Astronomy review

It takes 29.5 days for the moon to __________ around the Earth.

• rotate

• revolve

• run

• ride

Which of the following planets rotates on its side?

• Neptune

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

What is the correct order of the Sun, Earth, and Moon in a lunar eclipse?

• Sun, Moon, Earth

• Sun, Earth, Moon

• Earth, Sun, Moon

• Moon, Sun, Earth

In a partial lunar eclipse, the moon passes

• completely through the umbra.

• partially through the umbra, and partially through the penumbra.

• only through the penumbra.

• science class, but barely.

Which moon phase is this?

• Waxing Crescent

• Waxing Gibbous

• Waning Crescent

• Waning Gibbous

What moon phase is this?

• New moon

• 1st quarter

• Full moon

• 3rd quarter

What moon phase is this?

• Waxing Crescent

• Waxing Gibbous

• Waning Crescent

• Waning Gibbous

The gravitational pull of the moon on the Earth's water causes

• eclipses

• hurricanes

• tidal waves

• tides

Which of the following is the correct order of the planets?

• Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus

Name that planet! I am a gas giant with rings made of water and ice. My rings were first observed in the 1600s by Galileo.

• Saturn

• Jupiter

• Uranus

• Neptune