Astronomy Quiz 2 Practice

What causes day and night? 

• Sun's rotation
• Earth's rotation
• Moon's rotation
• None of these

1 revolution around the sun

• Causes 1 year

• Causes day and night

If it is Winter in America means that it is ________ in Brazil

• Spring 
• Winter 
• Fall/Autumn 
• Summer

What happens when the area in which you live tilts away from the sun?

• It is summer.
• It is spring.
• It is winter.
• It is fall.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

Why do we experience the changing of the season on the earth?

• distance from the sun

• rotation of the earth

• change in solar output

• tilt of the earth's axis

Why is the Equator warmest?

• Because it is closest to the sun.
• Because it receives the most direct sunlight
• Because no clouds form here.
• Because it is far from the sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What causes more heat,  indirect sunlight or direct sunlight?

• indirect
• direct

As the moon's shape appears to get smaller, we say that the moon is _.

• swelling
• waxing
• waning
• disappearing

About how long does it take the moon to make one complete cycle around the earth?

• 65 days
• 8 days
• 365 days
• 28 days

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which moon phase is when you can't see the moon at all?

• Waning crescent
• Full moon
• Waxing gibbous
• New moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1