Astronomy college course/Kepler/Quiz01
Astronomy college course#Kepler
AstroKepler_Study[1]
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AstroKepler_Study-v1s1
1. Kepler began his career as a teacher of
- ___ a) mathematics
- ___ b) history
- ___ c) philosophy
- ___ d) theology
- ___ e) astronomy
2. Kepler is also known for his improvements to
- ___ a) a perpetual motion machine
- ___ b) Ptolemy's star charts
- ___ c) the abacus
- ___ d) the telescope
- ___ e) translations of the Bible
3. In Kepler's era, astronomy was usually considered a part of natural philosophy
- ___ a) true
- ___ b) false
6. In Kepler's era, physics (how and why things moved) was usually considered a part of natural philosophy
- ___ a) true
- ___ b) false
9. How would one describe the status of Kepler's family when he was a child?
- ___ a) wealthy but not of noble birth
- ___ b) his father and grandfather were scientists
- ___ c) wealth and of noble birth
- ___ d) of noble birth, but in poverty
- ___ e) neither wealthy nor of noble birth
10. As a child, Kepler's interest in astronomy grew as a result of
- ___ a) watching his uncle make a telescope
- ___ b) a comet
- ___ c) a lunar eclipse
- ___ d) a solar eclipse
- ___ e) two of these
11. When Kepler's studies at the university were over, what he really wanted to do was
- ___ a) visit Athens
- ___ b) work with Newton
- ___ c) visit Rome
- ___ d) work with Tycho
- ___ e) become a minister
12. Which of the following is NOT associated with Kepler's Laws
- ___ a) planets farther from the Sun have longer orbital periods.
- ___ b) planets speed up as they approach the sun
- ___ c) circular motions with epicycles
- ___ d) elliptical paths for the planets
- ___ e) Earth orbits the sun
13. As a planet orbits the Sun, the Sun is situated at one focal point of the ellipse
- ___ a) true
- ___ b) false
14. As a planet orbits the Sun, the Sun is situated midway between the two focal points of the ellipse
- ___ a) true
- ___ b) false
15. Newton was able to use the motion of the Moon to calculate the universal constant of gravity, G
- ___ a) true
- ___ b) false
16. The force of (gravitational) attraction between you and a friend is small because neither of you possess significant mass
- ___ a) true
- ___ b) false
17. Cavendish finally measured G by carefully weighing the force between
- ___ a) Sun and Moon
- ___ b) Earth and Sun
- ___ c) Earth and Moon
- ___ d) Jupiter and moons
- ___ e) two lead balls
Key to AstroKepler_Study-v1s1
1. Kepler began his career as a teacher of
- + a) mathematics
- - b) history
- - c) philosophy
- - d) theology
- - e) astronomy
2. Kepler is also known for his improvements to
- - a) a perpetual motion machine
- - b) Ptolemy's star charts
- - c) the abacus
- + d) the telescope
- - e) translations of the Bible
3. In Kepler's era, astronomy was usually considered a part of natural philosophy
- - a) true
- + b) false
6. In Kepler's era, physics (how and why things moved) was usually considered a part of natural philosophy
- + a) true
- - b) false
9. How would one describe the status of Kepler's family when he was a child?
- - a) wealthy but not of noble birth
- - b) his father and grandfather were scientists
- - c) wealth and of noble birth
- + d) of noble birth, but in poverty
- - e) neither wealthy nor of noble birth
10. As a child, Kepler's interest in astronomy grew as a result of
- - a) watching his uncle make a telescope
- - b) a comet
- - c) a lunar eclipse
- - d) a solar eclipse
- + e) two of these
11. When Kepler's studies at the university were over, what he really wanted to do was
- - a) visit Athens
- - b) work with Newton
- - c) visit Rome
- - d) work with Tycho
- + e) become a minister
12. Which of the following is NOT associated with Kepler's Laws
- - a) planets farther from the Sun have longer orbital periods.
- - b) planets speed up as they approach the sun
- + c) circular motions with epicycles
- - d) elliptical paths for the planets
- - e) Earth orbits the sun
13. As a planet orbits the Sun, the Sun is situated at one focal point of the ellipse
- + a) true
- - b) false
14. As a planet orbits the Sun, the Sun is situated midway between the two focal points of the ellipse
- - a) true
- + b) false
15. Newton was able to use the motion of the Moon to calculate the universal constant of gravity, G
- - a) true
- + b) false
16. The force of (gravitational) attraction between you and a friend is small because neither of you possess significant mass
- + a) true
- - b) false
17. Cavendish finally measured G by carefully weighing the force between
- - a) Sun and Moon
- - b) Earth and Sun
- - c) Earth and Moon
- - d) Jupiter and moons
- + e) two lead balls
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