1) Who was one of the first philosophers to believe in a heliocentric model? a) Kepler b) Brahe c) Ptolemy d) Aristarchus e) Galileo f) Copernicus 2) Which moon phase is first in the cycle? a) New moon b) Full moon c) last quarter d) 3rd quarter e) Waning crescent f) Waxing Crescent 3) What is the model that believes in an Earth centered solar system? a) heliocentric b) Earthocentric c) Perihelion d) geocentric 4) You observe the moon one night as a crescent from the left, which moon would you expect to see next in the cycle? a) waning crescent b) New moon c) Full moon d) Last quarter 5) Tych Brahe invented many devices, including the telescope. True or False? a) True b) False 6) What was discovered in the Ptolemaic system? a) Geocentric Model was true b) Earth is not a planet c) Kepler's Laws d) The heliocentric model e) Earth is larger than mars f) Retrograde motion 7) Mars appears to have retrograde motion, why? a) Because it moves backwards b) Its orbit has a loop to go backwards then back into orbit c) Earth is moving faster and passes it d) Mars is moving faster than Earth 8) Look at the picture of the order of planets from closest to the sun to farthest. If you were on Jupiter which planet(s) would be in retrograde at times? a) Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune b) Earth, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn c) Earth, Venus, Mercury, and Mars d) Saturn, Uranus, Neptune  e) All of the above f) None of the above 9) What motion of Earth is an elliptical orbit? a) Rotation b) Precession c) Revolution d) none of the above 10) Copernicus is credited with what? a) ushering in new astronomy b) ushering out old astronomy c) creating the geocentric model d) disproving the heliocentric model 11) Who was Tycho Brahe's assistant? a) Kepler b) Copernicus c) Ptolemy d) Aristarchus 12) What phase of the moon is half from the right ? a) 3rd quarter b) Waning Gibbous c) 1st quarter d) Waxing Gibbous 13) What is the first phase after new moon? a) Waxing crescent b) Waning Crescent c) Waxing Gibbous d) Waning Gibbous 14) What is the point in an elliptical orbit of the moon that is closest to the Earth? a) Perihelion b) Perigee c) Apogee d) Aphelion 15) What is the average distance between Earth and the Sun? a) 152 mil Km b) 107,000 km c) 150 mil Km d) 147 mil Km 16) What is the slight movement of Earth's axis over a 26,000 year period? a) Tilting b) Rotation c) Revolution d) Precession 17) What is it called when you use any other star to keep track of days? a) Solar day b) Lunar day c) Ellipse day d) sidereal day 18) What is it when the Sun is at Zenith? a) Lowest Point b) Calmest point c) Highest point d) Midpoint 19) What do we use solar days instead of sidereal days? a) Off by 4 minutes with sidereal b) No reason c) It is shorter d) It doesn't exist 20) What is it called when the Earth is farthest from the sun in its orbit? a) Aphelion b) Perihelion c) Perigee d) Apogee 21) When is the Earth farthest from the sun every year? a) July b) January c) October d) December 22) Who is Earth's Galactic Neighbor approaching? a) Black hole b) Vega c) Polaris d) Andromeda 23) When the Earth is fully positioned between the sun and the moon we see what phase? a) New moon b) Full moon c) 3rd quarter d) 1st quarter 24) What phase appears last in the cycle? a) New moon b) waxing crescent c) Last crescent d) Waning crescent 25) You observe a moon that is a complete circle, what is the next phase you would observe? a) Full moon b) Waxing gibbous c) waning gibbous d) half moon 26) If you observe light from the left half of the moon, what is the phase? a) 3rd quarter b) 1st quarter c) Waxing gibbous d) waning gibbous 27) Which moon phase can have different names? a) New moon b) Full moon c) old moon d) half moon 28) which three phases of the moon come after 1st quarter a) waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous b) 3rd quarter, half moon, waxing crescent c) full moon, waning gibbous, 3rd quarter d) waxing crescent, waxing gibbous, full moon 29) The same side of the moon is always see even though it rotates because...? a) synchronous rotation b) aphelion rotation c) The moon does not rotate d) The Earth will fall out of orbit if it sees a different side 30) When we see light from the left side of the moon in the northern hemisphere this is called what? a) waning b) waxing c) scaling d) motions 31) Why do we see light on the moon from a different side in the southern hemisphere? a) Tilt of the Earth b) Earth's rotation c) Moon's tilt d) Moon's revolution 32) If you were in Australia a waxing crescent moon in the New York would look like what to you? a) the same b) a waning crescent c) half moon d) new moon 33) What is the largest object in our solar system? a) Earth b) Neptune c) Jupiter d) Sun 34) What part of the Milky Way is our solar system in? a) Orion's arm b) Perseus's arm c) The Sagittarius arm d) The long arm 35) The Kuiper belt is just beyond which planet? a) Neptune b) Pluto c) Earth d) Mercury 36) What surrounds the Kuiper Belt? a) Neptune's gravity b) Oort cloud c) The Solar Nursery d) Pluto's gravity 37) A solar wind is also known as? a) the heliosphere b) terminal shock c) gas build up d) terminal radiation 38) How old is the solar system? a) 13.8 billion years b) 9 million years c) 380,000 years d) 5 billion years 39) Where is our sun's solar wind abruptly slowed? a) Termination shock b) heliosphere c) Kuiper Belt d) Oort cloud 40) What does the solar system consist of? a) 8 planets, their rings, moons, and other dust and debris b) only the sun c) 8 planets d) kuiper belt 41) What is Pluto now considered what? a) A planet b) A star c) A comet d) A dwarf planet 42) Who made some of the earliest contributions to astronomy? a) Greeks b) Italians c) Egyptians d) Arabians

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