True/False

The autumnal equinox find the sun on the equator, heading southward.

True/False

Our Moon is in a 1:1 synch, with a lunar rotation equaling an Earth year.

True/False

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

True/False

Universal Time is measured by the positions of objects beyond the solar system.

True/False

A total solar eclipse will happen any time the new moon is on the ecliptic.

True/False

The sun passes through the zodiacal constellations over the course of the year.

True/False

The sidereal day is four minutes shorter than the solar day.

True/False

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

True/False

From Earth, the Sun and Moon have about the same angular diameter.

True/False

Over the course of a night, Polaris moves less than any other visible star in the sky.

Which statement about the first quarter moon is FALSE?

a) It is highest in the sky at sunset

b) From the Earth, it appears 25% sunlit

c) It rises about noon

d) It is the half moon of the evening sky

Which Statement about Right Ascension is FALSE?

a) It is very similar to latitude on the Earth

b) Each hour is equal to 15 degrees of sky

c) It turns the sky into a vast 24 hour clock face

d) It is measured eastward in units of time

Which statement about declination is False?

a) It is much like latitude on the Earth's globe

b) Its origin is the celestial equator

c) Polaris is almost at +90 degrees

d) It is measure eastward in units of time

Which statement about longitude is correct?

a) It is measured in degrees east and west of G.M.T. on the Earth

b) It is measured by degrees north and south of the equator on the Earth

c) It is measured by who can give the longest altitude

d) It is on the celestial sphere measured by hours

Retrograde motion can best be described as which on the following?

a) Backwards

b) Up

c) Down

d) Forwards

The Ecliptic is defined as...?

a) The path the sun takes in the sky

b) The path the Earth takes around the sun

c) The plane all the planets in the solar system are on

d) The path Uranus takes around the sun

e) All of the above

Which statement gives the relationship between the waves in the electric and magnetic fields in an electromagnetic wave?

a) They are in pahse and parallel with each other in space

b) They are in phase but opposite in direction of motion

c) They are 90 degrees out of phase but parallel in space

d) They are 180 degrees out of phase and random in their inclinations to each other

e) They are in phase but perpendicular to each other in space

Which of these is constant for all types of electromagnetic radiation in space?

a) frequency

b) energy

c) speed

d) amplitude

e) wavelength

Which of the following statements about the kelvin scale is true?

a) room temperature is about 300 k

b) degrees Celsius = degrees kelvin +273

c) water freezes at 459 K

d) absolute zero is -273 K

e) water boils at 273 K

In the visible part of the EM spectrum, which of the following has the shortest wavelength?

a) ultraviolet

b) blue

c) yellow

d) infrared

e) violet

Which of these forms of EM radiation is typical of sources millions of degrees hot?

a) x-rays

b) radio

c) ultraviolett

d) Infared

e) visible light

Which of the following EMR travel though space at the highest speed?

a) visible light

b) none of the above

c) infrared

d) gamma

e) radio