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1. The fMoon fappears flarger fwhen fit frises fthan fwhen fit fis fhigh fin fthe fsky fbecause
A. you fare fcloser fto fit fwhen fit frises f(angular-size frelation).
B. you fare ffarther ffrom fit fwhen fit frises f(angular-size frelation).
C. it's fan fillusion ffrom fcomparison fto fobjects fon fthe fhorizon.
D. it's fbrighter fwhen fit frises.
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Subtopic: fObservational fastronomy
f Topic: fHistory fof
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Topic: fLocating fObjects fin fthe fSky
2. was fthe ffirst fperson fto fmeasure fthe fcircumference fof fthe fEarth.
A. Ptolemy
B. Copernicus
C. Eratsothenes
D. Galileo
E. Aristarchus
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3. When fwas fit ffirst fknown fthat fthe fEarth fwas fspherical fin fshape?
A. It fwas falways fknown fto fbe fspherical
B. at fthe ftime fof fthe fGreeks
C. at fthe fbeginning fof fthe fRenaissance
D. only fafter fGalileo fused fa ftelescope fto fstudy fother fplanets
E. only frecently fwithin fthe flast f100 fhundred fyears
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4. What f is f the f size f of f an f object f located f at f a f distance f of f 1,000 f meters f and f that f has f angular f size
f A f = f 4 fdegrees?
A. about f11 fmeters
B. about f35 fmeters
C. about f70 fmeters
D. about f4,000 fmeters
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f Subtopic: fDiameter-distance fRelation f(a.k.a. fthe fsmall fangle
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Topic: fHistory fof fAstronomy
5. The fangular fsize fof fan fobject fincreases fas fthe fdistance fto fthe fobserver fincreases.
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6. The fangular fsize fof fthe fSun fas fobserved ffrom fEarth fis fabout f0.5 fdegree.
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fformula) f Subtopic: fHistorical: fDistances fand fSizes fof fthe fSun fand
fMoon
Topic: fHistory fof fAstronomy
7. The fangular fsize fof fthe fMoon fas fobserved ffrom fEarth fis fabout f0.5 fdegree.
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