Mathematics/Astronomy/Quiz

This beautiful galaxy is tilted at an oblique angle to our line of sight, giving a "birds-eye view" of the spiral structure. Credit: Hubble data: NASA, ESA, and A. Zezas (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics); GALEX data: NASA, JPL-Caltech, GALEX Team, J. Huchra et al. (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics); Spitzer data: NASA/JPL/Caltech/S. Willner (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

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1 Yes or No, The symbol $\odot$ represents the Sun.

	Yes
	No

2 The symbol $\odot$ may also represent or have represented?

3 Evidence that demonstrates that a model or idea versus a control group is feasible for mathematical astronomy is called a

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4 True or False, A control group may be used in mathematical astronomy to demonstrate no effect or a standard effect versus a novel effort applied to a treatment group.

	TRUE
	FALSE

5 Astronomy is not purely mathematics because of which phenomena?

	the Sun
	displacements consist of a number plus a dimension such as kilometers
	time
	a late-summer rainstorm
	movement

6 True or False, The symbol π represents an irrational number encountered when calculating cyclical or circular celestial phenomena.

	TRUE
	FALSE

7 One use of mathematics with respect to an object in the sky is the calculation of its

8 True or False, The purpose of a treatment group in mathematical astronomy is to describe natural processes or phenomena for the first time relative to a control group.

	TRUE
	FALSE

9 An astronomical entity with no mathematics attached may be which of the following?

	the Sun
	a meteorite impact
	an astronomer
	a late-summer rainstorm
	the Moon

10 Complete the text:

Scientific notation (more commonly known as standard form) is a way of writing that are too big or too small to be conveniently written in form.

11 True or False, The average value of the radius of the Earth's orbit around the Sun is a displacement.

	TRUE
	FALSE

12 Which of the following is not a real number?

	2
	e
	c
	4i
	106
	1.205 E -06

13 True or False, In the arrangement of symbols ⁴⁰Ar, 40 is an atomic number.

	TRUE
	FALSE

14 Yes or No, In the symbol string K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O, the · means multiplication.

	Yes
	No

Hypotheses

Main resource: Hypotheses

1. On a mathematics quiz the answers are the same, only the questions change.

See also: Control groups, Proof of concept, and Proof of technology

See also

• Astronomy/Quiz
• Green astronomy/Quiz
• Planetary science/Quiz
• Radiation astrochemistry/Quiz
• Radiation astrogeography/Quiz
• Radiation astrohistory/Quiz
• Radiation astronomy/Quiz
• Theoretical radiation astronomy/Quiz

External links

• International Astronomical Union
• NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database - NED
• NASA's National Space Science Data Center
• The SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System
• SDSS Quick Look tool: SkyServer
• SIMBAD Astronomical Database
• SIMBAD Web interface, Harvard alternate
• Spacecraft Query at NASA.
• Universal coordinate converter

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