Astronomy Review Lessons 1.1- 2.4

What two forces combine to keep objects in space in a regular and predictable motion?

• gravity

• inertia

• mass

• distance

A year represents one Earth rotation and a day represents one Earth revolution.

• True

• False

What is gravity?

• A force of attraction between due to their mass and distance apart

• The spinning of an object on it's axis

• The movement of one object around another object

• When the length of a day equals the length of night

What is the term for the tendency of an object to resist a change in motion?

• gravity

• revolution

• solstice

• inertia

When you are getting up to go to school in Minnesota, a student on the other side of Earth is getting ready for bed. What is the reason for this?

• Earth orbits around the Sun.

• The Moon orbits around Earth.

• The Sun rotates on its axis.

• Earth rotates on its axis.

When the Sun, Moon, and Earth are in the positions in the model, what will occur?

• a lunar eclipse

• a solar eclipse

• night time

• full moon

Why do we see different phases of the Moon?

• The Moon follows the Sun around Earth.

• The Moon orbits around Earth.

• The Moon rotates around the Sun.

• The Moon changes shape each night.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

When the Sun, Moon, and Earth are in the positions in the model, what will occur?

• a lunar eclipse

• a solar eclipse

• night time

• full moon

If you are on the side of the Earth facing the sun, then you must be experiencing ___.

• night time

• day time

An equinox is when the length of day equals the length of night just about everywhere on Earth.

• True

• False