Astronomy Fall Semester Final Exam Review 22-23

One rotation of Earth is equal to:

• A day
• A year
• A month
• A minute

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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

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

• Revolution
• Rotation
• Big Bang Theory
• Reflection

Which of the following is MOST ideal for observing celestial objects?

• reflecting telescope in the backyard in the country

• refracting telescope at an observatory between San Diego and Los Angeles

• Optical Telescope above Earth's atmosphere (Hubble Telescope)

• refracting telescope on the patio of an apartment

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Define Asterism

• Any grouping of stars that appear to make a shape

• Prominent pattern or group of stars used to help determine the location of a constellation

• an entire are of the celestial sphere and all objects in it

• a tool used to observe the patterns in the night sky

What type of eclipse is pictured here? What kind of tides would the Earth be experiencing?

• Solar Eclipse, Neap

• Solar Eclipse, Spring

• Lunar Eclipse, Neap

• Lunar Eclipse, Spring

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What type of eclipse is pictured here? What kind of tides would the Earth be experiencing?

• Solar Eclipse, Neap

• Solar Eclipse, Spring

• Lunar Eclipse, Neap

• Lunar Eclipse, Spring

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What moon phase rises at Midnight?

• Full

• Third Quarter

• New

• First Quarter

• Waning Gibbous

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Identify the Moon Phase

• Waxing Gibbous

• Waning Gibbous

• Waxing Crescent

• Waning Crescent

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Which describes why we don't have an eclipse every new and full moon?

• The plane of the sun's orbit around the Earth must match the plane of the Earth's orbit around the Sun so the shadows are cast on either the Earth or moon.

• The plane of the moon's orbit around the Earth must match the plane of the Earth's orbit around the Sun so the shadows are cast on either the Earth or moon.

• The plane of the moon's orbit around the Earth must match the plane of the Earth's orbit around the Sun so the shadows are cast on either the sun or moon.

• The plane of the Earth's orbit around the moon must match the plane of the Earth's orbit around the Sun so the shadows are cast on either the Earth or moon.

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