Astronomy college course/Kepler/Quiz01/Original version of this quiz

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{Kepler began his career as a teacher of} + mathematics - history - philosophy - theology - astronomy {Kepler is also known for his improvements to} - a perpetual motion machine + the telescope - translations of the Bible - the abacus - Ptolemy's star charts {In Kepler's era, astronomy was usually considered a part of natural philosophy} - true + false {In Kepler's era, astronomy was usually considered a part of mathematics} + true - false {In Kepler's era, astronomy closely linked to astrology} + true - false {In Kepler's era, physics (how and why things moved) was usually considered a part of natural philosophy} + true - false {Kepler incorporated religious arguments and reasoning into his work} + true - false {Kepler avoided religious arguments and reasoning in his work} - true + false {How would one describe the status of Kepler's family when he was a child?} - neither wealthy nor of noble birth + of noble birth, but in poverty - his father and grandfather were scientists - wealth and of noble birth - wealthy but not of noble birth {As a child, Kepler's interest in astronomy grew as a result of } + two of these - watching his uncle make a telescope - a solar eclipse - a lunar eclipse - a comet {When Kepler's studies at the university were over, what he really wanted to do was } + become a minister - work with Newton - visit Athens - visit Rome - work with Tycho {Which of the following is NOT associated with Kepler's Laws} - Earth orbits the sun - planets speed up as they approach the sun + circular motions with epicycles - planets farther from the Sun have longer orbital periods. - elliptical paths for the planets {As a planet orbits the Sun, the Sun is situated at one focal point of the ellipse} + true - false {As a planet orbits the Sun, the Sun is situated midway between the two focal points of the ellipse} - true + false {Newton was able to use the motion of the Moon to calculate the universal constant of gravity, G } - true + false {The force of (gravitational) attraction between you and a friend is small because neither of you possess significant mass } + true - false {Cavendish finally measured G by carefully weighing the force between} - Earth and Sun - Sun and Moon - Jupiter and moons + two lead balls - Earth and Moon