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Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 27mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which star is the hottest and brightest?
a)
Red Dwarf
b)
Red Giant
c)
Main Sequence
d)
Blue Giant
2.
Which star has the lowest temperature?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
3.
Which star is considered a Main Sequence Star?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
4.
As the moon's shape appears to get smaller, we say that the moon is _.
a)
swelling
b)
waxing
c)
waning
d)
disappearing
5.
What type of galaxy is this?
a)
Spiral
b)
Elliptical
c)
Irregular
d)
Irrational
6.
About how long does it take the moon to make one complete cycle around the earth?
a)
65 days
b)
8 days
c)
365 days
d)
28 days
7.
Which moon phase is when you can't see the moon at all?
a)
Waning crescent
b)
Full moon
c)
Waxing gibbous
d)
New moon
8.
Phases of the moon in which the moon appears to be getting larger are referred to as _.
a)
waxing
b)
waning
c)
new
d)
eclipse
9.
Does this picture represent a waxing or waning moon?
a)
waxing
b)
waning
10.
Why does the Earth have seasons?
a)
The temperature of the sun changes.
b)
Earth rotates on its axis.
c)
Earth's axis is tilted as it moves around the sun.
d)
The distance between Earth and the sun changes.
11.
What season is the Northern Hemisphere in at position 4?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Summer
d)
Fall
12.
What season is the Southern Hemisphere in at position 1?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Summer
d)
Fall
13.
What is the difference between revolution and rotation of the earth and the moon?
a)
The earth revolves about its axis and the moon rotates around the earth
b)
The earth rotates about its axis and the moon revolves around the earth
c)
The earth rotates about the sun and the moon revolves around the earth.
d)
The earth revolves around the moon and the moon rotates around the sun.
14.
Why is the light from distant galaxies red-shifted?
a)
They produce more red light than nearby galaxies
b)
They are moving away from us
c)
The longer wavelengths are filtered out more by
dust
d)
They are moving toward us
15.
What type of star will become a black hole?
a)
Super massive star
b)
Small Star
c)
White Dwarf
d)
Red Giant
16.
Why won't our sun ever become a black hole?
a)
It is too massive
b)
It is too old
c)
It is too young
d)
It is too small
17.
A light year is...
a)
The speed light travels
b)
How long it takes light to get to you from the sun
c)
The distance light can travel in a year
d)
How many years it takes light to be emitted
18.
4. Look at the diagram. What event does the picture show?
a)
full moon
b)
solar eclipse
c)
lunar eclipse
d)
quarter moon
19.
Day and night is caused by the _____________ of earth on its axis.
a)
revolution
b)
orbit
c)
rotation
20.
As the Earth travels around the sun, this tilt causes different areas of the Earth’s surface to get different amounts of daylight at different times of the year. The angle of the Sun’s rays to the surface also causes areas to have more or less of the Sun’s energy. This causes the ________.
a)
months
b)
day and night
c)
seasons
d)
years
21.
When do lunar eclipses occur?
a)
When Earth passes between the moon and sun.
b)
When the moon passes between the Earth and sun.
c)
When the moon makes half of the Earth cold.
d)
When Mars gets too close to the sun and causes an eclipse.
22.
1. What is gravity?
a)
A type of rock
b)
A type of plate boundary
c)
When two objects are attracted to each other.
23.
How old is our universe?
a)
13.8 thousand years
b)
13.8 million years
c)
13.8 billion years
d)
13.8 trillion years
24.
Galaxies that are moving away from us are _ shifting?
a)
red
b)
blue
c)
yellow
d)
green
25.
The event that marks the beginning of our known universe
a)
Theory of Evolution
b)
Big Bang Theory
c)
Cell Theory
d)
Blackhole theory
26.
What is another name for the inner planets?
a)
extraterrestrial planets
b)
terrestrial planets
c)
gas giants
d)
gas dwarfs
27.
Which if the following planets is the smallest and densest?
a)
Earth
b)
Mars
c)
Mercury
d)
Venus
28.
What is the greenhouse effect?
a)
Atmospheric gases trap solar heat and warm the surface
b)
Volcanic activity heats the greenhouse
c)
Plants on the surface emit gases and make it green
d)
Solar energy is absorbed by the rings around the planet
29.
Which outer planets have rings?
a)
Just Saturn
b)
Saturn and Jupiter
c)
Jupiter, Neptune, and Saturn
d)
all 4 of them
30.
Which 2 planets have NO moons?
a)
Earth and Mercury
b)
Mars and Mercury
c)
Venus and Mars
d)
Mercury and Venus
31.
Which outer planet rotates sideways?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Saturn
c)
Uranus
d)
Neptune
32.
Which planet is a Terrestrial planet, has an atmosphere, 900 degrees HOT, is the hottest planet and the brightest object in the night sky except for the moon?
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Earth
d)
Mars
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