Astro Final Exam Review

What factor is a primary cause of seasonal changes on Earth?

• change in Earth's distance from the Sun

• change in the rate of Earth's rotation

• wobble of Earth's axis

• tilt of Earth's axis

Tides are caused by ___________

• wind

• gravitational pull of moon

• waves gravitating toward land

• rain

A small object that appears as a streak of light as it enters earth's atmosphere.

• Asteroid
• Comet
• Moon
• Meteor

The spinning of an object on its axis is called______

• orbit
• rotation
• revolution
• tide

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The process that produces light and heat energy within a star is called

• Radiation

• Conduction

• Nuclear Fusion

• Fire

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

Rocky objects that orbit the Sun in a belt between Mars and Jupiter are known as

• Meteors

• Asteroids

• Comets

• Moons

Rocky objects composed of ice that melts and creates a tail when they get close to the Sun are called

• Asteroids

• Comets

• Meteors

• Moons

A blue shift of the light from a star indicates that the star

• will soon become a giant star

• is moving away from Earth

• will soon become a main sequence star

• is moving closer to Earth

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

A shift toward longer wavelengths of the spectral lines emitted by a celestial object that is caused by the object moving away from the earth.

• White Shift

• Black Shift

• Blue Shift

• Red Shift

The chart below describes some components of the solar system.

Letters X, Y, and Z identify which components of our solar system?

• X = asteroid, Y = meteor, Z = comet

• X = asteroid, Y = meteor, Z = moon

• X = comet, Y = meteor, Z = asteroid

• X = comet, Y = moon, Z = meteor