Astronomy Final Exam Review

One rotation of Earth is equal to:

• A day
• A year
• A month
• A minute

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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

Tags

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

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

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

• Revolution
• Rotation
• Big Bang Theory
• Reflection

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Identify the Moon Phase

• Waxing Gibbous

• Waning Gibbous

• Waxing Crescent

• Waning Crescent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Select the description that best describes galaxies

• a collection of stars

• a collection of stars held together by gravity

• a collection of gas and stars held together by gravity

• a collection of dust, gas and stars held together by gravity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Order the planets from greatest mass to least mass

• Earth, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Neptune, Jupiter, Uranus, and Saturn

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

• Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Venus, Mars, and Mercury

Day and night are caused by

• the tilt of Earth’s axis.
• Earth’s revolution around the sun.
• eclipses.
• Earth’s rotation on its axis.