Practice Questions for the Astronomy Test

If the southern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun what season is the northern hemisphere experiencing?

• Spring

• Winter

• Fall

• Summer

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For a solar eclipse to occur, which of the following alignments is necessary?

• The Earth is located 90 degrees from a line between the sun and the moon.

• The moon is located along a straight line between the sun and the Earth.

• The moon is located 90 degrees from a line between the sun and the Earth.

• The Earth is located along a straight line between the sun and the moon.

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What season has the shortest amount of daylight hours?

• Spring

• Summer

• Fall

• Winter

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What type of tide cycle has the greatest differences between the level of tides in one day?

• High

• Low

• Neap

• Spring

How much of the moon is always lit by the sun?

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

• 100%

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Why does the moon have different phases?

• The moon's changing position in relation to Earth and the sun.

• Sunlight reflecting off Earth and hitting the sun.

• Earth's shadow being cast on the moon.

• Changes in the amount of sunlight hitting the moon.

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What number would show a full moon?

• 1

• 3

• 5

• 7

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What kind of eclipse is shown in the diagram?

• Penumbra

• Lunar

• Solar

• Umbra

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The darkest part of an eclipse shadow is called..

• the penumbra

• the corona

• the umbra

• the blood moon

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What keeps the Earth from flying outward into space from its present position?

• The Earth's tilt on it's axis.

• Earth's rotation on its axis.

• The inward gravitational pull of the sun.

• The combined gravitational effect of the sun and the moon.

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