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WorksheetsCyclical Movements and The Universe.
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 53mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What type of moon phase is shown below?
a)
3rd Quarter
b)
1st Quarter
c)
New Moon
d)
Full Moon
2.
What moon phase is pictured?
a)
Waxing Crescent
b)
Waning Gibbous
c)
Waxing Gibbous
d)
Waning Crescent
3.
If there was a New Moon on December 30, approximately when would we have our next New Moon?
a)
January 14
b)
January 6
c)
January 30
d)
February 30
4.
What moon phase is shown?
a)
Waxing Crescent
b)
Waning Cresent
c)
Waxing Gibbous
d)
Waning Gibbous
5.
How many days does it take to go from a New Moon to a Full Moon?
a)
7 days
b)
14 days
c)
21 days
d)
28 days
6.
As the Earth orbits around the sun, the direction of the tilt of its axis changes.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
Which letter on the diagram represents the Earth's position on the autumnal equinox?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
8.
Which letter on the diagram represents the Earth's position on the summer solstice?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
9.
Which letter on the diagram represents the Earth's position on the winter solstice?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
10.
Which letter on the diagram represents the Earth's position on the vernal equinox?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
11.
At position A, which hemisphere would have summer?
a)
Northern hemisphere
b)
Southern hemisphere
12.
Which star has the lowest luminosity?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
13.
Which star has the lowest temperature?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
14.
Which star is considered a Main Sequence Star?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
15.
What type of galaxy is this?
a)
Spiral
b)
Elliptical
c)
Irregular
d)
Irrational
16.
As the moon's shape appears to get smaller, we say that the moon is _.
a)
swelling
b)
waxing
c)
waning
d)
disappearing
17.
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
18.
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
19.
Does this picture represent a waxing or waning moon?
a)
waxing
b)
waning
20.
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.
21.
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.
22.
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
23.
Day and night is caused by the _____________ of earth on its axis.
a)
revolution
b)
orbit
c)
rotation
24.
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.
25.
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
26.
1. What is gravity?
a)
A type of rock
b)
A type of plate boundary
c)
When two objects are attracted to each other.
27.
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
28.
The event that marks the beginning of our known universe
a)
Theory of Evolution
b)
Big Bang Theory
c)
Cell Theory
d)
Blackhole theory
29.
What are ocean tides?
a)
Long waves due to the gravitational pull of the moon only.
b)
Long period waves caused by wind.
c)
Short period waves caused by wind.
d)
Long waves due to the gravitational pull between the Earth,sun and the moon
30.
Tides are caused by ___________
a)
wind
b)
gravitational pull of moon
c)
waves gravitation toward land
d)
rain
31.
Which points in the diagram of the Earth would have high tides?
a)
A and B
b)
A and C
c)
C and D
d)
B and D
32.
What are Tides?
a)
water movement through oceans
b)
rise and fall of Earth's water
c)
increase in Earth's water
d)
water cycle
33.
What are tides mostly caused by?
a)
the spinning of Earth
b)
Earth orbiting around Sun
c)
Moon's gravity on Earth
d)
Sun's gravity on Earth
34.
How many high and low tides occur on Earth each day?
a)
1 high and 1 low
b)
2 high and 2 low
c)
3 high and 3 low
d)
only high tides occur daily
35.
Which points in the diagram of the Earth would have low tides?
a)
A and B
b)
A and C
c)
C and D
d)
B and D
36.
What causes Tides?
a)
Sun
b)
Moon
c)
Both Sun and Moon
d)
Neither Sun nor moon
37.
The spinning of an object on its axis is called______
a)
orbit
b)
rotation
c)
revolution
d)
tide
38.
Day and night is caused by the _____________ of earth on its axis.
a)
revolution
b)
orbit
c)
rotation
39.
The Earth's _______ is an imaginary line that goes from the North Pole to the South Pole.
a)
vernal equinox
b)
axis
c)
solar eclipse
d)
solar flare
40.
Sunlight hits Earth’s surface most directly at the _______. Because of this, this particular area doesn't experience seasons.
a)
north pole
b)
south pole
c)
equator
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