Exam 1: Charting the Heavens: The Foundations of Astronomy

A light-minute is the distance that light travels in one minute. Jupiter's average distance fromthe Sun is about 780 million kilometers from Earth. What is the Sun-Jupiter distance in lightminutes?

Seasons on Earth are primarily caused by:

A year is defined as:

Scientific theories are proven by use of the scientific method.

Testing is important to developing:

Constellations are close clusters of stars, all at about the same distance from the Sun.

From a location in the United States of America, a star is observed to be rising due East.Where will this star be located 6 hours later?

A light-year is:

That Polaris will not always be the pole star is due to:

How far above and below the celestial equator can the Sun move?

How did Aristotle apply the scientific method to lunar eclipses?

What is the significance of the zodiacal signs, and why can all twelve not be seen on a givennight?

The distances to bodies in the solar system are a few light minutes to light hours.

About how many stars are visible on a clear, dark night with the naked eye alone?

Why can many more people witness a total lunar eclipse than a total solar eclipse?

Where would you be if the Sun passes through your zenith on December 21st?

A lunar eclipse can only happen during a:

At apogee, the Moon is at its farthest from Earth and thus appears smaller than normal.Because of this it can produce only annular solar eclipses, but not total solar eclipses.

Which of the choices below correctly lists things in order from largest to smallest?

If the angular diameter of an object is 15 arc seconds and it is 1.4 billion kilometers away,how big is its physical size? Show how you arrived at your answer.