PS Quiz #1 - 4th Quarter: Introductory to Cosmology
Quiz by Karen Lagaña
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- Q1
Diurnal motion is caused by the daily motion of planet on its axis.
truefalseTrue or False45s - Q2
Eudoxus was the first to propose that the Sun is the center of the solar system.
falsetrueTrue or False45s - Q3
The most perfect shape of the Earth and Universe according to Plato is cylindrical.
falsetrueTrue or False45s - Q4
Ancient astronomers believed that the Earth did not move because there was no stellar parallax observed.
truefalseTrue or False45s - Q5
Galileo's observation of the planets supposed the geocentric theory.
falsetrueTrue or False45s - Q6
The planet closest to the sun has the shortest period of revolution around the Sun.
truefalseTrue or False45s - Q7
In the proposed model of Copernicus, the Earth was at the center of the universe.
falsetrueTrue or False45s - Q8
Epicycles refer to the circular paths taken by planets.
truefalseTrue or False45s - Q9
The Second Law of Planetary Motion implies that the product of the velocity and the distance from the Sun remain the same as a planet moves about the Sun.
falsetrueTrue or False45s - Q10
The First Law of Planetary Motion implies that there is a common principle that governs the orbit motion of the planets.
truefalseTrue or False45s