Who used a telescope to discover evidence that supported Copernicus's sun-centered view of the solar system.
a) Nicolaus Copernicus
b) Johann Kepler
c) Sir Isaac Newton
d) Aristotle
e) Galileo Galilei
e) Galileo Galilei
100
What do we call an unmanned spacecraft launched specifically to explore the UNKNOWN?
a) Space Shuttle
b) Space Probe
c) Lunar Landing
b) Space Probe
100
The apparent change in the position of an object caused by an actual change in the position of the observer is called______?
a) Parsec
b) Delusion
c) Apparent Magnitude
d) Parallax
d) Parallax
100
The term that represents how fast a wave oscillates is _______?
a) Wavelength
b) Speed
c) Amplitude
d) Frequency
d) Frequency
100
A symmetrically shaped oval with two focal points, such as the orbit of a planet, is called ____?
a) Ellipse
b)Sphere
c) Ovoid
d) Foci
a) Ellipse
200
Discovered gravity; formulated the law of universal gravitation.
a) Nicolaus Copernicus
b) Johann Kepler
c) Sir Isaac Newton
d) Aristotle
c) Sir Isaac Newton
200
The sum total of all of God's physical creations is __________?
a) the Solar System
b) The Galaxy
c) The Universe
d) the Cluster Galaxy
C) The Universe
200
Two stars bound together by gravity such as Sirius A and Sirius B, compose a ____?
a) Optical Double
b) Galaxy
c) Nebula
d) Binary Star
d) Binary Star
200
Which planet is tilted so that it seems to lie on its side?
a) Earth
b) the Moon
c) Uranus
d) Pluto
c) Uranus
300
First human being ever to set foot on another world.
a) Neil Armstrong
b) Alan Shepard
c) John Glenn
d) Yuri Gagarin
e) Wernher Von Braun
a) Neil Armstrong
300
The term Spiral refers to the shape of a _____?
a) Universe
b) Solar System
c) Galaxy
d) Constellation
c) Galaxy
300
Frozen chucks of ice and dust that orbit the sun are called ______?
a) Meteoroids
b) Meteors
c) Comets
d) Asteroids
c) Comets
300
Rotating Stars that produce rapid bursts of radio waves are called ______?
a) Beacons
b) Pulsars
c) Quasars
d) Spinnerets
b) Pulsars
300
What is the belief that God and nature are one?
a) Pantheism
b) Creation
c) Space
d) Earth
a) Pantheism
400
First American to orbit the Earth was____?
a) Neil Armstrong
b) Alan Shepard
c) John Glenn
d) Yuri Gagarin
c) John Glenn
400
The explosion of a star is called a ______?
a) Big Bang
b) Supernova
c) Supergiant
d) Main Sequence
b) Supernova
400
The asteroid belt is located between Mars and ____?
a) Earth
b) Saturn
c) Jupiter
d) Pluto
c) Jupiter
400
The point on the celestial sphere directly above an observer is called the
a) Nadir
b) Zenith
c) Solstice
d) Horizon
b) Zenith
400
What do we call the study of God's creation beyond the atmosphere?
a) Nature
b) Astronomy
c) the Universe
b) Astronomy
500
What are the two points on the ecliptic at which the sun is farthest from the celestial equator?
a) Solstices
b) Fall
c) Summer
a) Solstices
500
The blanket of vapor around the sun is called the _____?
a) Photosphere
b) Chromosphere
c) Corona
d) Prominence
c) Corona
500
When we see the entire sunlit side of the moon, we are viewing the
a) Third-quarter moon
b) New Moon
c) Full Moon
d) First quarter moon
c) Moon
500
A device that splits light into a spectrum for analysis is a _________?
a) Laser
b) Beam Splitter
c) Chromoscope
d) Spectroscope
d) Spectroscope
500
What are the two basic kinds of optical telescopes?
a) Refracting and Reflecting
b) Basic and Complex
c) Strong and Weak