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OWL 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.
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[center]Written Section
Truth or False (2 pts. each)1.) Astronomy is the oldest of the natural sciences.
2.) One of the most powerful creations was made by an Italian mathatican.
3.) Albert Einstein was an important person in the history or astronomy
4.) Galileo studied at Yale.
5.) Sir Isaac Newton as from America.
Fill In the Blank (5 pts. each)1.) The Law of ____-An object at rest tends to stay at rest unless acted upon by an outside force.
2.) ____hypothesis: These events were due to the reappearance of one object on an orbit which brought it close to the Sun once every 76 years. He then went on to predict that the comet would return again in 1758. The comet was sighted, on schedule, on Christmas Day 1758 and has since borne Halley's name.
3.) Newton's third law of motion, which is also known as the principle of action and reaction, states for that every action, there is an equal but ____reaction
Multiple Choice (10 pts each)1.) Which of the following is not a famous person from the history of Astronomy?
(A) Sir. Isaac Newton
- (B) Albert Einstein
- (C) Michealango
- (D) Galileo
- (E) Pythagoras
2.) In Newton's third law of motion, which of the following finishes this statement: For every action,
- (A) Everything stops
- (B) They keep going
- (C) Nothing happens
- (D) There is an equal but opposite reaction
- (E) There is another action
3.) In what year did Albert Einstein with the Nobel Prize"
- (A) 1900
- (B)1945
- (C) 1905
- (D) 1890
- (E) 1921
4.) Which of the following did Galileo study while attending the University of Pisa?
- (A) Mathematics
- (B) Medicine
- (C) Philosophy
- (D) The world
- (E) Art
5.) Who is the leading figure in Modern Cosmology:
- (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?
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