Curriculum Development Instruments

Student Content Assessments

Instrument 8: The Revolutions of the Moons of Jupiter Pre-and Post-Test

Project: Modernizing the Introductory Astronomy Laboratory
Gettysburg College

Funding Source: NSF: Course and Curriculum Development (DUE)

Purpose: To test knowledge enhancement resulting from the CLEA program

Administered To: Undergraduate students participating in the CLEA courses, as well as students participating in a control course that did not use CLEA

Topics Covered:

• Content Specific Assessment: earth & space, inquiry concepts

Format/Length: 12 questions, plus 8 demographic questions. The pre- and post-test each have 4 open-, 2 closed-ended, and 4 demographic questions.

Name	__________________________		Date	__________________________
Graduation Date	__________________________		Major	__________________________

1. What important property of a planet do we learn by studying its moon?

2. Below is a graph plotting the distance of a moon from the planet versus time.
   
   
   1. What is the period of the moon?

   2. What is the radius of its orbit?

3. Moon A is 1 J.D. from Jupiter and goes around in 1 day. Moon B is 4 JD from Jupiter. What is the period of Moon B?
   1. 8 days
   2. 12 days
   3. 4 days
   4. cannot be determined

4. Below is a top-view diagram of the Jupiter and its moons. Draw a diagram illustrating how the moons would appear through a telescope when being viewed from Earth?
   
   Draw your diagram in the space provided.

    

    

    

    

5. Which of the moons of Jupiter moves the fastest?
   1. Io
   2. Ganymede
   3. Callisto
   4. Europa

Name	__________________________		Date	__________________________
Graduation Date	__________________________		Major	__________________________

1. What important property of a planet do we learn by studying its moon?

2. Below is a graph plotting the distance of a moon from the planet versus time.
   
   
   1. What is the period of the moon?

   2. What is the radius of its orbit?

3. Moon A is 1 JD from Jupiter and goes around in 1 day. Moon B is 4 JD from Jupiter. What is the period of Moon B?
   1. 8 days
   2. 12 days
   3. 4 days
   4. cannot be determined

4. Below is a top-view diagram of the Jupiter and its moons. Draw a diagram illustrating how the moons would appear through a telescope when being viewed from Earth?
   
   Draw your diagram in the space provided.

    

    

    

    

5. Which of the moons of Jupiter moves the fastest?
   1. Io
   2. Ganymede
   3. Callisto
   4. Europa