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Question 1.


He discovered that Jupiter has moons.


  1.     Tycho Brahe
  2.     Aristotle
  3.     Kepler
  4.     Galileo
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Galileo
:
D
 
Question 2.


One of the "nails in the coffin" for the Earth-centered universe was


  1.     the retrograde motion of the planets.
  2.     the phases of the Moon.
  3.     eclipses of the Sun.
  4.     Galileo's observation of stars in the Milky Way.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> the phases of the Moon.
:
B
 
Question 3.


Which of the following statements about scientific models is true?


  1.     A model tries to represent all aspects of nature.
  2.     A model tries to represent only one aspect of nature.
  3.     A model can be used to explain and predict real phenomena.
  4.     All models that explain nature well are correct.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> A model can be used to explain and predict real phenomena.
:
C
 
Question 4.


Kepler's second law, which states that as a planet moves around its orbit it sweeps out equal areas in equal times, means that


  1.     a planet travels faster when it is nearer to the Sun and slower when it is farther from the Sun.
  2.     a planet's period does not depend on the eccentricity of its orbit.
  3.     planets that are farther from the Sun move at slower average speeds than nearer planets.
  4.     the period of a planet does not depend on its mass.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> a planet travels faster when it is nearer to the Sun and slower when it is farther from the Sun.
:
A
 
Question 5.


From Kepler's third law, p2=a3, an asteroid with an orbital period of 8 years lies at an average distance from the Sun equal to


  1.     2 astronomical units.
  2.     4 astronomical units.
  3.     8 astronomical units.
  4.     16 astronomical units.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 4 astronomical units.
:
B
 
Question 6.


During the Dark Ages in Europe, the scientific work of the ancient Greeks was preserved and further developed primarily by scholars in


  1.     Baghdad.
  2.     Greece.
  3.     Rome.
  4.     China.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Baghdad.
:
A
 
Question 7.


The controversial book of this famous person, published in 1543 (the year of his death), suggested that Earth and other planets orbit the Sun.


  1.     Tycho Brahe
  2.     Copernicus
  3.     Kepler
  4.     Galileo
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Copernicus
:
B
 
Question 8.


Why did Ptolemy have the planets orbiting Earth on "circles upon circles" in his model of the universe?


  1.     to explain why more distant planets take longer to make a circuit through the constellations of the zodiac
  2.     to explain the fact that planets sometimes appear to move westward, rather than eastward, relative to the stars in our sky
  3.     to explain why the Greeks were unable to detect stellar parallax
  4.     To explain why Venus goes through phases as seen from Earth
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> to explain the fact that planets sometimes appear to move westward, rather than eastward, relative to the stars in our sky
:
B
 
Question 9.


When we see Venus in its full phase, what phase would Earth be in as seen by a hypothetical Venetian?


  1.     full
  2.     new
  3.     first quarter
  4.     third quarter
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> full
:
A
 
Question 10.


He discovered that the orbits of planets are ellipses.


  1.     Tycho Brahe
  2.     Copernicus
  3.     Kepler
  4.     Galileo
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Kepler
:
C
 

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