astronomy test 1

At what time of day does a first quarter moon rise?

noon

The constellation Libra is high in the sky at noon during the month of October (though it cannot be seen next to the bright Sun). At what time of year is it high in the sky at midnight?

April

Two people, one in the Brazilian city of Manaus (near the equator) and one in New York City (near 40 degrees north latitude), observe the Sun at noon on June 21. How will their views of the Sun compare?

The Sun will appear higher in the sky to the observer in Manaus.

You observe a lunar eclipse. In what phase must the Moon be in?

Full

Solar eclipses are rare because:

The Moon's orbit around the Earth is tilted with respect to the Earth's orbit around the Sun.

The summer season in Norman is caused by:

The tilt of the Earth's axis with respect to its plane of orbit

Ptolemy's formulation of the geocentric model provided the first successful set of predictions for the:

Retrograde motion of the planets

Which of the following in a necessary part of a good scientific theory?

Well-tested

The characteristic that most clearly distinguishes modern astronomy from its use in the ancient world is:

The Scientific Approach

Sally lives two orders of magnitude farther from your house than April does. If April lives one mile away from you, Sally might live __________ miles away.

100

Which of the following was a way in which prehistoric cultures used astronomy?

For navigation

In the simplest form of the scientific method, which of the following correctly describes the sequence in which it proceeds?

Observation, hypothesis, experiment