TEST BANK
All Chapters Included
A+ Pager1
, The Physical Universe, 18th Edition by Konrad B Krauskopf and Carter
CHap 01 18e
1) Whatrdistinguishesrtherscientificrmethodrfromrotherrwaysrofrl
ookingratrthernaturalrworldris
A) thereternalrtruthrofritsrlawsrandrtheories.
B) itsrreplacementrofrexistingrlawsrandrtheoriesratrregularrinterv
als.
C) itsrrelianceronrtheropinionsrofrexpertrscientistsrtordecider
whichrlawsrandrtheoriesrtorbelieve.
D) itsrrelianceronrexperimentrandrobservation.
2) Arregularityrinrobservedrdatarorrarrelationshiprbetweenrdif
ferentrquantitiesrisrusuallyrcalledra
A) hypothesis.
B) law.
C) theory.
D) model.
3) Whenrfirstrproposed,rarscientificridearisrusuallyrcalledra
A) hypothesis.
B) law.
C) theory.
D) model.
A+ Pager2
,4) Scientificrtheories
A) mustrberconstantlyrreviewedrtorseerwhetherrtheyrarerinrac
cordrwithrnewrexperimentalrobservations.
B) representrguessesrthatrhavernotryetrbeenrcomparedrwithrobser
vationalrdata.
C) arersummariesrofrparticularrexperiments.
D) arerlawsrofrnaturernotrsubjectrtorrevision.
5) Livingrthings
A) werercreatedrasrtheyrarertodayrseveralrthousandryearsrago.
B) werercreatedrasrtheyrarertodayrseveralrbillionryearsrago.
C) werercreatedrseveralrthousandryearsragorandrhaverevolvedrsin
certhen.
D) haverevolvedrthroughoutrtherearth'srhistory.
6) Therobjectrinrtherskyrthatrliesrveryrnearlyronranrextensionrofr
therearth'sraxisris
A) thersun.
B) thermoon.
C) Mercury.
D) Polaris.
7) Therstarsrinrarconstellation
A) areraboutrthersamerage.
A+ Pager3
, B) areraboutrthersamerdistancerfromrtherearth.
C) formrarpatternrinrtherskyrasrseenrfromrtherearth.
D) arermembersrofrthersolarrsystem.
8) Thertimeratrwhichrargivenrstarrrisesrabovertherhorizonreachrn
ightris
A) earlierrthanrthernightrbefore.
B) thersamerasrthernightrbefore.
A+ Pager4
All Chapters Included
A+ Pager1
, The Physical Universe, 18th Edition by Konrad B Krauskopf and Carter
CHap 01 18e
1) Whatrdistinguishesrtherscientificrmethodrfromrotherrwaysrofrl
ookingratrthernaturalrworldris
A) thereternalrtruthrofritsrlawsrandrtheories.
B) itsrreplacementrofrexistingrlawsrandrtheoriesratrregularrinterv
als.
C) itsrrelianceronrtheropinionsrofrexpertrscientistsrtordecider
whichrlawsrandrtheoriesrtorbelieve.
D) itsrrelianceronrexperimentrandrobservation.
2) Arregularityrinrobservedrdatarorrarrelationshiprbetweenrdif
ferentrquantitiesrisrusuallyrcalledra
A) hypothesis.
B) law.
C) theory.
D) model.
3) Whenrfirstrproposed,rarscientificridearisrusuallyrcalledra
A) hypothesis.
B) law.
C) theory.
D) model.
A+ Pager2
,4) Scientificrtheories
A) mustrberconstantlyrreviewedrtorseerwhetherrtheyrarerinrac
cordrwithrnewrexperimentalrobservations.
B) representrguessesrthatrhavernotryetrbeenrcomparedrwithrobser
vationalrdata.
C) arersummariesrofrparticularrexperiments.
D) arerlawsrofrnaturernotrsubjectrtorrevision.
5) Livingrthings
A) werercreatedrasrtheyrarertodayrseveralrthousandryearsrago.
B) werercreatedrasrtheyrarertodayrseveralrbillionryearsrago.
C) werercreatedrseveralrthousandryearsragorandrhaverevolvedrsin
certhen.
D) haverevolvedrthroughoutrtherearth'srhistory.
6) Therobjectrinrtherskyrthatrliesrveryrnearlyronranrextensionrofr
therearth'sraxisris
A) thersun.
B) thermoon.
C) Mercury.
D) Polaris.
7) Therstarsrinrarconstellation
A) areraboutrthersamerage.
A+ Pager3
, B) areraboutrthersamerdistancerfromrtherearth.
C) formrarpatternrinrtherskyrasrseenrfromrtherearth.
D) arermembersrofrthersolarrsystem.
8) Thertimeratrwhichrargivenrstarrrisesrabovertherhorizonreachrn
ightris
A) earlierrthanrthernightrbefore.
B) thersamerasrthernightrbefore.
A+ Pager4
