Test Bank
The Physical Universe, 18th Edition
by Konrad B Krauskopf and Carter
All Chapters Covered
A+ Pager1
,Chapr01r18e
1) Whatrdistinguishesrtherscientificrmethodrfromrotherrwaysrofrlookingratrthernaturalrworldris
A) thereternalrtruthrofritsrlawsrandrtheories.
B) itsrreplacementrofrexistingrlawsrandrtheoriesratrregularrintervals.
C) itsrrelianceronrtheropinionsrofrexpertrscientistsrtordeciderwhichrlawsrandrtheoriesrtorb
elieve.
D) itsrrelianceronrexperimentrandrobservation.
2) Arregularityrinrobservedrdatarorrarrelationshiprbetweenrdifferentrquantitiesrisrusuallyrcal
ledra
A) hypothesis.
B) law.
C) theory.
D) model.
3) Whenrfirstrproposed,rarscientificridearisrusuallyrcalledra
A) hypothesis.
B) law.
C) theory.
D) model.
A+ Pager2
,4) Scientificrtheories
A) mustrberconstantlyrreviewedrtorseerwhetherrtheyrarerinraccordrwithrnewrexperimentalro
bservations.
B) representrguessesrthatrhavernotryetrbeenrcomparedrwithrobservationalrdata.
C) arersummariesrofrparticularrexperiments.
D) arerlawsrofrnaturernotrsubjectrtorrevision.
5) Livingrthings
A) werercreatedrasrtheyrarertodayrseveralrthousandryearsrago.
B) werercreatedrasrtheyrarertodayrseveralrbillionryearsrago.
C) werercreatedrseveralrthousandryearsragorandrhaverevolvedrsincerthen.
D) haverevolvedrthroughoutrtherearth'srhistory.
6) Therobjectrinrtherskyrthatrliesrveryrnearlyronranrextensionrofrtherearth'sraxisris
A) thersun.
B) thermoon.
C) Mercury.
D) Polaris.
7) Therstarsrinrarconstellation
A) areraboutrthersamerage.
B) areraboutrthersamerdistancerfromrtherearth.
C) formrarpatternrinrtherskyrasrseenrfromrtherearth.
D) arermembersrofrthersolarrsystem.
8) Thertimeratrwhichrargivenrstarrrisesrabovertherhorizonreachrnightris
A) earlierrthanrthernightrbefore.
A+ Pager3
, B) thersamerasrthernightrbefore.
A+ Pager4
The Physical Universe, 18th Edition
by Konrad B Krauskopf and Carter
All Chapters Covered
A+ Pager1
,Chapr01r18e
1) Whatrdistinguishesrtherscientificrmethodrfromrotherrwaysrofrlookingratrthernaturalrworldris
A) thereternalrtruthrofritsrlawsrandrtheories.
B) itsrreplacementrofrexistingrlawsrandrtheoriesratrregularrintervals.
C) itsrrelianceronrtheropinionsrofrexpertrscientistsrtordeciderwhichrlawsrandrtheoriesrtorb
elieve.
D) itsrrelianceronrexperimentrandrobservation.
2) Arregularityrinrobservedrdatarorrarrelationshiprbetweenrdifferentrquantitiesrisrusuallyrcal
ledra
A) hypothesis.
B) law.
C) theory.
D) model.
3) Whenrfirstrproposed,rarscientificridearisrusuallyrcalledra
A) hypothesis.
B) law.
C) theory.
D) model.
A+ Pager2
,4) Scientificrtheories
A) mustrberconstantlyrreviewedrtorseerwhetherrtheyrarerinraccordrwithrnewrexperimentalro
bservations.
B) representrguessesrthatrhavernotryetrbeenrcomparedrwithrobservationalrdata.
C) arersummariesrofrparticularrexperiments.
D) arerlawsrofrnaturernotrsubjectrtorrevision.
5) Livingrthings
A) werercreatedrasrtheyrarertodayrseveralrthousandryearsrago.
B) werercreatedrasrtheyrarertodayrseveralrbillionryearsrago.
C) werercreatedrseveralrthousandryearsragorandrhaverevolvedrsincerthen.
D) haverevolvedrthroughoutrtherearth'srhistory.
6) Therobjectrinrtherskyrthatrliesrveryrnearlyronranrextensionrofrtherearth'sraxisris
A) thersun.
B) thermoon.
C) Mercury.
D) Polaris.
7) Therstarsrinrarconstellation
A) areraboutrthersamerage.
B) areraboutrthersamerdistancerfromrtherearth.
C) formrarpatternrinrtherskyrasrseenrfromrtherearth.
D) arermembersrofrthersolarrsystem.
8) Thertimeratrwhichrargivenrstarrrisesrabovertherhorizonreachrnightris
A) earlierrthanrthernightrbefore.
A+ Pager3
, B) thersamerasrthernightrbefore.
A+ Pager4
