Astronomy college course/Astronomy (wikipedia)/Quiz01
WP Astronomy Q1_Study
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1. When did astronomy split between theoretical and observational branches?
- ___ a) In the 20th century
- ___ b) In the 19th century
- ___ c) After Galileo
- ___ d) In the 18th century
- ___ e) In the last decade
2. What does the Wikipedia 'Astronomy' call astrology?
- ___ a) the study of comets and asteroids
- ___ b) the belief system which claims that human affairs are correlated with the positions of celestial objects.
- ___ c) the study of planetary cores
- ___ d) the belief that all people should learn astronomy
- ___ e) the study of planetary atmospheres
3. Cosmology is the study of
- ___ a) planetary atmospheres
- ___ b) the formation of the solar system
- ___ c) the universe as a whole
- ___ d) the birth and death of stars
- ___ e) the oceans
4. What does the Wikipedia 'Astronomy' article say about astronomy and astrophysics
- ___ a) They are often considered to be synonymous
- ___ b) They often yield different results
- ___ c) They are often in conflict
- ___ d) They must be in agreement or the result cannot be trusted
- ___ e) They are often considered to be opposites
5. The goecentric theory put the Sun
- ___ a) none of the above or below are true
- ___ b) at the center of the universe
- ___ c) at the center of the solar system
- ___ d) orbiting around the Moon
- ___ e) in orbit around Earth
6. In the 3rd century BC, Aristarchus of Samos estimated the size of
- ___ a) Earth and the Moon
- ___ b) the Sun
- ___ c) the Moon
- ___ d) the Moon and Sun
- ___ e) Earth and the Sun
7. In the 19th century Fraunhoffer and Kirchoff studied light from the Sun and found
- ___ a) a golden ring
- ___ b) sunspots and the sunspot cycle
- ___ c) spectral lines and concluded that they were caused by the elements
- ___ d) a wobble that led to the discovery of new planets
- ___ e) Mercury's shadow
8. The ancient Greeks discovered (named) most of the constellations
- ___ a) in both all hemispheres
- ___ b) in the southern hemisphere
- ___ c) in the western hemisphere
- ___ d) in the eastern hemisphere
- ___ e) in the northern hemisphere
9. When did astronomers establish that the Milky way is only one of many billions of galaxies in the universe?
- ___ a) 18th century
- ___ b) 16th century
- ___ c) 20th century
- ___ d) 14th century
10. According to the Wikipedia Astronomy article, the first known efforts in the mathematical and scientific study of Astronomy began
- ___ a) among the Chinese
- ___ b) in ancient Greece
- ___ c) among the Babylonians
- ___ d) in central America
- ___ e) in south America
11. How many years did it take before Europe made a device as sophisticated as Antikythera?
- ___ a) 15,000 years
- ___ b) 3000 years
- ___ c) 1500 years
- ___ d) 300 years
- ___ e) 30 years
- ___ a) Kepler
- ___ b) Aristotle
- ___ c) Ptolemy
- ___ d) Galileo
- ___ e) Copernicus
14. In what century was parallax first used to measure the distance to a Star (other than our Sun)?
- ___ a) 18th century
- ___ b) 20th century
- ___ c) 17th century
- ___ d) 16th century
- ___ e) 19th century
15. The largest galaxy in the local group is
- ___ a) Andromeda
- ___ b) M-31
- ___ c) Milky way
- ___ d) M52
- ___ e) ant-galexy
16. What two names are associated with the first new planet found (after those known by the ancients using the naked eye)
- ___ a) Mars and the Candy Bar
- ___ b) Uranus and George's Star
- ___ c) Mercury and Friendship
- ___ d) Neptune and the Alabama Streaker
- ___ e) Pluto and Goofy
17. The historical record shows that in 1066 AD a supernovae was discovered by astronomers in _____ and _____
- ___ a) Greece and North America
- ___ b) Greece and Central America
- ___ c) Greece and China
- ___ d) China and South America
- ___ e) Egypt and China
Key to WP Astronomy Q1_Study-v1s1
1. When did astronomy split between theoretical and observational branches?
- + a) In the 20th century
- - b) In the 19th century
- - c) After Galileo
- - d) In the 18th century
- - e) In the last decade
2. What does the Wikipedia 'Astronomy' call astrology?
- - a) the study of comets and asteroids
- + b) the belief system which claims that human affairs are correlated with the positions of celestial objects.
- - c) the study of planetary cores
- - d) the belief that all people should learn astronomy
- - e) the study of planetary atmospheres
3. Cosmology is the study of
- - a) planetary atmospheres
- - b) the formation of the solar system
- + c) the universe as a whole
- - d) the birth and death of stars
- - e) the oceans
4. What does the Wikipedia 'Astronomy' article say about astronomy and astrophysics
- + a) They are often considered to be synonymous
- - b) They often yield different results
- - c) They are often in conflict
- - d) They must be in agreement or the result cannot be trusted
- - e) They are often considered to be opposites
5. The goecentric theory put the Sun
- - a) none of the above or below are true
- - b) at the center of the universe
- - c) at the center of the solar system
- - d) orbiting around the Moon
- + e) in orbit around Earth
6. In the 3rd century BC, Aristarchus of Samos estimated the size of
- - a) Earth and the Moon
- - b) the Sun
- - c) the Moon
- + d) the Moon and Sun
- - e) Earth and the Sun
7. In the 19th century Fraunhoffer and Kirchoff studied light from the Sun and found
- - a) a golden ring
- - b) sunspots and the sunspot cycle
- + c) spectral lines and concluded that they were caused by the elements
- - d) a wobble that led to the discovery of new planets
- - e) Mercury's shadow
8. The ancient Greeks discovered (named) most of the constellations
- - a) in both all hemispheres
- - b) in the southern hemisphere
- - c) in the western hemisphere
- - d) in the eastern hemisphere
- + e) in the northern hemisphere
9. When did astronomers establish that the Milky way is only one of many billions of galaxies in the universe?
- - a) 18th century
- - b) 16th century
- + c) 20th century
- - d) 14th century
10. According to the Wikipedia Astronomy article, the first known efforts in the mathematical and scientific study of Astronomy began
- - a) among the Chinese
- - b) in ancient Greece
- + c) among the Babylonians
- - d) in central America
- - e) in south America
11. How many years did it take before Europe made a device as sophisticated as Antikythera?
- - a) 15,000 years
- - b) 3000 years
- + c) 1500 years
- - d) 300 years
- - e) 30 years
14. In what century was parallax first used to measure the distance to a Star (other than our Sun)?
- - a) 18th century
- - b) 20th century
- - c) 17th century
- - d) 16th century
- + e) 19th century
15. The largest galaxy in the local group is
- + a) Andromeda
- - b) M-31
- - c) Milky way
- - d) M52
- - e) ant-galexy
16. What two names are associated with the first new planet found (after those known by the ancients using the naked eye)
- - a) Mars and the Candy Bar
- + b) Uranus and George's Star
- - c) Mercury and Friendship
- - d) Neptune and the Alabama Streaker
- - e) Pluto and Goofy
17. The historical record shows that in 1066 AD a supernovae was discovered by astronomers in _____ and _____
- - a) Greece and North America
- - b) Greece and Central America
- - c) Greece and China
- - d) China and South America
- + e) Egypt and China
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