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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: Deep Space.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Copernicus and Kepler measured the distances of the solar system which were expressed in what?
(a) Leptons.
(b) Particles.
(c) Astronomical units.
(d) Bosons.

2. What carpenter turned clockmaker invented the marine chronometer?
(a) Jean Richer.
(b) John Harrison.
(c) Plato.
(d) Marco Polo.

3. In trigonometry and geometry, what is the process of determining the location of a point by measuring angles to it from known points at either end of a fixed baseline, rather than measuring distances to the point directly?
(a) Alchemy.
(b) Astronomy.
(c) Triangulation.
(d) Chronometry.

4. What is a device with a special eyepiece to measure the size of a planet as seen through a telescope?
(a) Lepton.
(b) Micrometer.
(c) Parallax.
(d) Boson.

5. The Middle Ages encompassed the period from the 5th century to when?
(a) The 16th century.
(b) The 15th century.
(c) The 13th century.
(d) The 12th century.

Short Answer Questions

1. William Herschel was the first astronomer to make "acute, systematic observations of the universe" beyond what?

2. Galileo's contributions to observational astronomy include the telescopic confirmation of the phases of what planet?

3. Kant first became interested in space travel after reading a review of what philosopher's book?

4. What is a displacement or difference in the apparent position of an object viewed along two different lines of sight, and is measured by the angle or semi-angle of inclination between those two lines?

5. William Herschel became most famous for the discovery of which planet?

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