Astronomy Review

The sun is 400 times larger than the moon, but the moon is 400 times closer to Earth. This allows for a ____________ eclipse.

• solar eclipse

• lunar eclipse

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Identify this moon phase.

• full moon

• new moon

• waning gibbous

• waxing gibbous

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Name the inner planets from closest to the sun to farthest from the sun.

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

• Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, and Uranus

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

• Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, and Jupiter

The event that marks the beginning of our known universe is called _______________________.

• Theory of Evolution

• Blackhole Theory

• Big Bang Theory

• Cell Theory

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Identify this moon phase.

• waning crescent

• waxing crescent

• waxing gibbous

• waning gibbous

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A person will weigh more on Jupiter than the moon.

• True

• False

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Identify the moon phase.

• third/final quarter

• waning gibbous

• waxing gibbous

• first quarter

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There are _____ phases of the moon.

• 4

• 12

• 10

• 8

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Identify the moon phase.

• waxing crescent

• waxing gibbous

• waning gibbous

• waning crescent

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The inner planets are all called ______________.

• rocky roamers

• gas giants

• terrestrial planets