Summative Test Week 1-5
1. An astronomical event that occurs when an astronomical object or spacecraft is temporarily obscured
by passing into the shadow of another body or by having another body pass between it and the viewer.
a. eclipse
b. phases
c. retrograde motion
d. lunar eclipse
2. A dark (real image) area where light from a light source is blocked by an opaque object.
a. solar eclipse
b. lunar eclipse
c. shadow
d. umbra
3. A student of Plato and considered as one of the great philosophers of his time; his earth-centered
view dominated for almost 2,000 years.
a. Aristotle
b. Aristarchus
c. Galileo
d. Newton
4. He considered the sun as the stationery center of the universe. He classified Earth as a planet just like
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn.
a. Nicolaus Copernicus
b. Claudius Ptolemy
c. Johannes Kepler
d. Isaac Newton
5. He was the greatest Italian scientist of the Renaissance. Due to the telescope, he was able to discover
and observe important astronomical facts such as lunar craters, the phases of the Venus, the moons of
Jupiter, sun spots, and the sizes of the stars.
a. Galileo Galilei
b. Tycho Brahe
c. Isaac Newton
d. Johannes Kepler
6. The Earth is the center of the Universe.
a. Geocentric
b. Heliocentric
c. Finite model
d. Eudoxus Universe
7. A circle whose center point is removed from the Earth
a. epicyles
b. deferent
c. equant
d. spheres
8. It is an astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun.
a. Geocentrism
b. Heliocentrism
c. Solstice
d. Eclipse
9. Greek philosopher who gave the most accurate size of the spherical earth during their time?
a. Pythagoras
b. Eratosthenes
c. Anaxagoras
d. Hipparchus
10. What is the shape of the Earth as described by modern astronomy?
a. Oblate Spheroid
b. Ellipsoid
c. Hyperboloid
d. Oblate Paraloid
11. A type of eclipse that occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, and the Moon fully
or partially blocks the light from the Sun.
a. Lunar eclipse
b. Solar eclipse
c. Lunar Phase
d. Eclipse
12. A _______ appears only when the moon is on the side of the earth most directly in line with the sun.
a. new moon
b. full moon
c. third quarter
d. first quarter
13. Half the side of the moon facing the earth appears illuminated.
a. full moon
b. third quarter
c. first quarter
d. new moon
14. The whole side of the moon is now illuminated to viewers from the earth.
a. new moon
b. full moon
c. third quarter
d. first quarter
15. It is a phenomenon where planet mars appears to slow down, move backwards and move forward
again.
a. Retrograde motion
b. Solstice
c. Lunar eclipse
d. Solar eclipse
16. What are the two major types of eclipse?
a. Solar and Lunar Eclipse
b. Lunar and Total Lunar Eclipse
c. Solar and Annual Solar Eclipse
d. Partial Solar and Partial Lunar Eclipse
17. _______ is the smallest and fastest planet. It is somewhat larger than the moon and similar in
appearance.
a. Mars
b. Venus
c. Mercury
d. Earth
18. ______ is the brightest object in the sky and is easily seen near the sun at either sunrise or sunset. It
also has phases just like the moon.
a. Mercury
b. Venus
c. Mars
d. Jupiter
19. The reddish planet and, is the only other known body whose surface conditions seemed suitable for
life of some kind.
a. Mercury
b. Venus
c. Earth
d. Mars
20. The moon has _____ phases.
a. 9
b. 7
c. 8
d. 10
21. He was the student of Tycho Brahe and he developed the three laws of planetary motion
a. Johannes Kepler
b. Isaac Newton
c. Tycho Brahe
d. Galileo Galilei
22. Law of _____ describes each planet moves around the Sun in an orbit that is an ellipse, with the Sun
at one focus of the ellipse.
a. Law of Harmonies
b. Law of Equal Areas
c. Law of Ellipse
d. Law of Planetary Motion
23. Law of ______ describes the straight line joining a planet and the Sun sweeps out equal areas in
space in equal intervals of time
a. Law of Harmonies
b. Law of Equal Areas
c. Law of Ellipse
d. Law of Planetary Motion
24. Law of ______ the square of a planet’s orbital period is directly proportional to the cube of the
semimajor axis of its orbit
a. Law of Harmonies
b. Law of Equal Areas
c. Law of Ellipse
d. Law of Planetary Motion
25. Law of Harmonies states that planets move along an elliptical path with the Sun at one of the foci.
a. False
b. True
c. Maybe
d. None of the above
26. Law of Ellipses states that planets move along an elliptical path with the Earth at one of the foci.
a. True
b. False
c. Maybe
d. None of the above
27. Who was recommended by Emperor Rudolf II to be Tycho Brahe’s assistant?
A. Galileo Galilei
B. Isaac Newton
C. Johannes Kepler
D. Nicolaus Copernicus
28. What did Aristotle say about freely falling objects?
a. If there were several objects released from a certain height at the same time, the heaviest will reach
the surface of the earth first.
b. It doesn’t matter how heavy an object is, or how much mass it has
c. It is a force that is caused due to air when an object moves through it.
d. None of the above
29. What did Galileo say about freely falling objects?
a. If there were several objects released from a certain height at the same time, the heaviest will reach
the surface of the earth first.
b. It doesn’t matter how heavy an object is, or how much mass it has.
c. It is a force that is caused due to air when an object moves through it.
d. None of the above
30. According to Aristotle, it is the push or pull that an object requires to maintain in motion.
a. Horizontal Motion
b. Vertical Motion
c. Projectile Motion
d. Motion
31. In Aristotle’s theory, a smoke goes up the air because it seeks its natural place in the atmosphere. It
Is an example of _______.
a. Horizontal Motion
b. Projectile Motion
c. Vertical Motion
d. Motion
32. In Aristotle’s _________, the object will move and will return to its natural state based on the
object's material or composition - earth, water, air, and fire.
a. Horizontal Motion
b. Projectile Motion
c. Vertical Motion
d. Motion
33. Aristotle believed that the ___________ of an object is parallel to the ground until it is the object's
time to fall back into the ground.
a. Vertical Motion
b. Projectile Motion
c. Horizontal Motion
d. Motion
34. It is a force that sets a body in motion.
a. Impetus
b. Drag force
c. Gravitational Force
d. Air resistance
35. In Galileo’s _________, objects would fall not depending on their weight, but in the time of fall.
a. Horizontal Motion
b. Projectile Motion
c. Vertical Motion
d. Motion
36. Galileo’s vertical motion is defined as.
a. if the object encountered a resistive force from a fluid equal or greater than its weight, it will slow
down and reaches a uniform motion until it reaches the bottom and stops.
b. objects would fall not depending on their weight, but in the time of fall.
c. A is true but B is false.
d. Both A and B is correct.
37. Galileo said that, “An object in motion, if unimpeded, will continue to be in motion, and an external
force is not necessary to maintain the motion.”
a. True
b. False
c. Maybe
d. Galileo never said that.
38. “If a ball is pushed on an infinitely flat plane, the ball will continue to roll if unimpeded.” Is Galileo’s
example of ____________.
a. Vertical Motion
b. Horizontal Motion
c. Projectile Motion
d. Motion
39. He believed that a projectile is a combination of uniform motion in the horizontal direction and
uniformly accelerated motion in the vertical direction.
a. Isaac Newton
b. Galileo Galilei
c. Aristotle
d. Socrates
40. What are the two classes of motion according to Aristotle?
a. Natural and Dynamic Motion
b. Natural and Sliding Motion
c. Natural and Violent Motion
d. Natural and Weak Motion
41. According to Albert Einstein, photon has the ff. characteristics.
I. It has rest energy.
II. It has zero mass
III. It can carry energy and momentum.
IV. It cannot interact with other particles like electrons.
a. I and II is correct
b. III and IV is correct
c. I, II, and III is correct
d. All of the above
42. Why is red light commonly used in dark room?
a. Because red light is in the region of visible light with longest wavelength and with low frequency.
b. Because red light is in the region of visible light with shortest wavelength and high frequency.
c. Because red light is in the region of visible light with shortest wavelength and low frequency.
d. Because red light is in the region of visible light with longest wavelength and high frequency.
43. Why do people get easily sunburned by ultraviolet (UV) light but not by visible light?
a. Ultraviolet (UV) light has shorter wavelength and higher frequency than visible light.
b. Ultraviolet (UV) light has shorter wavelength and lower frequency than visible light.
c. Ultraviolet (UV) light has longest wavelength and higher frequency than visible light.
D Ultraviolet (UV) light has longest wavelength and no frequency.
44. A force that opposes motion between any surfaces that are touching.
a. Friction
b. Inertia
c. Mass
d. Force
45. Who among these scientist states that, “An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays
in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.”
a. Galileo Galilei
b. Isaac Newton
c. Rene Descartes
d. Aristotle
46. It is the amount of matter or substance that makes up an object. It is measured in units called
kilogram.
a. Mass
b. Force
c. Inertia
d. Friction
47. A _________ is a force in which the net force is equal to zero.
a. Balance force
b. Unbalanced force
c. Gravitational Force
d. Force
48. An ________ is a force in which the net force is greater than zero.
a. Balance force
b. Unbalanced force
c. Gravitational Force
d. Force
49. Inertia is the tendency of an object to resist motion
a. True
b. False
c. Maybe
d. None of the above
50. What are knocked off when light photons strike metal surfaces?
a. Electrons
b. Neutrons
c. Positrons
d. Protons
