AS101 Module 2 Testbank.docx - Suppose that the sun were to...

Suppose that the sun were to suddenly disappear from our solar system. What would happen to
earth’s motion.
Which of the following statements about electrons is not true. The Metonic Cycle is the Which statement about the cosmological principle is valid Considering einsten’s famous equation E=MC2 which of the following is true Which of the following best describes the origin of the ocean tides on earth What does temperature measure
Upon what quantities does angular momentum depend
The amount of matter contained in an object is called its mass. Which of the following is false.

Where does the energy come from that your body uses to keep you alive
Mostly it comes from the foods you each
Without telescopes or other aid we can see the moon in the night sky because
It reflects light
The scientific method is best described by which of the following
A system collecting analyzing data, formulating a hypothesis, testing it and forming it as needed
If your mass is 60kg on earth would would it be on Jupiter
60kg
The names of the 7 days of the week are based on
Seven naked eye objects that appear to move among constellations
Which of the following is not one of nor followings Kepler’s law
When a planet travels slower it must be nearer to the sun and it speeds up far from the sun
Ptolemy was important in history of astronomy because he
Developed a model of the solar system that made sufficiently accurate predictions of planetary positions
to remain in use of centuries
Radioactive energy is
Energy carried by light
Retrograde motion is observable for what objects
Planets located more distant from the sun than earth

The doppler shift is a wave phenomenon that
Uses change in wavelength of light to determine speed of a moving star
At which lunar phases are tides smallest
Both first and 3
rd
When Copernicus 1
st
created his sun centred model it not lead to better predictions than Ptolemaic
why
Copernicus used perfect circles for the orbits of the planets
A skater can spin faster by pulling arms closer to her body and slower by pulling out
Conservation of angular momentum
From lowest energy to highest energy electromagnetic radiation
Radio, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, x rays, gamma rays