EPIC MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
1) The distances to bodies in the solar system are a few light minutes to light hours.
Section Ref: 1.1 - CORRECT ANSWER -true
2) A light-year is a measurement of time.
Section Ref: 1.1 - CORRECT ANSWER -false
3) It wasVAristotle who used the scientific method to show the Earth was a sphere.
Section Ref: 1.2 - CORRECT ANSWER -true
4) Constellations are close clusters of stars, all at about the same distance from the Sun.
Section Ref: 1.3 - CORRECT ANSWER -false
5) From the South Pole, Polaris would appear directly overhead.
Section Ref: 1 - CORRECT ANSWER -false
6) Only at the equator are all the stars visible over the course of the year.
Section Ref: 1.3 - CORRECT ANSWER -true
7) Over the course of a night, Polaris moves less than any other visible star in the sky.
Section Ref: 1.3 - CORRECT ANSWER -true
8) There are 3,600 arc seconds in a degree.
Section Ref: More Precisely 1-1 - CORRECT ANSWER -true
9) At apogee, the Moon is at its farthest from Earth and thus appears smaller than normal. Because of t
his it
, can produce only annular solar eclipses, but not total solar eclipses.
Section Ref: 1.5 - CORRECT ANSWER -true
10) If a star rises about 9 PM tonight, and with the sidereal day being four minutes less than the solar o
ne, then
in a month it will rise about 7 PM.
Section Ref: 1.5 - CORRECT ANSWER -true
11) From Earth, the Sun and Moon have about the same angular diameter.
Section Ref: 1.5 - CORRECT ANSWER -true
12) The full moon rises around sunrise, and sets around sunset.
Section Ref: 1.5 - CORRECT ANSWER -false
13) From full moon to third quarter moon takes about a week.
Section Ref: 1.5 - CORRECT ANSWER -true
14) The first quarter moon will rise about noon, and set about midnight.
Section Ref: 1.5 - CORRECT ANSWER -true
15) As it orbits the Earth, the Moon appears to move eastward about its own diameter every hour.
Section Ref: 1.5 - CORRECT ANSWER -true
16) The parallax shift of a star would be greater if viewed from Mars than from Earth.
Section Ref: 1.6 - CORRECT ANSWER -true
17) Which of the choices below correctly lists things in order from largest to smallest? -
CORRECT ANSWER -D) Universe, Local Group, Milky Way, Solar System
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
1) The distances to bodies in the solar system are a few light minutes to light hours.
Section Ref: 1.1 - CORRECT ANSWER -true
2) A light-year is a measurement of time.
Section Ref: 1.1 - CORRECT ANSWER -false
3) It wasVAristotle who used the scientific method to show the Earth was a sphere.
Section Ref: 1.2 - CORRECT ANSWER -true
4) Constellations are close clusters of stars, all at about the same distance from the Sun.
Section Ref: 1.3 - CORRECT ANSWER -false
5) From the South Pole, Polaris would appear directly overhead.
Section Ref: 1 - CORRECT ANSWER -false
6) Only at the equator are all the stars visible over the course of the year.
Section Ref: 1.3 - CORRECT ANSWER -true
7) Over the course of a night, Polaris moves less than any other visible star in the sky.
Section Ref: 1.3 - CORRECT ANSWER -true
8) There are 3,600 arc seconds in a degree.
Section Ref: More Precisely 1-1 - CORRECT ANSWER -true
9) At apogee, the Moon is at its farthest from Earth and thus appears smaller than normal. Because of t
his it
, can produce only annular solar eclipses, but not total solar eclipses.
Section Ref: 1.5 - CORRECT ANSWER -true
10) If a star rises about 9 PM tonight, and with the sidereal day being four minutes less than the solar o
ne, then
in a month it will rise about 7 PM.
Section Ref: 1.5 - CORRECT ANSWER -true
11) From Earth, the Sun and Moon have about the same angular diameter.
Section Ref: 1.5 - CORRECT ANSWER -true
12) The full moon rises around sunrise, and sets around sunset.
Section Ref: 1.5 - CORRECT ANSWER -false
13) From full moon to third quarter moon takes about a week.
Section Ref: 1.5 - CORRECT ANSWER -true
14) The first quarter moon will rise about noon, and set about midnight.
Section Ref: 1.5 - CORRECT ANSWER -true
15) As it orbits the Earth, the Moon appears to move eastward about its own diameter every hour.
Section Ref: 1.5 - CORRECT ANSWER -true
16) The parallax shift of a star would be greater if viewed from Mars than from Earth.
Section Ref: 1.6 - CORRECT ANSWER -true
17) Which of the choices below correctly lists things in order from largest to smallest? -
CORRECT ANSWER -D) Universe, Local Group, Milky Way, Solar System
