CC #1: Introduction to Astronomy

“Science is a body of knowledge and a __________________________ of how we learned that knowledge.”

• method

• guess

• story

• myth

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Understanding that our understanding might be ____________________ is essential, and trying to figure out the ways we may be ____________________________ is the ONLY way that science can help us find our way to the truth.

• wrong, mistaken

• right, right

• limited, unlimited

• perfect, mistaken

Astronomy is still science, but “Astronomy puts you in your _______________________________.”

• place

• orbit

• mindset

• galaxy

The visible universe is _______________________________ light years across.

• 90 billion

• 13.8 billion

• 150 million

• 1 trillion

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Astrology means "_________________________________________________________."

• study of the stars

• study of plants

• study of animals

• study of rocks

Astrology is science.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Without today’s modern understanding of the skies, geocentrism makes perfect sense.

• True

• False

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Galileo invented the telescope.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The lights in the sky are _______________________________.

• stars

• cars

• books

• shoes

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Our galaxy is one of _______________________________ others. We can only directly see ______% of the universe.

• a hundred billion, 4

• millions, 50

• a hundred thousand, 25

• hundreds, 10