo contribute to Astronomy?
a)
Refracting telescope
b)
reflecting telescope
c)
binoculars
d)
astrolabe
4.
What does retrograde motion describe?
a)
The apparent backwards motion of planets across the sky compared to the background stars over a few months
b)
The apparent backwards motion of stars across the sky compared to the planets
c)
The apparent forward motion of planets across the sky compared to the background stars over a few months
d)
The apparent forward motion of planets across the sky compared to the background stars over a few days
5.
What shape do planets travel around the sun in?
a)
ellipses
b)
spheres
c)
sine curves
d)
cosine curves
6.
The solar system models created by Aristotle and Pythagoras between 500 and 300 BCE were earth-centered. Ptolemy created a new model around 100CE. Why did he think this was necessary?
a)
Pythagoras had everything in a perfect sphere and he knew planets don’t orbit on a perfect sphere
b)
Aristotle’s model had an immobile earth requiring changes to make it a geocentric model
c)
Both Pythagoras and Aristotle had the earth in the middle and Ptolemy believed the sun was at the center
d)
Neither Pythagoras nor Aristotle’s models explained why planets occasionally appear to move backwards across the sky over
7.
Where is the sun in a heliocentric solar system?
a)
in the middle
b)
around the earth
c)
between Venus and jupiter
d)
tacked onto the celestial sphere like the other stars
8.
Which of the contributions to astronomy listed below were from Tycho Brahe?
a)
He added epicycles to the heliocentric model of the universe to explain retrograde motion
b)
The recognition of a supernova showed that the sky can and does change.
c)
He created the first geocentric model of the universe.
d)
He proved that the earth was immobile.
9.
Which statement describes the Copernican Model of the solar system?
a)
Earth is in the center of the universe; the planets and sun revolve around it on perfect spheres including spherical epicycles. Earth rotates. The zodiac constellations are fixed.
b)
The sun is in the center of the universe; the planets and earth revolve around it on perfect spheres including spherical epicycles. Earth rotates. The zodiac constellations are fixed.
c)
The sun is in the center of the universe and the planets, sun, and zodiac signs revolve around it on perfect spheres. Earth is immobile.
d)
The earth is in the center of the universe; the planets, the sun, and zodiac constellations revolve around it on perfect spheres. Earth is immobile.
10.
Why was Copernicus’ book on the heliocentric model “not a threat” to the Roman Catholic church?
a)
It was written in Latin and only scholars could read it.
b)
There was only one copy of it.
c)
It was never published.
d)
It didn’t have any controversial information in it so they didn’t care.
11.
Which of the contributions to astronomy listed below were from Tycho Brahe?
a)
He generated a great deal of data that allowed Kepler to develop his three laws of planetary motion.
b)
He created the first heliocentric model of the universe.
c)
He calculated that planets travel in ellipses.
d)
He realized that if you know how far away a planet is from the sun, you can find how long it takes to orbit it.
12.
What was a contribution of the Islamic culture during the Dark Ages in Europe?
a)
They were able to mathematically explain the motions of Mars.
b)
They developed mathematical techniques involved in trigonometry.
c)
They noticed “guest stars” (comets) and thought they were omens.
d)
They invented the refracting telescope.
13.
When were Copernicus’ ideas finally accepted?
a)
Long after his death.
b)
Right after he published his book.
c)
When Galileo was finally pardoned by the Roman Catholic Church.
d)
When Ptolemy resurrected them in the early 1200’s BCE.
14.
Which of the statements below does not describe one of Kepler’s laws?
a)
Planets travel in ellipses.
b)
If you know how far away a planet is from the sun, you can find how long it takes to orbit it.
c)
A planet moves faster as it is closer to the sun and slower when it is farther away but it will “sweep out equal areas in equal times.”
d)
Epicycles are responsible for retrograde motion.
15.
What did Kepler’s 3 laws finally explain?
a)
The heliocentric model is the correct model of the solar system.
b)
The milky way is not the only galaxy in the universe.
c)
It proved that Jupiter rotated and the current accepted view was that only earth rotated.
d)
The reason planets appear to travel backwards across the sky over several nights.
16.
What was the importance of Galileo finding the 4 moons of Jupiter?
a)
It proved objects revolved around planets other than earth and the current accepted belief was that objects only revolved around earth.
b)
It proved there was life on other objects of the solar system and the current accepted belief was that only earth had life.
c)
It proved that Jupiter rotated and the current accepted view was that only earth rotated.
d)
It proved that there were volcanoes on planetary bodies other than earth and the current accepted view was that only earth had volcanoes.
17.
What was the importance of Galileo seeing sunspots on the sun?
a)
It proved the sun had several solar eclipses a year and the current accepted view that was the sun only had one eclipse per year.
b)
It proved that solar flares exist and the current accepted view was the sun never changed.
c)
It proved the sun rotated and the current accepted view was that only earth rotated.
d)
It proved retrograde motion and the current accepted view was that epicycles caused this.
18.
Why did the discovery of Venus’ phases “rock the establishment?”
a)
It proved that Venus orbited in the same plane as the moon making the geocentric system impossible.
b)
It proved that Venus had a very thick atmosphere making the geocentric system impossible.
c)
It proved that Venus was the cause of all solar eclipses making the geocentric system impossible.
d)
It proved Venus was between the earth and sun making the geocentric system impossible.
19.
What was a contribution of the Chinese culture during the Dark Ages in Europe?
a)
They were able to mathematically explain the motions of Mars.
b)
They developed mathematical techniques involved in trigonometry.
c)
They noticed “guest stars” (comets) and thought they were omens.
d)
They invented the refracting telescope.
20.
According to Newton’s 1st law, when an object is in motion:
a)
It
increases in mass.
b)
It comes to rest slowly.
c)
It creates a large gravitational pull.
d)
It stays in motion along a straight line.
21.
According to Newton’s second law, what happens when you exert force on an object? (F=ma)
a)
If it
has mass, it will accelerate.
b)
If it is losing mass, it will accelerate.
c)
If it has no mass, it will accelerate.
d)
Regardless whether or not it has mass, it will accelerate.
22.
According to Newton’s 3rd law, for any action…
a)
Gravity will increase.
b)
There is an acceleration.
c)
There is an equal and opposite reaction.
d)
An object stays at rest.
23.
If an object has a large mass, its gravitational pull is _______________ than an object with a small mass.
a)
greater
b)
smaller
c)
similar to
d)
exactly the same
24.
What happens when 2 masses get farther away from each other? (F=1/D2)
a)
The force of gravity accelerates.
b)
The force of gravity slows down.
c)
The force of gravity decreases exponentially.
d)
The force of gravity increases exponentially.
25.
What happens when 2 masses get closer together? (F=1/D2)
a)
The force of gravity accelerates.
b)
The force of gravity slows down.
c)
The force of gravity decreases exponentially.
d)
The force of gravity increases exponentially.
26.
Why does the Sun have a larger gravitational pull than earth?
a)
It has a larger mass.
b)
There is a greater acceleration from the formation of the solar system.
c)
It is a star, not a planet.
d)
It rotates quickly.
27.
What does it mean when something happened in 200 BCE?
a)
It happened 200 years "BC"
b)
It happened "AD" 200
c)
It happened 1816 years ago
28.
How does earth's axial tilt cause seasons?
a)
It changes the amount of direct sunlight different hemispheres receive at different times of the year.
b)
It makes the planet closer and farther away from the sun.
c)
It changes the speed of rotation throughout the year.
d)
It makes the sun line up better at the equator in the summertime.
29.
Where is the sun directly overhead on the northern hemisphere summer solstice?
a)
Tropic of Cancer
b)
Tropic of Capricorn
c)
Equator
d)
North Pole
30.
Where in the sky do you find the zenith?
a)
Celestial North Pole
b)
Celestial South pole
c)
Celestial equator
d)
Directly overhead
31.
What are the approximate dates of the autumnal equinox?
a)
August 21/22
b)
September 21/22
c)
November 21/22
d)
December 21/22
32.
What are the approximate dates of the winter solstice?
a)
November 21/22
b)
December 21/22
c)
January 21/22
d)
February 21/22
33.
What are the approximate dates of the vernal equinox?
a)
March 21/22
b)
April 21/22
c)
May 21/22
d)
June 21/22
34.
How much of the moon lit by the sun at any given time?
a)
It isn’t steady, it varies over the month.
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
75%
35.
What is an example of rotation?
a)
Spinning of earth on its axis
b)
movement of earth around the sun
c)
movement your car going home
d)
movement of you leaving class before the bell
36.
What is an example of revolution?
a)
movement of earth on its axis
b)
movement of earth around the sun
c)
movement of your car going home
d)
movement of you leaving before the bell
37.
When a moon goes from Full Moon to New Moon, we say it’s _____.
a)
Waxing
b)
Waning
c)
Quarter moon
d)
rotation
38.
When a moon goes from New Moon to Full Moon, we say it’s _____.
a)
Waxing
b)
Waning
c)
Quarter moon
d)
rotation
39.
Why do we only see one side of the moon?
a)
The moon doesn’t rotate.
b)
The moon rotates faster than it revolves
c)
The moon rotates slower than it revolves
d)
The moon rotates at the same rate it revolves
40.
If an object has a small mass, its gravitational pull is _______________ than an object with a larger mass.
a)
Greater
b)
Smaller
c)
About the same
d)
inversely proportional
41.
What are the approximate dates of the summer solstice?
a)
June 21/22
b)
July 21/22
c)
August 21/22
d)
May 21/22
42.
Where is the sun directly overhead at the equinoxes?
a)
Tropic of Cancer
b)
Tropic of Capricorn
c)
Equator
d)
North Pole
43.
Where is the sun directly overhead on the northern hemisphere winter solstice?
a)
Tropic of Cancer
b)
Tropic of Capricorn
c)
Equator
d)
North Pole
44.
Where is the sun in a geocentric solar system?
a)
The middle
b)
orbiting the earth
c)
on the celestial sphere
d)
between the moon and the earth
45.
Where is the sun in a geocentric solar system?
a)
The middle
b)
orbiting the earth
c)
on the celestial sphere
d)
between the moon and the earth
46.
Where is the sun in a geocentric solar system?
a)
The middle
b)
orbiting the earth
c)
on the celestial sphere
d)
between the moon and the earth
47.
What moon phase do you find at letter 1?
a)
Full moon
b)
New moon
c)
1st Quarter
d)
3rd Quarter
48.
Without Tycho Brahe’s data, which of the important astronomical findings might not have been discovered?
a)
We may still not understand why retrograde motion took place.
b)
We may have never believed that the earth rotated.
c)
We may have never developed the telescope.
d)
We may have never understood how epicycles work.
49.
During what moon phase would you need to have the highest of the high tides when you go to the beach?
a)
New moon
b)
Full Moon
c)
1st Quarter
d)
Waxing Gibbous
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