GOOD LUCK!!!
NEWT Astronomy students. Here is your final exam. To complete, copy the exam into a new PM. You will find a Written and then a Visual section. Make sure you complete it all to receive full points. Also make sure your answers are visible. I will not hunt for them. If I can't tell what the answer is you will not receive credit for that question.
Student Info
1.) Name:
2.) House:
3.) Year:
4.) Did you attend classes:
5.) Anything you would like to add:
Written Section
Truth or False (2 pts. each)1.) Many who study Astronomy believe that the Big Bang was the beginning of it all
2.) Pope Gregory invents the telescope.
3.) In 1609 Kepler's 1st and 2nd laws of motion is announced.
4.) In 1878 The Great Red Spot on Jupiter becomes prominent.
5.) Newton introduces the Theory of Relativity
Fill In the Blank (5 pts. each)1.) ____ uses telescope for astronomical purposes. He discovers 4 Jovian moons, the Moon's craters and the Milky Way galaxy.
2.) ______ becomes the first man in space!
3.) _____ correctly predicts the return of a comet (Halley's comet) in 1758.
Multiple Choice (10 pts each)1.) How long ago did the Big Bang occur?
- (A) 280 BC
- (B) Between 13 and 20 Billion years ago
- (C) 2000 AD
- (D) 20, 000 BC
- (E) 1000 BC
2.) Which of the following best describes Hans Lippershey?
- (A) A German scientist
- (B) A Danish doctor
- (C) A Dutch Lens maker
- (D) An American explorer
- (E) An Englishman
3.) In what country did a hominid living over 3 million years ago, named "Lucy", become unearthed?
- (A) Ethiopia
- (B) England
- (C) Russia
- (D) USA
- (E) Italy
4.) Which country can claim to have put the first person in space?
- (A) America
- (B) England
- (C) Germany
- (D) Canada
- (E) Russia
5.) Who built the first reflecting telescope
- (A) Einstein
- (B) Krocker
- (C) Galileo
- (D) Dr. Stephen Hawking
- (E) Newton
Visual Section
Below you will find 5 different constellation. You will need to provide the following for each.
- (A) Name of Constellation
- (B) Abbreviation of the name.
- (C) Genitive name
- (D) Translations:
- (E) When is it best seen?
- (F) Position in the Sky?
- (G) Name the named stars?
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by Willow Kavanagh Tue Jun 02, 2009 4:38 pm
