Question 1

According to Newton's second law, when the same force acts on two bodies, the body with the larger mass will have the acceleration.

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The answer of According to Newton's second law, when the...

Question 2

According to Newton's second law, if you double the force acting on a body, the acceleration will double.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Because he failed to observe stellar , Aristotle wrongly concluded we could not be in orbit around the Sun.

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The answer of Because he failed to observe stellar ,...

Question 4

The "guest star" observed by the Chinese in 1054 is now known to have been a(n) _ _.

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The answer of The "guest star" observed by the Chinese...

Question 5

A circular orbit would have an eccentricity of

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A)  0. 
B)  between 0 and 0.5. 
C)  between 0.5 and 1. 
D)  exactly 1.0. 
E)  infinity. 
A)  0. 
B)  between 0 and 0.5. 
C)  between 0.5 and 1. 
D)  exactly 1.0. 
E)  infinity.

Question 6

According to Newton's third law, the Voyager probes pulled just as hard on Jupiter as it did on them when they flew past it. Why were they accelerated enough to leave the solar system but Jupiter still is in orbit about the Sun?

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Jupiter was much more massive

Question 7

According to Kepler's third law, if you know the planet's orbital period, you can find its average distance from the Sun.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

According to Newton's first law, an object traveling in a circle does not have a force acting on it.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

How would Ptolemy explain the rising of the Sun? Contrast this to Copernicus' explanation of the same event.

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Ptolemy would say that the celestial sph

Question 10

In Newton's first law, the of a body causes it to resist changes in its motion

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The answer of In Newton's first law, the of a...

Question 11

How much stronger is the gravitational pull of the Sun on Earth, at 1 AU, than it is on Saturn at 10 AU?

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A)  5 
B)  10 
C)  25 
D)  100 
E)  250 
A)  5 
B)  10 
C)  25 
D)  100 
E)  250

Question 12

The three laws of planetary motion by allowed us to predict planetary motion.

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The answer of The three laws of planetary motion by...

Question 13

Which of these was NOT seen telescopically by Galileo?

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A)  sunspots 
B)  craters and mare on the Moon 
C)  Venus' phase cycle 
D)  stellar parallax 
E)  four moons around Jupiter 
A)  sunspots 
B)  craters and mare on the Moon 
C)  Venus' phase cycle 
D)  stellar parallax 
E)  four moons around Jupiter

Question 14

Newton found that gravity varied with the of the distance between the two bodies pulling on each other.

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The answer of Newton found that gravity varied with the...

Question 15

Why argument did the Aristotelian school present to reject the concept of Aristarchus that the Earth could be revolving around the Sun? Why was it wrong?

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Aristotle correctly concluded that if th

Question 16

According to Newton, the gravity of the is needed to explain planetary orbits.

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A)  Venus 
B)  Sun 
C)  Earth 
D)  Moon 
E)  Jupiter 
A)  Venus 
B)  Sun 
C)  Earth 
D)  Moon 
E)  Jupiter

Question 17

Kepler's first law worked, where Copernicus' original heliocentric model failed, because Kepler described the orbits as

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A)  being on equants instead of epicycles. 
B)  complex, with epicycles to account for retrograde motions. 
C)  around the Sun, not the Earth. 
D)  much larger than Copernicus had envisioned. 
E)  elliptical, not circular. 
A)  being on equants instead of epicycles. 
B)  complex, with epicycles to account for retrograde motions. 
C)  around the Sun, not the Earth. 
D)  much larger than Copernicus had envisioned. 
E)  elliptical, not circular.

Question 18

How did Ptolemy explain the retrograde motion of Mars?

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Mars will retrograde on the in

Question 19

How do the two factors (mass and distance) in Newton's law of gravitation each affect the force on the two bodies?

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The greater the masses of the

Question 20

Ptolemy's model was , with the Earth fixed in the center of the universe.

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The answer of Ptolemy's model was , with the Earth...

According to Newton's second law, when the same force acts on two bodies, the body with the larger mass will have the acceleration.

According to Newton's second law, if you double the force acting on a body, the acceleration will double.

Because he failed to observe stellar , Aristotle wrongly concluded we could not be in orbit around the Sun.

The "guest star" observed by the Chinese in 1054 is now known to have been a(n) _ _.

A circular orbit would have an eccentricity of

According to Newton's third law, the Voyager probes pulled just as hard on Jupiter as it did on them when they flew past it. Why were they accelerated enough to leave the solar system but Jupiter still is in orbit about the Sun?

According to Kepler's third law, if you know the planet's orbital period, you can find its average distance from the Sun.

According to Newton's first law, an object traveling in a circle does not have a force acting on it.

How would Ptolemy explain the rising of the Sun? Contrast this to Copernicus' explanation of the same event.

In Newton's first law, the of a body causes it to resist changes in its motion

How much stronger is the gravitational pull of the Sun on Earth, at 1 AU, than it is on Saturn at 10 AU?

The three laws of planetary motion by allowed us to predict planetary motion.

Which of these was NOT seen telescopically by Galileo?

Newton found that gravity varied with the of the distance between the two bodies pulling on each other.

Why argument did the Aristotelian school present to reject the concept of Aristarchus that the Earth could be revolving around the Sun? Why was it wrong?

According to Newton, the gravity of the is needed to explain planetary orbits.

Kepler's first law worked, where Copernicus' original heliocentric model failed, because Kepler described the orbits as

How did Ptolemy explain the retrograde motion of Mars?

How do the two factors (mass and distance) in Newton's law of gravitation each affect the force on the two bodies?

Ptolemy's model was , with the Earth fixed in the center of the universe.

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According to Newton's second law, when the same force acts on two bodies, the body with the larger mass will have the acceleration.

According to Newton's second law, if you double the force acting on a body, the acceleration will double.

Because he failed to observe stellar , Aristotle wrongly concluded we could not be in orbit around the Sun.

The "guest star" observed by the Chinese in 1054 is now known to have been a(n) _ _.

A circular orbit would have an eccentricity of

According to Newton's third law, the Voyager probes pulled just as hard on Jupiter as it did on them when they flew past it. Why were they accelerated enough to leave the solar system but Jupiter still is in orbit about the Sun?

According to Kepler's third law, if you know the planet's orbital period, you can find its average distance from the Sun.

According to Newton's first law, an object traveling in a circle does not have a force acting on it.

How would Ptolemy explain the rising of the Sun? Contrast this to Copernicus' explanation of the same event.

In Newton's first law, the of a body causes it to resist changes in its motion

How much stronger is the gravitational pull of the Sun on Earth, at 1 AU, than it is on Saturn at 10 AU?

The three laws of planetary motion by allowed us to predict planetary motion.

Which of these was NOT seen telescopically by Galileo?

Newton found that gravity varied with the of the distance between the two bodies pulling on each other.

Why argument did the Aristotelian school present to reject the concept of Aristarchus that the Earth could be revolving around the Sun? Why was it wrong?

According to Newton, the gravity of the is needed to explain planetary orbits.

Kepler's first law worked, where Copernicus' original heliocentric model failed, because Kepler described the orbits as

How did Ptolemy explain the retrograde motion of Mars?

How do the two factors (mass and distance) in Newton's law of gravitation each affect the force on the two bodies?

Ptolemy's model was , with the Earth fixed in the center of the universe.

Charting the Heavens: the Foundations of Astronomy

Light and Matter: the Inner Workings of the Cosmos

Telescopes: the Tools of Astronomy

The Solar System: Interplanetary Matter and the Birth of the Planets

Earth and Its Moon: Our Cosmic Backyard

The Terrestrial Planets: a Study in Contrasts

The Jovian Planets: Giants of the Solar System

Moons, Rings, and Plutoids: Small Worlds Among Giants

The Sun: Our Parent Star

Measuring the Stars: Giants, Dwarfs, and the Main Sequence

The Interstellar Medium: Star Formation in the Milky Way

Stellar Evolution: the Lives and Deaths of Stars

Neutron Stars and Black Holes: Strange States of Matter

The Milky Way Galaxy: a Spiral in Space

Normal and Active Galaxies: Building Blocks of the Universe

Hubbles Law and Dark Matter: the Large-Scale Structure of the Cosmos

Cosmology: the Big Bang and the Fate of the Universe

Life in the Universe: Are We Alone

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