Sky Science Mid Review

A group of stars that form a picture if you really squint at it and use your imagination

• A constellation
• A galaxy
• A universe
• A solar system

A circular path around a planet or a star. 

• Light Year
• Trajectory
• Rotation
• Orbit

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

The moon makes a complete revolution around Earth approximately once each

• day

• week

• year

• month

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

In order to safely view the sun, a person should...

• view the sun while wearing sunglasses

• place a piece of dark paper over the lens of a telescope

• view an image of the sun projected onto a piece of paper

• place a piece of coloured glass over the lens of a telescope

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

If the position marked W on the diagram above represents the constellation Cepheus in June, then the position marked Y represents the constellation Cepheus in

• March

• May

• September

• December

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which of the following diagrams shows the orientation of Earth when it is summer in Canada?

• 
• 
• 
• 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Paul wanted to investigate the movement of the Sun over the course of a day. He used a sundial to measure the length of a shadow once every hour from sunrise to sunset.

Which of the following variables must be kept the same in order to obtain reliable data from this activity?

• Type of sundial and location of sundial

• Length of shadow and location of sundial

• Type of sundial and times at which measurements were taken

• Length of shadow and the times at which measurements were taken

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

One similarity between asteroids and ___________ is that both ___________ light

• stars, emit

• stars, reflect

• comets, emit

• comets, reflect

Students are asked to measure the length of the shadow on a sundial once every hour from sunrise to sunset. Which graph most likely represents data gathered during summer?

• 
• 
• 
• 

Which celestial bodies emit light?

• The moon

• The Sun

• The Earth

• Saturn and its rings