sample Exam #1 Questions

    Sample Exam #1 Questions

  1. Galileo wrote:
    • the Almagest
    • in pig latin and finger paints
    • De Revolutionibus Orbium Celestium
    • Dialogo Dei Massimi Sistemi
    • Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica

 

  1. What phase of the moon will set at about 6am?
    • Full
    • First Quarter
    • Waxing Crescent for left handed people only
    • Third Quarter
    • New

 

  1.  From our latitude (38 degrees North) the South Celestial Pole is visible:
    • in the southern sky
    • in the northern sky
    • somewhere in the sky according to the time of night
    • nowhere in the sky
    • only to aliens who are also U.S. Senators

 

  1. If the moon is directly overhead at 9am it must be:
    • new
    • first quarter
    • full
    • a werewolf
    • waning crescent

 

  1. Daily the celestial objects travel in the sky:
    • westward
    • eastward
    • northward parallel to the zenith
    • towards the moon
    • perpendicular to the ecliptic

 

  1. A solar day:
    • is the time for the Earth to make one complete rotation
    • is shorter than a sidereal day
    • is the time for the sun to return to the same location (time) in the sky from one day to the next
    • is the time for the moon to return to the same location (time) in the sky from one day to the next
    • is the first day we can go to the beach

 

  1. In Newton's second law of motion, a = F/m, "a" stands for:
    • attraction
    • action
    • acceleration
    • apple
    • amplitude

 

  1. 17. If the Earth's axis was not tipped:
    • we would not have any seasons
    • the celestial equator and the ecliptic would coincide
    • both of the above are true
    • we would be less likely to change our orbit around the Sun
    • then alien life forms would visit more often

 

  1. Neap Tides:
    • occur only during leap years
    • occur twice a month at 3rd and 1st quarter moons
    • occur during a lunar eclipse
    • occur once a month during waxing crescent moon
    • are extremely high tides

 

  1. Nicholas Copernicus believed:
    • in the geocentric models of Ptolemy
    • the Earth was stationary and that the planets moved around it
    • that the heavens were unchangeable and permanent
    • in the heliocentric model of the universe
    • that planets motions did not follow perfect circles

 

  1. The synodic period of the moon refers to:
    • the time between neap tides
    • the time between one new moon and the next new moon
    • the time for the moon to orbit the Earth once
    • the fact that we only see one side of the moon's surface
    • tidal interactions the moon has with Jupiter

 

  1. On December 22, a penguin at the south-pole experiences:
    • 24 hours of darkness
    • 24 hours of daylight
    • 24 hours of a "Star Trek" film festival
    • 12 hours of each day and night
    • coldest day of the year

 

  1. On the day of the Summer Solstice for a person in the Northern Hemisphere:
    • the sun's path across the sky is above the celestial equator
    • the sun's path across the sky is below the celestial equator
    • the sun's path changes directions
    • the sun rises in the south and sets in the north
    • the moon's path across the sky follows the ecliptic

 

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