Sky Science Review

Sunrise is occurring at position ________ and sunset is occurring at position _________. What goes in those blanks?

• Z , X

• Y , W

• X , Z

• W , Y

The moon makes a complete revolution around Earth approximately once each

• day

• week

• year

• month

In order to safely view the sun, a person should...

• view the sun while wearing sunglasses

• place a piece of dark paper over the lens of a telescope

• view an image of the sun projected onto a piece of paper

• place a piece of coloured glass over the lens of a telescope

Using the image, which order of words identifies possible names for the missing X, Y, and Z in the picture.

• Universe, Solar System, Galaxy

• Galaxy, Solar System, Universe

• Milky Way, Galaxy, Solar System

• Solar System, Milky Way, Universe

The gibbous moons are labelled...

• I and II

• I and IV

• II and III

• III and IV

If the position marked W on the diagram above represents the constellation Cepheus in June, then the position marked Y represents the constellation Cepheus in

• March

• May

• September

• December

Which of the following rows shows the phases of the moon that would be seen on day 14 and day 21?

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Which of the following diagrams shows the orientation of Earth when it is summer in Canada?

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Paul wanted to investigate the movement of the Sun over the course of a day. He used a sundial to measure the length of a shadow once every hour from sunrise to sunset.

Which of the following variables must be kept the same in order to obtain reliable data from this activity?

• Type of sundial and location of sundial

• Length of shadow and location of sundial

• Type of sundial and times at which measurements were taken

• Length of shadow and the times at which measurements were taken

One similarity between asteroids and ___________ is that both ___________ light

• stars, emit

• stars, reflect

• comets, emit

• comets, reflect