Conceptual Test PowerPoint. Chapter 2 Astronomy Today, 5 th edition Chaisson McMillan Pearson Prentice Hall

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2 Question 1 Which of the following was NOT one of the ancient uses of astronomy? 1) navigation 2) determining the speed of light 3) timekeeping 4) astrology 5) religion

3 Question 1 Which of the following was NOT one of the ancient uses of astronomy? 1) navigation 2) determining the speed of light 3) timekeeping 4) astrology 5) religion

4 Question 2 Which body did Ptolemy place at the center of his model? 1) Sun 2) Moon 3) Jupiter 4) Earth 5) Mars

5 Question 2 Which body did Ptolemy place at the center of his model? 1) Sun 2) Moon 3) Jupiter 4) Earth 5) Mars

6 Question 3 Ptolemy made an analog computer model to predict when the planets would be visible. His model required a special magic component called the 1) orbit. 2) ecliptic. 3) epicycle. 4) precession. 5) tilted rotation axis.

7 Question 3 Ptolemy made an analog computer model to predict when the planets would be visible. His model required a special magic component called the 1) orbit. 2) ecliptic. 3) epicycle. 4) precession. 5) tilted rotation axis.

8 Question 4 Aristotle adopted the GEOCENTRIC cosmology because he was unable to observe which of the following? 1) lunar eclipse 2) the Persian fleet from Athens 3) the back side of the Moon 4) apparent motion of the stars due to parallax 5) the retrograde motion of Mars

9 Question 4 Aristotle adopted the GEOCENTRIC cosmology because he was unable to observe which of the following? 1) lunar eclipse 2) the Persian fleet from Athens 3) the back side of the Moon 4) apparent motion of the stars due to parallax 5) the retrograde motion of Mars

10 Which was a contribution to astronomy made by Copernicus? Question 5 1) The planets move around the Sun in elliptical orbits 2) His theory of gravity accounted for the variable speeds of the planets 3) He laid out the order and relative motion of the known solar system 4) He discovered the Sun was not at the center of the Milky Way 5) His telescope revealed the four moons of Jupiter, a model solar system

11 Which was a contribution to astronomy made by Copernicus? Question 5 1) The planets move around the Sun in elliptical orbits 2) His theory of gravity accounted for the variable speeds of the planets 3) He laid out the order and relative motion of the known solar system 4) He discovered the Sun was not at the center of the Milky Way 5) His telescope revealed the four moons of Jupiter, a model solar system

12 Question 6 Heliocentric cosmology holds that 1) the Sun is the center of the solar system. 2) Earth is the center of the solar system. 3) the Sun and Earth take turns being the center of the solar system. 4) Earth overtakes and passes the Sun in its orbit. 5) Earth s axis wobbles with a period of about 24,000 years.

13 Question 6 Heliocentric cosmology holds that 1) the Sun is the center of the solar system. 2) Earth is the center of the solar system. 3) the Sun and Earth take turns being the center of the solar system. 4) Earth overtakes and passes the Sun in its orbit. 5) Earth s axis wobbles with a period of about 24,000 years.

14 Question 7 Which of the following astronomers first published telescopic observations? 1) Hipparchus 2) Galileo 3) Tycho 4) Copernicus 5) Kepler

15 Question 7 Which of the following astronomers first published telescopic observations? 1) Hipparchus 2) Galileo 3) Tycho 4) Copernicus 5) Kepler

16 Question 8 Which of the following was not one of Galileo s contributions to the heliocentric model? 1) craters on the Moon 2) sunspots 3) Phases of Venus 4) satellites of Jupiter 5) stars of the Milky Way

17 Question 8 Which of the following was not one of Galileo s contributions to the heliocentric model? 1) craters on the Moon 2) sunspots 3) Phases of Venus 4) satellites of Jupiter 5) stars of the Milky Way

18 Question 9 Which hero of the Renaissance postulated three laws of planetary motion? 1) Kepler 2) Ptolemy 3) Galileo 4) Tycho Brahe 5) Copernicus

19 Question 9 Which hero of the Renaissance postulated three laws of planetary motion? 1) Kepler 2) Ptolemy 3) Galileo 4) Tycho Brahe 5) Copernicus

20 Question 10 What is the meaning of Kepler s first law? 1) planets orbit the Sun 2) orbits are noncircular 3) orbits are elliptical in shape 4) all of the above

21 Question 10 What is the meaning of Kepler s first law? 1) planets orbit the Sun 2) orbits are noncircular 3) orbits are elliptical in shape 4) all of the above

22 Question 11 Kepler s second law (called the equal areas in equal times law) tells us that 1) planets orbit the Sun. 2) planets have noncircular orbits. 3) planets move fastest/slowest when nearest/farthest from the Sun. 4) planets move in elliptical orbits.

23 Question 11 Kepler s second law (called the equal areas in equal times law) tells us that 1) planets orbit the Sun. 2) planets have noncircular orbits. 3) planets move fastest/slowest when nearest/farthest from the Sun. 4) planets move in elliptical orbits.

24 Question 12 You are driving around a freeway that circles a large city. You pass a car. At the instant that you are passing the car, what does it appear to do? 1) to move backwards (retrograde) 2) to move forwards (prograde) 3) to stand still (nograde) 4) to change color

25 Question 12 You are driving around a freeway that circles a large city. You pass a car. At the instant that you are passing the car, what does it appear to do? 1) to move backwards (retrograde) 2) to move forwards (prograde) 3) to stand still (nograde) 4) to change color

26 Question 13 What do we see when Earth in its orbit overtakes and passes a slower moving planet? 1) prograde motion 2) retrograde motion 3) precession 4) total eclipse of the Sun 5) epicyclic motion

27 Question 13 What do we see when Earth in its orbit overtakes and passes a slower moving planet? 1) prograde motion 2) retrograde motion 3) precession 4) total eclipse of the Sun 5) epicyclic motion

28 Question 14 Today we rely largely on which technique to precisely measure distances in the solar system? 1) transits of Venus across the Sun 2) radar echo timings 3) measurement of stellar parallaxes 4) timings of the eclipses of its moons by Jupiter s shadow 5) precise measurements of length of the year with atomic clocks

29 Question 14 Today we rely largely on which technique to precisely measure distances in the solar system? 1) transits of Venus across the Sun 2) radar echo timings 3) measurement of stellar parallaxes 4) timings of the eclipses of its moons by Jupiter s shadow 5) precise measurements of length of the year with atomic clocks

30 Question 15 Planets that are between the Earth and the Sun are described as being 1) Superior 2) Simultaneous 3) Copernican 4) Inferior 5) What?!?!?

31 Question 15 Planets that are between the Earth and the Sun are described as being 1) Superior 2) Simultaneous 3) Copernican 4) Inferior 5) What?!?!?