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Physical Science Q4

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  • Q1

    Who among the following philosophers concluded that the Earth is spherical in shape with no great size?

    Eratosthenes

    Plato

    Pythagoras

    Aristotle

    30s
  • Q2

    Who among the following philosophers DOES NOT explain that the Earth is sphere?

    Plato

    Aristotle

    Eratosthenes

    Brahe

    30s
  • Q3

    Who among the following philosophers developed a spherical model of the Earth and the heavens since the fifth century BC?

    Pythagoras

    Plato

    Eratosthenes

    Aristotle

    30s
  • Q4

    Which of the following statements was used by Eratosthenes to support his claim that Earth is sphere?

    Stars change in position to south or north.

    Ship appear to sink gradually below horizon.

    Both the statements are false

    All of the above.

    30s
  • Q5

    Which of the following is NOT an evidence that Earth is sphere?

    South of the equator, the North Star is not visible.

    When the North Star is visible at the horizon, you are located at the equator.

    Ships appear to sink gradually below horizon as they travel far away from the observer and over the horizons.

    Polaris is located over the South Pole of the Earth.

    30s
  • Q6

    Which of the following statements is/are TRUE about early astronomical phenomena? Statement I - The sun and moon are the most observable objects in the sky. Statement II - Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn can be easily seen in the sky with the help of telescope.

    Both statements are true.

    Both the statements are false.

    Only statement II is true.

    Only statement I is true.

    30s
  • Q7

    Which of the following occurs when Earth casts its shadow on the moon  when the Earth is between the sun and the moon?

    Motion of the Star

    Phases of the moon

    Solar Eclipse

    Lunar Eclipse

    30s
  • Q8

    Which of the following should be the alignment for a solar eclipse to occur?

    Sun, Earth, Moon

    Earth, Sun, Moon

    None of these

    Sun, Moon, Earth

    30s
  • Q9

    Which of the following statements BEST explains why you are less likely to see a total solar eclipse than a total lunar eclipse?

    The moon’s shadow covers all of Earth during a solar eclipse.

    Only people on the daytime side of Earth can see a solar eclipse.

    New moon phases occur less often than a full moon phases.

    The moon’s umbra only covers a small are on Earth’s surface.

    30s
  • Q10

    Which of the following is NOT an astronomical phenomena known to astronomers before the invention of telescope?

    Lunar Eclipse

    Solar Eclipse

    Phases of the moon

    Motion of the Moon

    30s
  • Q11

    Who among the following demonstrated that the planets move in elliptical orbits around the sun?

    Galileo Galilei

    Johannes Kepler

    Nicolaus Copernicus

    Tycho brahe

    30s
  • Q12

    Which of the following statements is/are CORRECT about Tycho Brahe?

    All of the above

    He compiled extensive data on the planet Mars.

    He determined the detailed motions of the planets more precisely.

    He devised the most precise instruments available for observing the heavens before the telescope's invention.

    30s
  • Q13

    Which of the following statements is/are TRUE about Kepler?

    Statement I - Kepler noticed that an imaginary line drawn from a planet to the Sun swept out an equal area of space at the same time, irrespective of where the planet was in its orbit. Statement II - Kepler discovered that the planets move in an ellipse with the Sun at one focus point, offset from the center.

    Both statements are true.

    Only statement II is true.

    Bothe statements are false.

    Only statement I is true.

    30s
  • Q14

    Which of the following was discovered by Kepler with the use of Brahe’s extensive collection of data in observational astronomy?

    Law of Relativity

    Law of Planetary Motion

    Law of Acceleration

    Law of Motion

    30s
  • Q15

    Which of the following is TRUE about Kepler’s Third Law?

    Both A and B

    There is a precise mathematical relationship between a planet’s distance from the Sun and the amount of time it takes revolve around the Sun.

    Planets move in an ellipse with the Sun at one focus point, offset from the center.

    Any planet joining the Sun sweeps out equal areas in equal lengths of time.

    30s

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