Astronomy Test

The phase of the moon that immediately precedes the new moon

• waxing crescent

• first quarter

• waning crescent

• third quarter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Dark colored flat regions on the moon's surface that were formed from lava-

• craters

• volcanoes

• maria

• sedimentary rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A __________ occurs when the moon moves directly between the sun and Earth and throws shade on the Earth

• solar eclipse

• lunar eclipse

• waning gibbous

• waxing gibbous

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The sun's rays strike Earth at their northernmost point and southermost positions during

• winter and summer solstices

• spring and fall eequinoxes

• lunar eclipse

• solar eclipse

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The yearly orbit of earth around the sun is called its

• rotation

• ellipse

• revolution

• tilt

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Who was the first scientist to come up with the heliocentric model of the universe?

• Ptolemy

• Newton

• Copernicus

• Kepler

Who was the first to use a telescope and discover the 4 moons of Jupiter?

• Ptolemy

• Copernicus

• Kepler

• Galileo

Summer occurs on the hemisphere of Earth that is ____.

• tilted away from the sun

• turned away from the sun

• tilted towards the sun

• turned towards the sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Where does the tail of a comet always point?

• towards the sun

• away from the sun

• towards the Earth

• away from the Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Two of the inner planets are ____.

• mercury and jupiter

• mars and neptune

• mercury and mars

• earth and jupiter