Introduction to Astronomy

Above all else, science must be _____

• true
• honest
• correct
• partly wrong

How high is our atmosphere?

• about 1 km
• about 10 km
• about 100 km
• about 1000 km

What protects us from the onslaught of subatomic particles from the Sun?

• a gravitational field
• an electric field
• a magnetic field
• a mine field

What is the name or our spiral galaxy?

• Andromeda
• Milky Way
• Virgo
• Triangulum

For a kid, what can be very simply defined as "the study of things in the sky"?

• astrology
• meteorology
• astronomy
• geology

Borders between astronomy and other fields of science are _____

• sharp
• fuzzy
• undefined
• nonexistent

What tool do most modern astronomers NOT use directly anymore?

• computers
• telescopes
• math
• physics

Early farmers used patterns in the sky to determine ____

• which seeds to plant
• which fields to plow
• when to plant seeds
• how many seeds to plant

Astrology literally means _____

• "study of asteroids"
• "study of the gods"
• “study of the stars”
• "study of horoscopes"

Which word means “law or culture of the stars"?

• astronomy
• astrology
• astrophysics
• cosmology