Astronomy post test

Large pieces of space rock with irregular shapes are called ________

• Comets

• Asteroids

• Earth

• Visibility

When the amount of the lighted surface of the Moon that is visible from Earth is decreasing the Moon is ________

• Increasing

• Decreasing

• Gibbous

• Waning

The _____ ______ is a single star (sun), planets, and all the other objects that revolve around the sun

• big bang
• solar system
• milky way

Name this moon phase. (NO MOON SEEN)

• New moon
• waxing crescent
• waning crescent
• full moon

Spinning of Earth on its axis.

• Rotation
• Revolution

Movement of Earth around the sun.

• Rotation
• Revolution

Tides are caused by ___________

• wind
• gravitational pull of moon
• waves gravitation toward land
• rain

Which planet is closest to the sun?

• Uranus
• Mercury
• Neptune
• Earth

A small object that appears as a streak of light as it enters earth's atmosphere.

• Asteroid
• Comet
• Moon
• Meteor

Which planet is farthest from the sun?

• Neptune
• Pluto
• Earth
• Uranus