Astronomy Assessment Review

The sun doesn't actually move across our sky, the Earth is ________________ on its axis, so the sun appears to move across our sky.

• rotating

• tilting

• revolving

• wobbling

The Earth's tilt and revolution are the...

• reasons we have day and night.

• reasons we have a year equal to 365 and 1/4 days.

• reasons we have seasons.

• reasons we have 24 hours in a day.

If the moon is a ball of rock, how does it shine in the night sky?

• It has a heated core that lets out light.

• It absorbs the light from the sun.

• It has a thick atmosphere that is illuminated.

• It reflects the light from the sun.

Since the moon takes 29 days to rotate ONCE and revolve ONCE, this causes...

• us to see 8 different moon phases.

• the same tides to occur on opposite sides of the Earth.

• us to always see only one side of the moon.

• day and night.

When the Earth is at different points in its revolution, the tilt of the axis stays pointed in the same direction. This causes our hemisphere to tilt toward or away from the sun.

• True

• False

MASS and DISTANCE are the factors that have an effect on...

• How much weight objects have.

• How long the objects take to revolve.

• How much gravitational pull objects have.

• How long the objects take to rotate.

Tags

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The moon can affect the water on Earth because...

• The water is solid and the moon has a strong gravitational pull.

• The water is fluid and the moon has a strong gravitational pull.

• The water is solid and the moon has a weak gravitational pull.

• The water is fluid and the moon has a weak gravitational pull.

Why would you weigh so much more on Jupiter than on Mars or Saturn?

• Because Jupiter is a larger planet and has a stronger gravitational pull.

• Because you would eat too much on the LONG trip to Jupiter.

• Because Jupiter has the Great Red Spot which makes you weigh more.

• Because Jupiter has a larger mass and has a stronger gravitational pull.

Comets and asteroids orbit in

• Belts and clouds

• Nebula and dwarfs

• Clouds and Nebula

• Earth's atmosphere

We would have NO SEASONS if...

• The Earth moved in a circular orbit.

• The Earth didn't tilt and revolve.

• The Earth didn't rotate and revolve.

• The Earth didn't tilt and rotate.