Practice Test

Please solve the following questions. This is not a real exam, it will not be graded, and you do not need to submit your solutions to anyone. The questions are simply intended to help you practice for the real exam.

These questions will not appear in the exam itself. Students who don't genuinely attempt to solve the questions on their own, and only memorize the solutions, will have a very hard time in the actual exam!

This sample exam is online, but the real exam will be given in person, at a time and place indicated on the course website.

THIS IS NOT THE ACTUAL EXAM!
THIS IS JUST A PRACTICE EXAM!
THE REAL EXAM IS IN PERSON!

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Question 1

The far side of the Moon is...




Question 2

During the winter:




Question 3

What is the difference between mass and weight?




Question 4

The law of inertia says that...




Question 5

When the Earth is farthest from the Sun...




Question 6

If I halve the velocity of an object, its momentum will be...




Question 7

Which book was the first to describe a heliocentric model?




Question 8

Which of the following is always conserved?




Question 9

If the Sun had a mass half as large, how would the force of gravity between the Earth and the Sun change?




Question 10

A star is 40° east of the March equinox. This means the star is at ...




Question 11

Planet A has an orbital period of 100 Earth days. Planet B has an orbital period of 200 Earth days. Which planet is closer to the Sun?




Question 12

Foucault's pendulum demonstrates...




Question 13

Who collected the accurate orbital data on planetary motions?




Question 14

An ellipse has...




Question 15

An object in the Oort cloud...




Question 16

The Tropic of Capricorn...




Question 17

What was the content of the book "Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems"?




Question 18

If the Earth had an orbital radius twice as large, how would the force of gravity between the Earth and the Sun change?




Question 19

I drop two objects in a vacuum. One has a mass of 1 kg and the other has a mass of 2 kg. What will happen?




Question 20

Galileo's discoveries which supported the Copernican model included:




Question 21

During a new moon...




Question 22

What is the rate of change of position called?




Question 23

Which of the following aspects of Copernicus's heliocentric model was correct?




Question 24

According to Aristotle, the natural state of matter is...




Question 25

Where on Earth can a lunar eclipse be seen from?




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