ASTRONOMY 1010 TEST BANK COMPLETE
QUESTIONS ACCURATE ANSWERS
PREMIUM REVIEW
●● Aristotle hypothesis was that:
Answer: only a spherical Earth would always cast a circular shadow on
the Moon.
●● Into how many constellations is the celestial sphere divided?
Answer: 88
●● What are constellations?
Answer: Groups of stars making an apparent pattern in the celestial
sphere
●● Where on Earth can you observe all the stars in the sky over an entire
year?
Answer: Equator
●● In general, what is true of the alpha star in a constellation?
Answer: It is the brightest star in the constellation.
, ●● What is the range of values for declination?
Answer: +90 to -90 degrees
●● While watching a star, you see it moves 15 degrees across the sky.
How long have you been watching it?
Answer: 1 hour
●● Which statement about declination is FALSE?
Answer: It is measured eastward in units of time.
●● A star with a right ascension of 1.0 hours will rise
Answer: 1.0 hour after the vernal equinox.
●● The place the Sun stops its northward motion along the ecliptic is
the:
Answer: summer solstice.
●● The places where the Sun crosses the equator are called the:
Answer: equinoxes
●● Which statement about the ecliptic is FALSE?
Answer: The Moon can never leave it, but moves twelve times faster
than the Sun.
QUESTIONS ACCURATE ANSWERS
PREMIUM REVIEW
●● Aristotle hypothesis was that:
Answer: only a spherical Earth would always cast a circular shadow on
the Moon.
●● Into how many constellations is the celestial sphere divided?
Answer: 88
●● What are constellations?
Answer: Groups of stars making an apparent pattern in the celestial
sphere
●● Where on Earth can you observe all the stars in the sky over an entire
year?
Answer: Equator
●● In general, what is true of the alpha star in a constellation?
Answer: It is the brightest star in the constellation.
, ●● What is the range of values for declination?
Answer: +90 to -90 degrees
●● While watching a star, you see it moves 15 degrees across the sky.
How long have you been watching it?
Answer: 1 hour
●● Which statement about declination is FALSE?
Answer: It is measured eastward in units of time.
●● A star with a right ascension of 1.0 hours will rise
Answer: 1.0 hour after the vernal equinox.
●● The place the Sun stops its northward motion along the ecliptic is
the:
Answer: summer solstice.
●● The places where the Sun crosses the equator are called the:
Answer: equinoxes
●● Which statement about the ecliptic is FALSE?
Answer: The Moon can never leave it, but moves twelve times faster
than the Sun.
