Assessment on Space: MCQ

1. Why does the Earth experience seasons?

• a. The Earth is tilted on its axis

• b. The Sun is hotter in the Spring and Summer

• c. The Earth gets less sun in the Fall and Winter

• d. The distance between the Sun and the Earth changes

2. Earth takes 365 1⁄4 days to orbit the Sun. Which of the following is a result of this fact?

• a. All calendars have 365 days

• b. February has 28 days instead of 30

• c. An extra day is added every four years

• d. Some holidays are on different dates each year

3.The majority of asteroids are found in a belt located between what two planets?

• a. Earth and Mars

• b. Mars and Venus

• c. Mars and Jupiter

• d. Jupiter and Saturn

4. What keeps the Earth in its orbit?

• a. The Sun’s speed rotating

• b. The Sun’s gravitational pull

• c. The Earth’s spin direction

• d. The Earth’s location between other planets

5. A year on Jupiter is 4,333 days long. A year on Mercury is 88 days long. Why do

planets have different length years?

• a. A year is longer on larger planets

• b. Each planet has its own orbital period

• c. Some planets are larger than other planets

• d. Planets exert a gravitational force on other planets

6. What causes the phases of the Moon?

• a. The Moon is tilted on its axis

• b. The Earth’s shadow on the Moon

• c. The positions of the Moon as viewed from Earth

• d. The pull of gravity between the Moon and the Earth

7. When standing on the Earth, the Moon and Sun appear to rise in the east and set in the west. What is responsible for this apparent movement of the sun and moon?

• a. The Earth revolves around the Sun.

  The Moon revolves around the Earth

• b. The Earth rotates on its axis

• c. The Moon and Sun rotate on their axis.

• d. The Sun and Moon move from east to west in Space.

The diagram shows the view of earth looking downward from the North Pole.

Canada is located at approximately Point A. In 12 hours, predict the position of

Canada compared to the sun.

• a. Canada will be at Position A

• b. Canada will be at Position B

• c. Canada will be at Position C

• d. Canada will be at Position D

It takes 29.5 days for the moon to make one complete cycle through its phases. If the moon is currently in the waxing crescent phase, predict what phase it would be in two weeks.

• a. Waxing crescent

• b. First quarter

• c. Waning gibbous

• d. Waxing gibbous

10. In the diagram below, at which position in Earth’s orbit will Australia be experiencing

spring?

• a. Position A

• b. Position B

• c. Position C

• d. Position D