LONG TEST 4TH QUARTER

Which of the following is the shape of the Earth

according to ancient Greeks?

• cylinder

• octagon

• flat disc

• sphere

The phase of the Moon that follows the waning crescent is called the:

• Full Moon

• New Moon

• First Quarter

• Third Quarter

Why don't we have a lunar eclipse every month?

I. Lunar eclipses can only occur in autumn.

II. Astronomers have yet to provide an answer to this question.

III. We do have them every month, but they are not visible everywhere.

IV. The Moon's orbit is inclined relative to Earth's orbit and when the moon is full, it is generally either north or south of Earth's shadow

• . I only

• IV only 

• I and II only   

• . I, II and 1V only

In which of the following events can the circular shadow of the Earth be  observed most notably?

• solar eclipse

• summer solstice

• . lunar eclipse

• winter solstice

What is the shape of the Earth as described by modern astronomy?

• ellipsoid

• hyperboloid

• oblate spheroid

• paraloid

Which of the following describes the position of the North Star if you go nearer the equator?

• Closer to the horizon

• Farther away from the horizon

• The North Star is fixed wherever you are on the Earth.

• . It disappears completely.

Which of the following can be observed of a cruising ship if the Earth is a flat  disc?

• It will shrink then only the sail will be visible until it completely  disappears.

• It will become bigger and bigger.

• It will not change its size.

• It will become smaller and smaller until it disappears.

It is an astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun.

• Geocentrism

• Heliocentrism

• Solstice

• Eclipse

Any theory of the structure of the solar system (or the universe) in which Earth is assumed to be at the center of it all.

• Geocentrism

• Heliocentrism

• Solstice

• Eclipse

An obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination

• Geocentrism

• Heliocentrism

• Solstice

• Eclipse