Astronomy college course/Wikipedia Sidereus Nuncius/Quiz01
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1. The Wikipedia article Sidereus Nuncius suggests that the inventor of the telescope was likely to be
- ___ a) Galileo
- ___ b) A Greek scholar
- ___ c) a Chinese scientist
- ___ d) a lensmaker
- ___ e) none of these
2. Galileo called his telescope
- ___ a) a double magnifying glass
- ___ b) the magic eye
- ___ c) the liberator
- ___ d) an optical cannon
- ___ e) a mistake
3. The "terminator" for Galileo was
- ___ a) the most distant star he could see
- ___ b) his trial for heresy
- ___ c) sunrise or sunset
- ___ d) the division between east and west
- ___ e) the equator
4. Galileo used the terminator to
- ___ a) compensate for stellar parallax
- ___ b) correlate color with whether the region had mountains
- ___ c) observe the wobble of the Moon's orbit
- ___ d) deduce the color beneath the dust layer
- ___ e) none of these
5. Galileo used the terminator to
- ___ a) publicize his ideas
- ___ b) two of these
- ___ c) correlate dark and light regions with terrain
- ___ d) measure the height of mountains
- ___ e) compensate for stellar parallax
6. What statement is FALSE about Galileo and the Median Stars
- ___ a) Galileo named them after a famous and wealthy family
- ___ b) they were described by Aristotle
- ___ c) they are actually moons
- ___ d) motion could be observed after observing a moon for just one hour
- ___ e) they were lined up
7. The title of Galileo's book, Sidereus Nuncius, is often translated as ____, but it is probably more proper to translate it as _______
- ___ a) the motion of the stars - - the location of the stars
- ___ b) the motion of the earth - - the location of the earth
- ___ c) Starry messenger - - Starry message
- ___ d) the moons of Jupiter
- ___ e) the Moon close up - - the Moon through a telescope
8. The Wikipedia article, Sidereus Nuncius, points out that what the ancient Greek scientist thought was a cloudy star was really
- ___ a) many faint stars
- ___ b) a planetary nebula
- ___ c) a comet
- ___ d) the rings of Saturn
- ___ e) a supernovae remnant
9. Galileo's naming of the "Medicean Stars"
- ___ a) broke an agreement he made with the Pope to stop writing about astronomy
- ___ b) might have earned him a promotion
- ___ c) caused his house arrest
- ___ d) was controversial because stars were supposed to be named after Roman gods
- ___ e) two of these are true
10. When the German astronomy Marius provided evidence that he (Marius) had first seen the moons of Jupiter, Galileo
- ___ a) used his political contacts to ensure that he (Galileo) would get credit
- ___ b) pointed out that the telescope Marius was using could not have seen the Moons
- ___ c) appealed to the Pope
- ___ d) won the argument using his knowledge of calendars
- ___ e) didn't care; he was a true scientist
11. Prior to the publication of Sidereus Nuncius, the Church
- ___ a) had outlawed all discussion of the Copernican heliocentric system
- ___ b) was unaware of any controversy concerning the Copernican heliocentric system
- ___ c) accepted the Copernican heliocentric system as strictly mathematical and hypothetical
- ___ d) had given Galileo a commission to look into the Copernican heliocentric system
- ___ e) none of these are true (according to the Wikipedia permalink to Sidereus Nuncius.)
Key to AstroWikipSidereNunc_Study-v1s1
1. The Wikipedia article Sidereus Nuncius suggests that the inventor of the telescope was likely to be
- - a) Galileo
- - b) A Greek scholar
- - c) a Chinese scientist
- + d) a lensmaker
- - e) none of these
2. Galileo called his telescope
- - a) a double magnifying glass
- - b) the magic eye
- - c) the liberator
- + d) an optical cannon
- - e) a mistake
3. The "terminator" for Galileo was
- - a) the most distant star he could see
- - b) his trial for heresy
- + c) sunrise or sunset
- - d) the division between east and west
- - e) the equator
4. Galileo used the terminator to
- - a) compensate for stellar parallax
- + b) correlate color with whether the region had mountains
- - c) observe the wobble of the Moon's orbit
- - d) deduce the color beneath the dust layer
- - e) none of these
5. Galileo used the terminator to
- - a) publicize his ideas
- + b) two of these
- - c) correlate dark and light regions with terrain
- - d) measure the height of mountains
- - e) compensate for stellar parallax
6. What statement is FALSE about Galileo and the Median Stars
- - a) Galileo named them after a famous and wealthy family
- + b) they were described by Aristotle
- - c) they are actually moons
- - d) motion could be observed after observing a moon for just one hour
- - e) they were lined up
7. The title of Galileo's book, Sidereus Nuncius, is often translated as ____, but it is probably more proper to translate it as _______
- - a) the motion of the stars - - the location of the stars
- - b) the motion of the earth - - the location of the earth
- + c) Starry messenger - - Starry message
- - d) the moons of Jupiter
- - e) the Moon close up - - the Moon through a telescope
8. The Wikipedia article, Sidereus Nuncius, points out that what the ancient Greek scientist thought was a cloudy star was really
- + a) many faint stars
- - b) a planetary nebula
- - c) a comet
- - d) the rings of Saturn
- - e) a supernovae remnant
9. Galileo's naming of the "Medicean Stars"
- - a) broke an agreement he made with the Pope to stop writing about astronomy
- - b) might have earned him a promotion
- - c) caused his house arrest
- - d) was controversial because stars were supposed to be named after Roman gods
- + e) two of these are true
10. When the German astronomy Marius provided evidence that he (Marius) had first seen the moons of Jupiter, Galileo
- - a) used his political contacts to ensure that he (Galileo) would get credit
- - b) pointed out that the telescope Marius was using could not have seen the Moons
- - c) appealed to the Pope
- + d) won the argument using his knowledge of calendars
- - e) didn't care; he was a true scientist
11. Prior to the publication of Sidereus Nuncius, the Church
- - a) had outlawed all discussion of the Copernican heliocentric system
- - b) was unaware of any controversy concerning the Copernican heliocentric system
- + c) accepted the Copernican heliocentric system as strictly mathematical and hypothetical
- - d) had given Galileo a commission to look into the Copernican heliocentric system
- - e) none of these are true (according to the Wikipedia permalink to Sidereus Nuncius.)
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