Stars and Solar System Review

To make the Moon and the planets look nearer, one uses a

• barometer
• speedometer
• telescope
• microscope

Which hemisphere would be experiencing winter in this model?

• Southern Hemisphere

• Northern Hemisphere

Answer explanation

The Southern Hemisphere would be experiencing winter because they are not receiving as much sunlight as the Northern Hemisphere.

What is the reason for our four seasons of the year?

• Earth's tilt

• Earth's orbit

• Earth's rotation

• the Sun

What makes Orion visible during winter, but not summer, in the Northern Hemisphere?

• Earth is tilted and revolves around the Sun.

• Earth is tilted on it's axis.

• Earth revolves around the Sun.

• All constellations rotate around the Sun.

How long is one cycle of all the moon phases?

• One month

• One day

• One year

• One week

What astronomical tool helps find cardinal direction?

• compass

• telescope

• astrolabe

• sextant

You have a friend that lives on the other side of the globe. You both walk outside at the same time. Would you both see the same thing, or something different outside?

• Something different. It would be night at one place, and day at the other due to Earth's rotation.

• The same thing. Earth is round and does not move.

• Even though they are on different continents they would see the same thing because they are both in the Northern Hemisphere.

• The would see something different because they are in different hemisphere.

Every 24 hours the....

• Earth rotates on its axis.

• Earth orbits the sun.

• Moon orbits the Earth.

• Sun orbits the Earth.

If you look outside and see the entire bright side of the moon, this is considered a...

• full moon

• new moon

• half moon

• winter moon

From morning to noon shadows will...

• get shorter

• get longer

• get lighter

• get darker