Quiz about Unit 6: Astronomy Review

Question 1

This person was the first to use a telescope to make observations in the sky:

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Galileo

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Aristotle

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Ptolemy

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Copernicus

Question 2

This image shows the:

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Geocentric Solar System

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Heliocentric Solar System

Question 3

The strength of gravity between two objects depends on two factors:

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mass and distance between the objects

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mass and matter

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distance between the objects and weight

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weight and mass

Question 4

A model of the solar system in which Earth and the other planets revolve around the SUN.

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Heliocentric Solar System

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Geocentric Solar System

Question 5

What does "helios" mean?

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Sun

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Earth

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center of

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moon

Question 6

This person discovered moons on Jupiter, which helped to support the heliocentric theory...

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Galileo

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Aristotle

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Copernicus

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Ptolemy

Question 7

The path that a body follows as it travels around another body.

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Orbit

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Solar System

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Prominence

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Geocentric

Question 8

A force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses.

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Gravity

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Solar Flare

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Orbit

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Centripetal Force

Question 9

Because of inertia, a resting object will remain at ________.

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rest

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a constant speed

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school

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inertia

Question 10

Your mass increases on a large planet with more gravity.

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False

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True

Question 11

On Earth, which has a greater gravitational force acting on it?

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a car

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an iPhone

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a laptop

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a cat

Question 12

Which planet has the greatest attraction to the sun?

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Mercury

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Venus

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Earth

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Mars

Question 13

The astronomer Copernicus publicly states in the 1500s that the Earth...

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revolves around the sun

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does not move

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moves in a straight line

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is the center of the solar system

Question 14

Our solar system began as a...

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nebula

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quasar

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prototype

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neutron star

Question 15

Which season is taking place in the Southern Hemisphere in Position 4?

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Spring

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Winter

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Summer

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Fall

Question 16

To change the motion of an object, inertia must be overcome by a __________ acting on the object.

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force

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temperature

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speed

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velocity

Question 17

Which season is taking place in the Southern Hemisphere in Position 3?

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Winter

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Spring

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Summer

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Fall

Question 18

Which has more gravitational force acting upon it?

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a train

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a bus

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a car

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a person

Question 19

How old is our universe?

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13.8 billion years

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13.8 thousand years

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13.8 million years

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13.8 trillion years

Question 20

If these boys are pulling with the same amount of force.  What will happen?

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They will not move at all.

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The boy in blue will win.

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The boy in red will win.

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Both will fall down.

Question 21

What does the Big Bang theory suggest?

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The universe is continually expanding

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The universe was just there

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The Milky Way is the only solar system

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The universe is collapsing in toward a single point

Question 22

Who discovered that the galaxies were moving away from one another?

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Edwin Hubble

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Issac Newton

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Albert Einstein

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Sheldon Cooper

Question 23

Which season is taking place in the Southern Hemisphere in Position 1?

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Summer

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Winter

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Spring

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Fall

Question 24

Mass is measured with what units?

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grams (g)

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centimeters (cm)

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milliliters (mL)

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pounds (lbs)

Question 25

The amount that gravity pulls on you is called

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weight

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mass

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volume

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density

Question 26

The farther from the sun the _____________ the revolution (year)

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longer

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shorter

Question 27

In the image, which of the person and their bikes will get down a hill faster?

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The woman because she has more mass and applies a greater force

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The boy because he is younger

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The woman because she is stronger

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The boy because he has a greater mass which applies a greater force

Question 28

Earth's ________ on its axis causes day and night.

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rotation

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revolution

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phase

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comet

Question 29

Which season is taking place in the Southern Hemisphere in Position 2?

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Fall

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Winter

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Spring

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Summer

Question 30

Earth and the other planets closest to the Sun are made mostly of _______

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rock

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gas

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metal

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water

Question 31

One full orbit of an object around another object is called a ________.

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revolution

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axis

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rotation

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satellite

Question 32

The __________ has planets, moons, comets, and asteroids.

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solar system

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earth

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rotation

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United States

Question 33

Asteroids "hang out" in our solar system in a place called:

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The Asteroid Belt

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The Kupier Belt

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The Oort Cloud

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The Planetary Rings

Question 34

Why do the sun and moon appear to move across the sky?

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the rotation of the earth make the sun and moon seem to move

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the rotation of the solar system makes the sun and moon seem to move

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the sun and moon revolve around earth

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the earth revolves around the sun and moon

Question 35

The time required for a body to complete a single orbit

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orbital period

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gravity

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inertia

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retrograde motion

Question 36

A meteorite is DIFFERENT from a comet mainly because

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enters the Earth's atmoshere

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has a tail of ice and gas

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is found in orbit between Jupiter and Mars

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has a nucleus mad of rock and snow.

Question 37

Which space object is larger?

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Asteroid

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Meteor

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Meteorite

Question 38

The tails of a comet are called...

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Gas tail and dust tail

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Hydrogen tail and gas tail

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Dust tail hydrogen tail

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Coma and gas tail

Question 39

The force that exists between any two bodies in the universe

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gravity

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inertia

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eccentricity

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pluto

Question 40

The amount of matter in an object is its

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mass

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volume

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density

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weight

Question 41

What is another name for a "dirty snowball?"

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Comet

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Meteor

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Asteroid

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Dwarf Planet

Question 42

When a meteor hits Earth, what is it called?

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meteorite

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meteroid

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meteor

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shooting star

Question 43

Most meteors DO NOT burn up before they hit Earth's ground.

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False

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True

Question 44

When objects strike the surface of a planet or moon, they leave a deep impression on the surface called a:

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Crater

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Pothole

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Canyon

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Plateau

Question 45

The belt between Mars and Jupiter

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Asteroids

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Comets

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Meteors

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Stars

Question 46

Sometimes I am called a "dirty snowball". I have a hydrogen cloud, coma, and a nucleus. I am invisible except when near the sun. What am I?

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Comet

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Asteroid

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Star

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Meteor

Question 47

What is a meteor called when it's in space?

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meteroid

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meteor

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meteorite

Question 48

The spinning movement of the Earth about its axis is called the Earth's _____

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rotation

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revolution

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precession

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orbit

Question 49

The Earth is rotating on its axis, creating _____

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day and night

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the 12 months

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the years

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the seasons

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