Astronomy EES Review game

Which type of Earth movement is in this video?

• nutation

• rotation

• precession

• revolution

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Astronomy is the study of

• universe

• living things

• planets

• stars

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The solar day is measured from noon of 1 day to noon of the next day - while the sidereal day is measured by

• star rise to moon rise

• the time it takes for Earth to make 1 rotation

• sunrise to sunset.

• star rise to sunset.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which of Kepler's laws describes each planet revolves around a fixed point (sun) orbit around the sun?

• Kepler's 1st law

• Kepler's 2nd law

• Kepler's 3rd law

• Kepler's 4th law

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This picture comes from the Hubble telescope, which is orbiting the Earth. One galaxy shows a "red shift" and the other galaxy shows a "blue shift." Which theory discusses the universe is continuing to get larger, causing red and blue shifts?

• big bang theory

• expanding universe theory

• nebula theory

Which hemisphere is in summer in the diagram to the left?

• Northern hemisphere (USA)

• Southern hemisphere (Africa)

• both the northern and southern hemisphere are in summer

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Earth's seasons are caused by

• the precession of Earth's axis.

• its distance from the Sun.

• wobbles in its orbit and axis of rotation.

• its tilted axis

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Rotation of the Earth occurs when

• the Earth travels around the moon

• the Earth spins around itself

• the Earth travels around the sun

• the sun travels around the Earth

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The Earth's revolution is determined by the time it takes

• the Earth to spin around itself

• the moon to travel around the Earth

• the Earth to travel around the sun

• the moon to spin around itself

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Match the following theories to their correct description.

• universe is a spiraling galaxy

• expanding universe theory

• solar system came from revolving cloud

• spiral theory

• universe began as a hot, dense ball

• big bang theory

• distance between stars is increasing

• nebula theory

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