Space Review

One celestial body is blocked out by another.  Can be Lunar or Solar.

• Tide
• Eclipse
• Full
• satellite

Gravity can be defined as a force of attraction between objects. The effects of gravity can be

witnessed in many systems. Which of these actions is an example of gravity influencing other

systems?

• surface water evaporating into the atmosphere

• planets moving around the Sun in an elliptical pattern

• glaciers melting because of increasing temperatures

• groundwater moving to the surface in an artesian well

The spinning of the Earth on its axis that causes night and day.

• Rotate
• Revolve

A(n) ______________ is a curved path that an object makes around another object. 

• rotation
• orbit
• gravitational pull
• none of the above

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is the agency responsible for

the space program in the United States. What was the goal of NASA’s Apollo program?

• to search for life on planets other than Earth

• to land on a planet in another solar system

• to determine the composition of the Sun

• to send a human to land on the Moon

What is the MAJOR reason Earth has seasons?

• Earth has a moon

• Earth has a tilted axis

• Earth has a magnetic field

• Earth has an elliptical orbit

What causes the different phases of the moon?

• Earth's shadow falling on the moon
• The change in the positions of Earth, the moon, and the sun
• The change in Earth's position in its orbit around the sun
• The moon's revolution around Earth

If it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere, what season is it in the Southern Hemisphere?

• Spring
• Fall
• Winter
• Summer

Meagan learned that the way Earth moves around the Sun causes changes to the seasons.

Which best explains why winter is colder than summer?

• Earth spins faster on its axis in winter.

• Earth is farther from the Sun in winter.

• The rotation of Earth causes more wind to blow in winter.

• The tilt of Earth allows less energy to be received in winter.

Which of the following is visible through a reflecting telescope?

• planets around other stars

• black holes in deep space

• moons around Jupiter

• surface of Saturn