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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT ASTRO 1 PRETEST EXAM
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-Guarantee passing score -58 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: If Taurus is now rising at sunset, which constellation will rise at sunset next month?
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gemini Question 2: The ecliptic and celestial equators intersect at two points called the
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equinoxes Question 3: You note that a particular star is directly overhead. It will be directly overhead again in
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23 hours 56 minutes Question 4: What would you have to change about the Earth to stop our planet from having significantly different seasons?
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the tilt of its axis
Question 5: Why do some different contellations appear in the sky each seaon?
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Because of Earth's revolution around the Sun.Question 6: While watching a star, you see it moves 15 degrees across the sky. How long have you been watching it?
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- hour
Question 7: From horizon to opposite horizon, the sky takes up how much angular distance?
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180 degrees
Question 8: Which statement about Right Ascension is FALSE?
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it is very similar to the latitude on earth Question 9: The place the Sun stops its northward motion along the ecliptic is the:
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summer solstice Question 10: Where should be your location on Earth to see Polaris appears on your northern horizon?
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Jacksonville, Florida (30º 22' N).
Question 11: The average length of a solar day is
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24 hours Question 12: Some college students decide to form a secret society that would meet each year after graduation at a time when the day and night were the same length. Which of the following would be a time they could meet?
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september 23
Question 13: Which statement about the ecliptic is FALSE?
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The Moon can never leave it, but moves twelve times faster than the Sun.Question 14: The star that is currently closest to the North Celestial Pole is:
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polaris
Question 15: The Sun's apparent path around the celestial sphere is called
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the ecliptic
Question 16: Which of the following best describes the Tropic of Cancer?
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It is a place where the Sun is directly overhead at noon on the summer solstice.Question 17: Suppose you live at latitude 40°N. Which of the following describes the conditions that make a star circumpolar?
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Stars are circumpolar if they have declination > +50°.Question 18: In the Northern Hemisphere, the altitude (height in degrees above the horizon) of the North Star is always roughly equal to the
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latitude of the observer Question 19: Among these stars with their corresponding apparent magnitudes, Vega (0.03), Arcturus (-0.05), Capella (0.08), and Rigil Kentaurus (-0.01), which stars are the dimmest and the brightest respectively?
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capella and arcturus Question 20: The time it takes for the Sun to return to the same place in our sky after the Earth
has rotated once is called:
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a solar day
Question 21: What is the name of the constellation T from the constellations diagram in question 62?
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Cygnus Question 22: Which of the following correctly describes the meridian in your sky?
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a half-circle extending from your horizon due north, through your zenith, to your horizon due south Question 23: When the Sun rises, it is located in the constellation Gemini. When the Sun sets
later that same day, it will be:
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In the constellation Gemini Question 24: The constellations of the zodiac fall along:
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the ecliptic Question 25: Within a constellation, a recognizable pattern of stars is often called:
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an asterism Question 26: Assume you are stargazing at 34º N latitude, about the latitude of Los Angeles, California. For the declinations of the bright stars Sirius (-16º 44'), Canopus (-57º 12'), and Rigil Ke... nvr above horizon?
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All of them Question 27: If a star rises at 9:30 P.M. tonight, at approximately what time will it rise two months from now?
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