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{When did astronomy split between theoretical and observational branches?} - In the 19th century + In the 20th century - After Galileo - In the last decade - In the 18th century {What does the Wikipedia 'Astronomy' call astrology? } - the study of planetary cores - the belief that all people should learn astronomy + the belief system which claims that human affairs are correlated with the positions of celestial objects. - the study of planetary atmospheres - the study of comets and asteroids {Cosmology is the study of} + the universe as a whole - the birth and death of stars - the oceans - the formation of the solar system - planetary atmospheres {What does the Wikipedia 'Astronomy' article say about astronomy and astrophysics} - They are often in conflict - They must be in agreement or the result cannot be trusted - They often yield different results + They are often considered to be synonymous - They are often considered to be opposites {The goecentric theory put the Sun} - orbiting around the Moon - none of the above or below are true - at the center of the universe - at the center of the solar system + in orbit around Earth {In the 3rd century BC, Aristarchus of Samos estimated the size of } + the Moon and Sun - the Sun - Earth and the Sun - Earth and the Moon - the Moon {In the 19th century Fraunhoffer and Kirchoff studied light from the Sun and found} - Mercury's shadow - a wobble that led to the discovery of new planets + spectral lines and concluded that they were caused by the elements - sunspots and the sunspot cycle - a golden ring {The ancient Greeks discovered (named) most of the constellations} - in the southern hemisphere + in the northern hemisphere - in both all hemispheres - in the western hemisphere - in the eastern hemisphere {When did astronmers establish that the Milky way is only one of many billions of galaxies in the universe?} - 14th century - 18th century + 20th century - 16th century {According to the Wikipedia Astronomy article, the first known efforts in the mathematical and scientific study of Astronomy began} + among the Babylonians - among the Chinese - in south America - in ancient Greece - in central America {How many years did it take before Europe made a device as sophisticated as Antikythera?} - 300 years - 3000 years - 30 years + 1500 years - 15,000 years {The saro cycle was about repeating cycles of} - planets + eclipses - seasons {Who drew these sketches? } - Kepler - Aristotle - Ptolemy + Galileo - Copernicus {In what century was parallax first used to measure the distance to a Star (other than our Sun)?} - 17th century + 19th century - 18th century - 20th century - 16th century {The largest galaxy in the local group is} - ant-galexy + Andromeda - M52 - Milky way - M-31 {What two names are associated with the first new planet found (after those known by the ancients using the naked eye)} - Neptune and the Alabama Streaker - Mercury and Friendship + Uranus and George's Star - Mars and the Candy Bar - Pluto and Goofy {The historical record shows that in 1066 AD a supernovae was discovered by astronomers in _____ and _____} - China and South America - Greece and North America - Greece and China - Greece and Central America + Egypt and China