Module 01 Quiz: 20201_INTRO PHYS SCNCES_4270
The longest of the following is
0.00001 km
The time needed for a planet to orbit the sun
depends on the average distance of the planet from the sun
Stars and planets are round because
gravity forces them into this shape
Living things
have evolved throughout the earth's history
When the sun, the earth, and the moon are all in line,
high tides are higher than usual and low tides are lower than usual.
When first proposed, a scientific idea is usually called a
hypothesis.
scientific theory
must be constantly reviewed to see whether they are in accord with new experimental observations.
In the distant past, the length of the day was
shorter than 24h.
The length of the year is
slightly more than 365 days.
In which one or more of the following is the earth assumed to be the center of the universe?
the Ptolemaic system.
If the earth had no moon,
the average tidal range would be smaller
In most parts of the world high tides occur approximately
twice a day.
The British unit of length closest to the meter is the
yard
A nautical mile (nm) is 6076 ft long, and a knot (kn) is a unit of speed equal to 1 nm per hour. How many feet per second does a 10-kn boat move through the water?
17 ft/s
The number of cubic centimeters in a cubic foot is about
2.8 × 104.
Arrange the following planets in the order of their distance from the sun. 1. Venus 2. Mars 3. Earth 4. Mercury
4,1,3,2
Kepler modified
Copernican system
The discovery that the planetary orbits are ellipses rather than circles was made by
Kepler
A year is the time needed for rev: 05_09_2014_QC_49368
None of the choices are correct
The object in the sky that lies very nearly on an extension of the earth's axis is
Polaris
