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Long Test in Physical Science 11. Which of the following is the driving force that causes
the Earth’s axis of rotation to wobble?
Part I. Read each item carefully. Choose the letter of the correct a. gravitational force of the Sun and moon
answer. b. diurnal motion
c. annual motion
1. Which of the following are the two realms that make up
d. precession
the cosmos according to ancient Greeks?
12. Which of the following can be observed when the sun
a. terrestrial and celestial
intersects the celestial equator as it revolves around
b. terrestrial and natural
the ecliptic?
c. celestial and natural
a. The length of daytime is equal to the length of
d. natural and unnatural
night time.
2. Which of the following describes the motion of the
b. The length of daytime is greater than the
objects in the celestial realm according to Greek
length of night time.
philosophers?
c. The length of daytime is lesser than the length
a. perfect and circular
of night time.
b. perfect and rectilinear
d. Solar flares are more frequent.
c. unstable and circular
13. Which of the following is the shape of the Earth
d. unstable and rectilinear
according to ancient Greeks?
3. Which of the following describes the motion of the
a. sphere
objects in the terrestrial realm?
b. cylinder
a. unstable
c. octagon
b. perfect
d. flat disc
c. circular
14. What is the shape of the Earth as described by modern
d. rectilinear
astronomy?
4. . Which of the following refers to the surface where
a. ellipsoid
stars appear to be attached?
b. hyperboloid
a. ecliptic
c. oblate paraboloid
b. celestial poles
d. oblate spheroid
c. diurnal circle
15. Which of the following ancient Greek philosophers
d. celestial sphere
computed for the circumference of the Earth?
5. Which of the following is the path that the stars take in
a. Eratosthenes
completing diurnal motion?
b. Anaxagoras
a. diurnal circle
c. Pythagoras
b. celestial sphere
d. Aristotle
c. ecliptic
16. According to Erastothenes’ computations what is the
d. celestial poles
circumference of the Earth?
6. Which of the following is the path taken by the sun as
a. 250 000 stadia
it moves around the celestial sphere?
b. 500 stadia
a. diurnal circle
c. 7.2 stadia
b. celestial sphere
d. 40 000 stadia
c. ecliptic
17. Which of the following can be observed of a cruising
d. celestial poles
ship if the Earth is a flat disc?
7. Which of the following is a consequence of the Earth’s
a. It will shrink then only the sail will be visible
rotation around its axis?
until it completely disappears.
a. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
b. It will become bigger and bigger.
b. The constellations change their position with
c. It will not change its size.
season.
d. It will become smaller and smaller until it
c. The equinoxes wobble.
disappears.
d. The North Star changes from Polaris to Vega.
18. According to Eratosthenes, which of the following
8. What happens to the circle of circumpolar stars as you
explain why a vertical stick casts a shadow in
get closer to the poles?
Alexandria but not in Syene?
a. decreases
a. The Sun is directly overhead in Syene while
b. remains the same
in Alexandria, it is only almost directly
c. changes position
overhead.
d. increases
b. The light rays coming from the sun are
9. During which time is the sun’s altitude at its maximum?
parallel, and the Earth is curved.
a. winter solstice
c. The light rays coming from the sun are
b. summer solstice
curved, and the Earth is flat.
c. autumnal equinox
d. The Sun is directly overhead in Alexandria
d. vernal equinox
while in Syene, it is only almost directly
10. Which of the following can be observed due to the
overhead.
Earth’s revolution around the Sun?
19. How many concentric spheres accommodate the Sun,
a. The sun’s altitude changes with season.
Moon, planets, and stars in Eudoxus’ model?
b. Different constellations appear in the horizon
a. 27
throughout the year.
b. 37
c. Circumpolar stars can be observed.
c. 46
d. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.

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d. 56 26. According to the Ptolemaic system, which of the

20. According to Aristotle, which of the following fills the following best explains why planets sometimes move
spheres and causes them to move? in a retrograde motion?
a. water a. It is the result of a planet’s movement around
b. Wind the epicycle.
c. ether b. It is the result of a planet’s movement around
d. fire the deferent.
21. Who was the first to propose a Sun-centered model of c. It is the result of a planet’s simultaneous
the universe? movement around the epicycle and the
a. Copernicus deferent.
b. Aristarchus d. It is the result of a planet’s movement around
c. Ptolemy the Earth.
d. Aristotle 27. By placing the Sun as the center of the universe, which
22. Which of the following best explains why there is no of the following was eliminated from Ptolemy’s model
observed stellar parallax according to Aristarchus and by Copernicus?
Copernicus? a. stellar parallax
a. The planets are at an immeasurable distance b. the Earth as the center
from the Earth. c. retrograde motion
b. The stars are at a measurable distance from d. epicycle and deferent
the Earth.
c. The stars are at an immeasurable distance Part II.
from the Earth.
28. Categorize the following models of the universe as
d. The Sun is at an immeasurable distance from
Geocentric Model or Heliocentric Model.
the Earth.
a. Eudoxus'
23. Which of the following best describes Aristarchus’
b. Aristotle’s
reasoning why the Sun is the center of the universe?
c. Aristarchus'
a. Larger spheres should orbit around the
d. Ptolemy's
smaller ones.
e. Copernicus'
b. Smaller spheres should orbit around the
29. Enumerate the 5 observations that led the Greeks to
larger ones.
conclude that the Earth is sphere.
c. There is no observed stellar parallax.
30. What are the constellations of the Zodiac are and how
d. There is an observed stellar parallax.
do they move as the Earth wobbles?
24. In the image below, which letter represents the
deferent according to the Ptolemaic system?

a. C
b. A
c. B
d. D
25. In the image below, which of the
following best describes the part labeled
as B according to the Ptolemaic system?

a. It is the path of the planet as it revolves around the

Earth.
b. It is the path of the planet as it revolves around the
Sun.
c. It is the path of the Earth as it revolves around the
Sun.
d. It is the path of the Earth as it revolves around the
planet.

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