Exam 2: A Universe Made, a Universe Discovered

The constellation Ursa Minor includes Polaris,the North Star,as a member.An observer just north of the equator might:

The astronomer responsible for developing the stellar magnitude system still in use today was:

To the naked eye,planets and stars both appear as points of light on the night sky.Describe two methods to determine whether a particular source is a planet.

Each night,most stars:

The following figure shows Earth's orbit around the Sun.Which position corresponds to summer in the Northern Hemisphere?

Why was the development of cities important to the development of astronomy?

Each night,an observer in the northern hemisphere sees the stars circle around a point called the:

The figure below shows the Earth,Moon,and Sun system at four different points during the month.Label the phase of the Moon that occurs at each point.At what time of day will an observer on Earth see each of these phases reach its highest point in the sky?

At what time of day does the Moon rise above the horizon when it is in the first quarter phase?

The constellation Libra is high in the sky at noon during the month of October (though it cannot be seen next to the bright Sun).At what time of year is it high in the sky at midnight?

If an observer on Earth views the Moon to be in a full phase,in what phase would an observer on the Moon view Earth to have?