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7th-8th Grade Science Chapter 2 Test, Part 2
Test Description: The Earth's Motions
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) The earth's movement around the sun is called its
A
revolution
B
retrograde.
C
rotation
D
precession.
2) Which of the following is not an evidence of the earth's rotation?
A
the parallax of the stars
B
the earth's bulging equator
C
diagonal wind patterns
D
the behavior of a Foucault pendulum
3) The first person to use a telescope for astronomy was
A
Kepler.
B
Galileo.
C
Copernicus.
D
Newton.
4) The force that holds planets in their orbits is called
A
revolution.
B
rotation.
C
parallax.
D
gravity.
5) The English mathematician and scientist who formulated the law of universal gravitation was
A
Cavendish.
B
Huygens.
C
Newton.
D
Galileo.
6) An astronomer's observations and the theories he suggests depend on his vantage point in the universe.
A
True
B
False
7) Meteors are observed more often on the leading side of the earth in its orbit.
A
False
B
True
8) Two major objections to the geocentric theory are its inaccuracy and its complexity.
A
True
B
False
9) To an observer on Earth, another planet may seem to go backward in its orbit because the earth is traveling faster in its orbit than the other planet.
A
False.
B
True.
10) When it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, it is winter in the Southern Hemisphere.
A
True.
B
False.
11) During the Northern Hemisphere's winter, the North Pole is tilted toward the sun.
A
True.
B
False.
12) Tycho Brahe's astronomical observations were relatively inaccurate.
A
True.
B
False.
13) Kepler believed that the primary goal of science is to lead men to God.
A
False.
B
True.
14) With everything else being the same, if the earth were not spinning on its axis, its wind patterns would be more complex.
A
False.
B
True.
15) If more massive heavenly bodies orbited less massive bodies, this would contradict the law of gravity.
A
False.
B
True.
16) The more massive a body is, the greater the gravitational attraction it has for another body.
A
True.
B
False.
17) a day on which the apparent movement of the sun reaches its northern-most or southern-most limit
A
equinox
B
ecliptic
C
parallax
D
inertia
18) the line defined by an object's rotation
A
inclination
B
Tropic of Capricorn
C
axis
D
Tropic of Caner
19) the crystal sphere on which a planet travels in the Ptolemaic system
A
epicycle
B
solar system
C
model
D
deferent
20) the sun and all other heavenly bodies that revolve around it
A
geocentric theory
B
heliocentric theory
C
elliptical orbits
D
solar system
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