Week 7 lesson 1 & 2: Gl revision

Week 7 lesson 1 & 2: Gl revision

Multiple Choice

How Many Planets orbit the sun in our solar system?

• 4 planets orbit the sun.

• 8 planets orbit the sun.

• 9 planets orbit the sun.

• Over 20 planets orbit the sun.

Multiple Choice

What planet is the largest planet in our solar system?

• Saturn

• Jupiter

• Earth

• Mars

Multiple Choice

What does orbit mean?

• When a rocket blasts into space.

• To fly into outer space.

• The path a planet takes around the sun.

• The spinning of the planet.

Multiple Choice

What is the hottest planet in our Solar System?

• Venus

• Earth

• Mercury

• Mars

Multiple Choice

True or False. The Earth is the only planet that has a moon.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

True or False. The Sun is a star.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The Earth is one of many planets orbiting the Sun.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

True or False. The Sun, Earth and Moon are all the same size.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

True or False. The Sun, Earth and Moon are all roughly spherical.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

True or False. The Sun, Earth and Moon are all the same Color.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which statement best explains why the Sun appears on the horizon every morning?

• The Earth completes one rotation on its axis each day.

• The Sun moves around the Earth once each day.

• The Earth makes a complete orbit around the Sun each day.

• The Moon stops blocking the light from the Sun each day.

Multiple Choice

Earth does a complete revolution every _______

• 24 hours

• 365 days

• 12 hours

• 10 years

Multiple Choice

The earth rotates every

• 365 days

• 15 hours

• 24 hours

• hour

Multiple Choice

The Earth's movement (revolution) around the sun causes

• atmosphere

• seasons

• heating

• year

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Spinning of the Earth on its axis is called...

• orbit

• double axis

• revolution

• rotation

Multiple Choice

What motion of the Earth takes 365 days?

• rotation

• revolution

• tilting

• spinning

Multiple Choice

How does Earth’s rotation cause day and night?

• As Earth rotates toward the east, the sun appears to rise in the west and set in the east.

• As Earth rotates toward the east, the sun appears to rise in the east and set in the west.

• Earth’s rotation does not cause day and night; its revolution does.

• Earth rotates in a clockwise direction, which makes the sun appear in the sky during the day.

Multiple Choice

What is the biggest difference between the Geocentric Model and the Heliocentric Model?

• the brightness of the sun

• the movement of the moon

• the shape of the planets' orbits

• the object at the center of the universe

Multiple Choice

The sun centered view of the universe

• Heliocentric

• Geocentric

• Astronomy

• Galaxy

Multiple Choice

The earth centered view of the universe

• Geocentric

• Heliocentric

• Galaxy

Multiple Choice

What is the name of this model?

• Aristotle Model

• Circle Model

• Geocentric Model

• Heliocentric Model

Multiple Choice

How many time zones is the world divided into?

• 24

• 12

• 18

• 20

Multiple Choice

True or false?

Time zones are divided by imaginary lines called meridians

• True

• False

• Neither

Multiple Choice

Which moon phase is when you can't see the moon at all?

• Waning crescent

• Waxing gibbous

• Full Moon

• New Moon

Multiple Choice

The cycle of the moon lasts about a ______

• week

• day

• month

• year

Multiple Choice

What is the difference between a gibbous moon and a crescent moon?

• The gibbous shows more than half of the bright side of the moon.

• The gibbous shows less than half of the bright side of the moon.

• The crescent shows more than half of the bright side of the moon.

Multiple Choice

How many phases does the moon go through?

• 4

• 8

• 10

• 12

Multiple Choice

Changes in the moon's appearance are

• stages

• phases

• eclipse

• cycle

Multiple Choice

Define Gibbous

• None of moon visible

• Less than half of moon visible

• All of moon visible

• More than half of moon visible

Multiple Choice

Name the moon phase

• Waning Crescent

• Waning Gibbous

• Waxing Gibbous

• Waxing Crescent

Multiple Choice

The 1st Quarter moon is lit on the:

• Right side

• Left Side

Multiple Choice

For a solar eclipse to occur, what has to happen?

• The sun must be directly between Earth and the moon.

• The moon must be directly between Earth and the Sun.

Multiple Choice

True or False: You must wear your eclipse goggles at all times except during totality due to safety reasons.

• False

• True

Multiple Choice

A lunar eclipse occurs at which moon phase?

• Quarter Moon

• Crescent Moon

• New Moon

• full moon

Multiple Choice

During a lunar eclipse

• the moon covers the sun

• Earth's shadow covers the moon

• Earth's shadow covers the sun

• the sun's shadow covers the moon

Multiple Choice

The position of the Earth, moon and Sun during a lunar eclipse is

• sun--moon--Earth

• sun--Earth--moon

• Earth--sun--moon

• moon--sun--Earth