During a total lunar eclipse, during totality, you'd expect:

To see an orange/copper red moon

To see a full moon, bright as usual

To see no moon at all, it will be completely invisible

This is the time when the sun is in its southernmost point:

When it's winter in the northern hemisphere

When it's summer in the northern hemisphere

During fall in the northern hemisphere

When it's winter in the southern hemisphere

The coordinates of stars to change with time

The Earth to revolve around the sun clockwise

The Earth to change its rotation to a clockwise fashion

Which of these is true of areas located near the equator?

They have little variation in temperature.

Their location to the equator does not affect their temperature.

They have cold winters and cold summers

They have hot summers and cold winters.

Which of these is true?

We never get to see the far side of the moon

The far side of the moon is always in total darkness

The side of the moon we see is always illuminated by the sun

The moon doesn't orbit the Earth

Which of these statements is incorrect?

The sky is red during daylight hours on the moon.

The moon is unable to hold on to much of its atmosphere

The solar wind contributes to and also removes molecules and atoms of gas away from the moon

The moon's temperature varies greatly because of its thin atmosphere

The sky is black during daylight hours on the moon

The Giant Impact theory states that ____.

the Earth was hit by something huge and a piece of the Earth was ejected into space

when the Earth was young, it spun so fast that a piece of it broke off and was flung into space where it became the Moon

the Moon was formed elsewhere in the universe and was captured by the Earth's gravitational field when it came too close

the Earth and Moon formed at the same time from a nebula

Which of these is not correct regarding a prominence?

It is located in the photosphere

It is a bright, relatively dense gas formation.

It is located in the chromosphere and corona.

It's a relatively cool arch of gas.

Sunspots occur because (choose the best answer):

Magnetic fields disrupt the normal process of convection

Magnetic fields disrupt the normal process of radiation

The lack of magnetic fields stops the process of convection

The sun has too much melanin accumulating from years of U.V. damage from exposure to itself

Magnetic fields disrupt the normal process of conduction

The outermost layer of the solar atmosphere

The innermost layer of the sun's atmosphere

The middle layer of the sun's atmosphere

The planets all revolve in the same direction because they all:

Formed in a rotating disk of gas

Evolved from a different cloud of gas

Formed in a stationary disk of gas

Got hit by some giant object that sent them miraculously spinning the same way

In the same direction as all the other planets

What is the IAU's definition of a dwarf planet?

A celestial body in direct orbit of the sun that is massive enough to form an ellipsoid shape from its gravitational force, but has not cleared its neighborhood from other objects.

Any object that isn't big enough to be rounded by its own gravity.

A celestial body that orbits another celestial body.

A celestial body that is larger than a planet.

icy ball of rock that displays a coma, a fuzzy temporary atmosphere, or a tail when it travels close to the sun.

a class of small inner solar system bodies that orbit around the sun.

a planet that has yet to be named.

a natural object from small to ginormous that originates in space and survives impact with the Earth's surface.

a class of small inner solar system bodies that orbit around the sun.

area between Mars and Jupiter where rocks are born.

a cloud called the Oort cloud in the outer reaches of the solar system.

icy ball of rock that displays a coma, a fuzzy temporary atmosphere, or a tail when it travels close to the sun.

the Oort Cloud or the Kuiper Belt.

the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

an area of small inner solar system bodies that orbit around the sun.

anywhere in the Milky Way but not in our solar system.

Asteroids originate mostly in the

Asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter

natural object from small to ginormous that originates in space and survives impact with the Earth's surface.

icy ball of rock that displays a coma, a fuzzy temporary atmosphere, or a tail when it travels close to the sun.

asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

a class of small inner solar system bodies that orbit around the sun.

The Hertzsprung-Russell (H-R) diagram:

Plots a star's luminosity vs. surface temperature

Plots a star's color vs. surface temperature

Plots a star's size vs. surface temperature

Plots a star's density vs. surface temperature

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This is a term for the wobbling of the Earth around its axis:

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Based solely on color, which of these is likely the hottest (hint: look at a picture of a rainbow, the blue end has shorter wavelengths and the redder end has longer wavelengths).

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These are unusually weak ocean tides at first or third quarter moon: (a)

Summer tides

Spring tides

Fall tides

Winter tides

Neap tides

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Tidal friction causes:

The moon's spin to speed up and move it closer to Earth

The Earth's spin to slow down and the days to lengthen

The Earth's spin to speed up and the days to lengthen

The Earth's spin to slow down and the days to shorten

The Earth's spin to speed up and the days to shorten

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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The length of Earth's precession period is:

26,000 months

26,000 days

26,000,000 years

26,000 years

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A day when the earth's axis is either closest or farthest from the sun is known as a

rotation

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lunar month

season

equinox

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Match the following celestial events with their descriptions:

An event where the sun's light is obscured as the moon passes directly between the Earth and the sun.

None of these answers are correct.

The phase of the moon when it is fully illuminated as seen from Earth.

Lunar eclipse

An event where the Earth comes between the sun and the moon, causing the Earth's shadow to fall on the moon.

First quarter moon

The phase of the moon when it is half illuminated and increasing.

Full moon

An event that does not fit any of the given descriptions.

Solar eclipse

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ASTRONOMY MIDTERM

This is a term for the wobbling of the Earth around its axis:

Based solely on color, which of these is likely the hottest (hint: look at a picture of a rainbow, the blue end has shorter wavelengths and the redder end has longer wavelengths).

These are unusually weak ocean tides at first or third quarter moon: (a)

Tidal friction causes:

The length of Earth's precession period is:

A day when the earth's axis is either closest or farthest from the sun is known as a

Match the following celestial events with their descriptions:

The darkest portion of Earth's shadow, or its total shadow is the (a)

During a total lunar eclipse, during totality, you'd expect:

The point at which the moon is closest to the Earth is known as the (a)

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