Astronomy Intro and Old Material to Review

Looking down from the north pole, which direction do all these celestial bodies rotate?

• clockwise
• counterclockwise

The sun moves from east to west in the sky because...

• The earth is rotating
• the sun is moving (compared to the earth)
• the solar system is rotating
• the different planets move differently

Day and night on Earth is caused by

• The tilt of Earth's axis
• Earth's revolution around the sun
• Eclipses
• Earth's rotation on it's axis

Earth's rotation takes about 

• 365 days
• 6 months
• 24 hours
• 1 month

One complete revolution of Earth around the sun takes about

• 180 days
• 300 days
• 365 days
• 385 days

Earth has seasons because 

• Earth rotates on it's axis
• The distance between Earth and the sun changes
• The temperature of the sun changes
• Earth's axis is tilted as it moves around the sun

This picture shows Earth's

• Rotation
• Revolution

What does rotation of the Earth mean?

• Spin
• Orbit
• Circle
• Pulse

When the Northern Hemisphere of Earth is Leaning away from the Sun, What season is the Southern Hemisphere experiencing?

• Summer
• Winter
• Spring
• Fall

Which of the following statements is true of our Solar System?

• Moons orbit planets.
• Stars orbit moons.
• Planets orbit moons.
• The Earth orbits the Moon