REFERENCE LINES AND POINTS
The name of line A in the diagram is:
    a. the ecliptic  b. the N celestial pole  c. an eclipse     d. the celestial equator  e. none of the above

MOTIONS OF THE EARTH:               I. ROTATION

Which of the evidence below proves that the earth rotates?
    a. Foucault pendulum  b. the phases of the moon  c. stellar parallax  d. telescopic observations of  Jupiter's moons
    e. all the above

Which of the following is due to the earth's rotation?
    a. star rise and star set    b. precession    c. the seasons    d. the slow change of seasons over 26000  years
    e. they all are

Which of the following is NOT a consequence of rotation?
    a. star rise and star set  b. the rise and fall of tides  c. the length of the day  d. the sun shifting along the  zodiac
    e. they all are related to rotation.

Baltimore is located at 75 W longitude and Honolulu Hawaii at 150 W longitude. The sun will rise ____ in Hawaii:
    a. 5 hrs earlier   b. 5 hrs later   c. 5 hrs farther North    d. 7.5 hrs later   e. 7.5 hrs farther South
 
 
MOTIONS OF THE EARTH:               II. REVOLUTION

Which of the following is due to the earth's revolution?
    a. star rise and star set    b. precession    c. the seasons    d. the slow change of seasons over 26000  years
    e. they all are

MOTIONS OF THE EARTH:               III. PRECESSION

Some 13000 years from now, December 22 will mark the beginning of:
    a. summer  b. fall  c. winter  d. spring  e. it would depend on the time and date because it is not the equinox any more.

LUNAR MOTIONS
We see only one side of the moon because:
    a. The period of the earth's rotation is the same as that of the moon's rotation
    b. only one side of the  moon is lit by the sun
    c. the period of the moon's rotation is the same as that of the moon's revolution
    d. there are two sides to every moon
    e. none of the above.

As you leave your abode at sunset, you notice the moon rising in the east. You kindly inform your nonchalant companion that the moon is uncontrovertibly:
    a. full     b. waxing      c. in the 3rd quarter      d. in the first quarter      e. in the house of the rising sun.

They are predicting a lunar eclipse. This means that at the time of the eclipse the moon will be:
    a. full     b. waxing      c. in the 3rd quarter      d. in the first quarter     e. new

True or false: A lunar eclipse will occur during daytime

They are predicting a solar eclipse. This means that at the time of the eclipse the moon will be:
a. full  b. waxing c. in the 3rd quarter d. in the first quarter e. new

True or false: A solar eclipse will occur during daytime

You have been staying up for a night and a day and desperately watching the sky because the exercise on lunar observations is due. Despite your vigilant scanning of the unrelentingly clear sky, you have not seen the moon. Then you realize that is because the moon is:
    a. full       b. waxing      c. in the 3rd quarter      d. in the first quarter     e. new