Astronomy Final Exam Review

The earth is a tilted planet. What is the degree of tilt?

• Approximately 25 degrees
• Exactly 25 degrees
• 23.5 degrees
• 90 degrees with respect to the sun

One rotation of Earth is equal to:

• A day
• A year
• A month
• A minute

If it is summer in the Southern Hemisphere, then it is _________ in the Northern Hemisphere.

• Spring
• Summer
• Fall
• Winter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

In winter in the northern hemisphere, the axis of the earth is pointed:

• Toward the sun
• Up
• Down
• Away form the sun

What causes the moon's phases?

• Where you are standing on Earth
• The amount of sunlight reflected onto the moon from the sun
• The tilt of the Earth
• How fast the moon is moving

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Select the terrestrial planet.

• Saturn
• Jupiter
• Neptune
• Earth

Select the Gas Giant

• Mercury
• Jupiter
• Earth
• Pluto

What is the most likely theory that explains how the universe formed?

• Solar Nebula Theroy
• Giant Impact Theory
• Big Bang Theory
• Simultaneous Theory

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

A ________ is the movement of Earth when it travels around the sun.

• Revolution
• Rotation
• Big Bang Theory
• Reflection

A new planet is discovered orbiting a single star. The planet has one moon. According to Kepler’s First law, what do scientists know about the orbit of the planet around the star?

• The orbit is circular with the star at the center of the circle
• The orbit is elliptical with the star at one focus of the ellipse
• The planet takes 12 times longer to orbit the star than the moon takes to orbit the planet
• The planet orbits the star in a direction opposite to the direction of the moon’s orbit of the planet