Astronomy

Compared to the other planets in our solar system, Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune have

• greater eccentricities

• shorter periods of revolution

• greater densities

• shorter periods of rotation

As a rotating cloud collapses its rate of rotation

• decrease

• increase

• remains the same

Which star has a surface temperature most similar to

the surface temperature of Alpha Centauri?

• Procyon B

• Sirius

• Polaris

• Betelgeuse

The best evidence of Earth's rotation is provided by the

• Moon phases and global warming

• Moon phases and Coriolis effect

• Foucault pendulum and Coriolis effect

• Foucault pendulum and global warming

_______ was the first to use a telescope to observe the heavens.

• Newton

• Kepler

• Copernicus

• Galileo

There are _____ large moons of Jupiter that were discovered using a telescope.

• three

• four

• two

• eight

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Galileo also discovered that the Moon had

• what he thought were oceans (or maria).

• active volcanoes.

• mountains.

• ice.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The combined discoveries of Galileo (using his telescope) provided direct evidence for

• the geocentric model.

• the Copernican model of the Universe.

• Earth being a sphere.

• the Ptolemaic model of the Universe

What was Tycho Brahe's main contribution to astronomy?

• his extremely detailed observations of the planets

• his artificial brass/silver nose

• the hiring of Johannes Kepler

• his death in front of Johannes Kepler

What was Johannes Kepler's role with Tycho Brahe?

• Kepler was hired to make mathematical sense of the data

• the role was limited to meetings and social gatherings

• they were just math buddies

• Kepler was an adviser to Brahe