Astronomical Science

What are the order of the planets?

• Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune
• Mercury Venus Earth Uranus Neptune Mars Jupiter Saturn 
•  Mars Jupiter Saturn Mercury Venus Earth Uranus Neptune
• Moon Sun Pluto

What is a waning gibbous moon?

• The moon is fully illuminated.
• The moon is illuminated more than half on the right side.
• The moon is illuminated more than half on the left side.
• It is when the moon explodes.

What stage of the moon is this?

• First Quarter
• Waxing Gibbous
• It's not a moon
• Second Quarter

How many tides are there in a day?

• 2 high tides
• 4 tides
• 1 tide
• 2 low tides

What best describes a day? 

• sunrise to sunrise
• sunrise to sunset 
• sunset to sunrise
• summer to winter 

How much time is in a year? (be exact)

• 365 days
• 366 days
• 365.24 days
• the Earth is still

True or False. A comet's tail faces away from the sun.

• True
• False
• Comets never have tails.
• There is not a so called "comet".

It is summer in the northern hemisphere. What is it in the southern hemisphere?

• Summer 
• Fall
• Winter
• Spring

What is a light year?

• A length in  time. 
• How far light travels in a year.
• How long it takes light to die out.
• How long until a light ray turns into a gamma ray.

What causes the earth to have seasons?

• It's tilt
• How close it is to the sun
• It's rotation
• There's only one season.