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Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 32mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is not a galaxy?
a)
Optical Galaxy
b)
Spiral Galaxy
c)
Elliptical Galaxy
d)
Irregular Galaxy
2.
What are in galaxies?
a)
ice and rock
b)
dust, gas, and star
c)
stars and ice
d)
water and dust
3.
A plot of surface temperatures of stars against their absolute magnitude is called
a)
an H-R diagram
b)
constellation map
c)
a Cepheid variable
d)
spectrum.
4.
What color is the hottest color of star?
a)
Blue
b)
red
c)
purple
d)
Black
5.
What is the color of the coolest stars?
a)
blue
b)
Yellow
c)
Red
d)
Orange
6.
Which star is the coldest?
a)
Yellow Star
b)
Red Star
c)
Orange Star
d)
Blue Star
7.
Which of these stars is hottest?
a)
Red Star
b)
Yellow Star
c)
Orange Star
d)
Blue Star
8.
Compared to the rest of the stars, our sun is considered...
a)
Extremely Large and Cold
b)
Small with a medium temperature
c)
Medium size with medium temperature
9.
As a whole, Giants are considered hotter than White Dwarfs.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
H-R diagrams measure both a star's ______ and _______.
a)
mass and color
b)
luminosity and surface tempurature
c)
brightness and composition
d)
location and type
11.
What star category has the largest stars?
a)
Super giants
b)
White Dwarfs
c)
Giants
d)
Main Sequence
12.
How long is a lunar month?
a)
30
b)
29.5
c)
27
d)
27.3
13.
Does this picture represent a waxing or waning moon?
a)
waxing
b)
waning
14.
What is the difference between a gibbous moon and a crescent moon?
a)
The gibbous shows more than half of the bright side of the moon.
b)
The crescent shows more than half of the bright side of the moon.
c)
The gibbous shows less than half of the bright side of the moon.
15.
What is the positions of the Earth, Moon and Sun when there is a full moon?
a)
Sun, Moon, Earth
b)
Sun, Earth, Moon
c)
Moon, Earth, Sun
d)
Moon, Sun, Earth
16.
The phases of the moon, IN ORDER, are:
a)
new moon-->waxing gibbous-->1st quarter-->waxing crescent-->full moon-->waning crescent-->3rd quarter-->waning gibbous
b)
new moon-->waning crescent-->1st quarter-->waning gibbous-->full moon-->waxing gibbous-->3rd quarter-->waxing crescent
c)
new moon-->1st quarter-->waxing crescent-->waxing gibbous-->full moon-->waning gibbous-->waning crescent-->3rd quarter
d)
new moon-->waxing crescent-->first quarter-->waxing gibbous-->full moon-->waning gibbous-->3rd quarter-->waning crescent
17.
Name this phase of the moon.
a)
waning crescent
b)
waxing crescent
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waxing gibbous
18.
Name this moon phase.
a)
new moon
b)
1st quarter moon
c)
last quarter moon
d)
waning gibbous
19.
What is this moon phase?
a)
waning crescent
b)
waxing crescent
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waxing gibbous
20.
Name this moon phase.
a)
waxing crescent
b)
waxing gibbous
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waning crescent
21.
Name the phase of the moon that comes BEFORE this moon phase.
a)
waxing gibbous
b)
waning gibbous
c)
waning crescent
d)
waxing crescent
22.
As the moon's shape appears to get smaller, we say that the moon is _.
a)
swelling
b)
waxing
c)
waning
d)
disappearing
23.
Which moon phase is visible at position 4?
a)
new moon
b)
1st quarter
c)
full moon
d)
3rd quarter
24.
What is an equinox?
a)
When the sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky at noon
b)
The time or date at which the sun crosses the celestial equator, when day and night are of equal length
c)
Result of the earth's changing position with regard to the sun
d)
The Sun shining in the sky for a long time
25.
What is a solstice?
a)
When the seasons are the same on both hemispheres
b)
When the sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky at noon
c)
The time or date at which the sun crosses the celestial equator, when day and night are of equal length
d)
When the sun and the moon cross paths
26.
What causes the Earth's seasons?
a)
The tilt of the Earth
b)
The rotation of the Earth
c)
The Ocean
d)
The Wind
27.
The Earth rotates every...
a)
12 hours
b)
365 days
c)
24 hours
d)
366 days
28.
What causes the Earth to have day and night?
a)
Revolution
b)
Rotation
c)
Moon Phases
d)
The ocean
29.
What happens when the area in which you live tilts away from the sun?
a)
It is summer.
b)
It is spring.
c)
It is winter.
d)
It is fall.
30.
Why does the area around the equator stay the same temperature all year?
a)
The equator rotates slower than the poles
b)
The equator remains the same distance from the sun.
c)
The equator always receives direct sunlight.
d)
The equator has 18 hour days.
31.
Which season is taking place in the Southern Hemisphere in Position 1?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Summer
d)
Fall
32.
Which season is taking place in the Northern Hemisphere in Position 2?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Summer
d)
Fall
33.
Which season is taking place in the Northern Hemisphere in Position 3?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Summer
d)
Fall
34.
Which season is taking place in the Southern Hemisphere in Position 4?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Summer
d)
Fall
35.
At position A, which hemisphere would have summer?
a)
Northern hemisphere
b)
Southern hemisphere
36.
At position C, which hemisphere would have winter?
a)
Northern hemisphere
b)
Southern hemisphere
37.
At position D in the Northern hemisphere it would be _____.
a)
Summer
b)
Winter
c)
Spring
d)
Fall
38.
When the Northern Hemisphere is pointing towards the sun, what season is the Southern Hemisphere?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Fall
d)
Summer
39.
What are the conditions in space?
a)
extreme temperatures, no atmosphere, microgravity, Ultraviolet radiation
b)
extreme temperatures, no atmosphere, microgravity, no radiation
c)
extreme temperatures, no atmosphere, macrogravity, Ultraviolet radiation
d)
extreme temperatures, no atmosphere, macrogravity, Radiation
40.
What are some accommodation to help Astronaut in microgravity?
a)
Work out and Take supplements for proper nutrition
b)
Lift weights and pump iron
c)
They don't need to do anything microgravity makes you stronger
41.
atmosphere is :
a)
only consisting of argon and oxygen
b)
gases on the floor of the Earth
c)
all the gases around a planet
d)
all the gases near the solar beams
42.
What causes Earth's seasons?
a)
A. The straight alignment of the Sun, Moon, and Earth
b)
A. The tilt of the Earth on its axis as it revolves around the Sun
c)
A. Regularly timed solar flares from the sun
d)
A. The retrograde motion of Jupiter
43.
The difference between aphelion and perihelion is that
a)
aphelion is when the earth is farthest away from the sun and perihelion is when it is closest to the sun
b)
aphelion is when the earth is closest to the sun and perihelion is when it is farthest from the sun
c)
aphelion is when the earth is farthest from the moon and perihelion is when it is closest to the sun
d)
well one is closer and one is farther but I have no idea which one it is
44.
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
45.
What is a high tide?
a)
Sea pulled TOWARD the moon where Earth is CLOSEST to the moon
b)
Sea pulled AWAY from the moon where Earth is FARTHEST to the moon
c)
Sea pulled AWAY from the moon where Earth is CLOSEST to the moon
46.
What is a difference between spring and neap tides?
a)
Spring tides occur when the earth and sun are IN LINE with the new or full moon.
b)
Spring tides occur when moon in 3rd or 1st quarter phases
c)
Spring tides are LOWER than neap tides
47.
Which body has the greater effect on Earth's tides?
a)
Sun
b)
Saturn
c)
Moon
d)
Venus
48.
When the moon is at full moon or new moon, what type of tide will we experience?
a)
rip tide
b)
spring tide
c)
neap tide
d)
breaker tide
49.
Wha type of tide would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?
a)
full moon tide
b)
new moon tide
c)
neap tide
d)
spring tide
50.
What type of tides would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?
a)
neap tide
b)
spring tide
c)
new moon tide
d)
full moon tide
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