Astronomy Test Review

Dark-colored, relatively flat regions of the Moon's surface that were found when interior lava filled large basins are called _______________.

• Maria
• Craters
• Sedimentary Rocks
• Volcanoes

A ______________ eclipse occurs when the Moon moves directly between the Sun and Earth, blocking the light from the Sun and casting a shadow on Earth.

• Lunar Eclipse
• Solar Eclipse
• Waning Gibbous
• Waxing Gibbous

The sun's rays strike Earth at their northernmost and southernmost positions during _________________________.

• Winter and Summer Solstices
• Lunar Eclipses
• Solar Eclipses
• Spring and Fall Equinoxes

The yearly orbit of Earth around the sun is known as ___________________.

• Ellipse
• Rotation
• Revolution
• Tilt

Summer occurs on the hemisphere of Earth that is __________________

• Turned away from the Sun
• Tilted toward the Sun
• Tilted away from the Sun 
• Turned toward the Sun

Small pieces of rock that enter Earth's atmosphere at speeds of 15 to 70 km/s and burn up are called _________________.

• Asteroids
• Stars
• Meteors
• Meteorites

___________________ are pieces of rock that strike the surface of a moon or planet.

• Comets
• Asteroids
• Meteors
• Meteorites

Water is found as a solid, liquid or gas on ______________

• Mars
• Earth
• Mercury
• Venus

The intense magnetic fields of sunspots cause large arch-like, looping eruptions of gas called _______________________

• Coronas
• Solar Eclipses
• Photospheres
• Prominences

Dark, cooler areas on the Sun's surface are called ______________________

• Solar Flares
• Coronas
• Sunspots
• Prominences