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WorksheetsAstronomy Review
Total questions: 58
Worksheet time: 2hrs 23mins
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Class
Date
1.
What are the reasons for the seasons?
a)
Earth's tilt and rotation.
b)
Earth's rotation and revolution.
c)
Earth's tilt and revolution.
d)
Earth's tilt and resolution
2.
The spinning of an object on its axis is called______
a)
orbit
b)
rotation
c)
revolution
d)
tide
3.
Day and night is caused by the _____________ of earth on its axis.
a)
revolution
b)
orbit
c)
rotation
4.
The earth orbits around...
a)
the sun.
b)
the moon
c)
other planets
d)
the Milky Way
5.
How long does it take the Earth to make one REVOLUTION around the Sun?
a)
12 hours
b)
24 hours
c)
365 1/4 days
d)
29.5 days
6.
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
7.
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
8.
Earth's rotation on its axis is what causes ______________________________.
a)
seasons
b)
moon phases
c)
day and night
d)
weather
9.
At position C, which hemisphere would have winter?
a)
Northern hemisphere
b)
Southern hemisphere
10.
Does this picture represent a waxing or waning moon?
a)
waxing
b)
waning
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 type of star will become a black hole?
a)
Super massive star
b)
Small Star
c)
White Dwarf
d)
Red Giant
14.
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
15.
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
16.
4. Look at the diagram. What event does the picture show?
a)
full moon
b)
solar eclipse
c)
lunar eclipse
d)
quarter moon
17.
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
18.
The event that marks the beginning of our known universe
a)
Theory of Evolution
b)
Big Bang Theory
c)
Cell Theory
d)
Blackhole theory
19.
Which if the following planets is the smallest?
a)
Earth
b)
Mars
c)
Mercury
d)
Venus
20.
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
21.
Which outer planets have rings?
a)
Just Saturn
b)
Saturn and Jupiter
c)
Jupiter, Neptune, and Saturn
d)
all 4 of them
22.
Which outer planet rotates sideways?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Saturn
c)
Uranus
d)
Neptune
23.
Where is the asteroid belt located?
a)
Between the Earth and Moon
b)
Between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
c)
Between Earth and Mars
d)
Between the Sun and Mercury
24.
Galileo discovered huge pits on the moon called what?
a)
Moon holes
b)
Dips
c)
Bends
d)
Craters
25.
What shape are the orbits of most comets?
a)
Circle
b)
Square
c)
Ellipse
d)
Triangle
26.
What type of galaxy has spiral arms that are made up of gas, dust, and new stars that have formed?
a)
Spiral
b)
Eliptical
c)
Regular
d)
Irregular
27.
Which term describes a meteoroid that reaches the Earth's surface without burning up completely?
a)
Asteroid
b)
Meteoroid
c)
Meteorite
d)
Meteor
28.
Which term describes a bright streak of light that results when a meteoroid burns up in the Earth's atmosphere?
a)
Asteroid
b)
Meteoroid
c)
Meteorite
d)
Meteor
29.
What type of galaxy has a very bright center and very little dust and gas?
a)
Spiral
b)
Elliptical
c)
Regular
d)
Irregular
30.
What type of galaxy doesn't fit into any other class?
a)
Spiral
b)
Elliptical
c)
Regular
d)
Irregular
31.
What type of galaxy is the Milky Way?
a)
Spiral
b)
Elliptical
c)
Regular
d)
Irregular
32.
What term describes the theory that states the universe began with a tremendous explosion?
a)
The Loud Crash Theory
b)
The Big Bang Theory
c)
The Tremendous Explosion Theory
d)
The Big Boom Theory
33.
When a young, developing star becomes massive enough and dense enough, the process of _______ begins.
a)
H --> He fusion
b)
He --> C fusion
c)
He --> C --> O fusion
d)
fission
34.
When most of the hydrogen in the core of the star has been fused into helium, the star...
a)
begins to expand, forming a red giant
b)
begins to contract, forming a white dwarf
c)
collapses in on itself, forming a black hole
d)
explodes in a supernova
35.
A star the size of the sun has a life span of...
a)
About 10 Billion Years
b)
About 10 Million Years
c)
About 10 Trillion Years
d)
About 100 Million Years
36.
________ are stars that are in the prime of life, fusing hydrogen to helium in their cores.
a)
Main sequence stars
b)
Red giants
c)
White dwarfs
d)
Neutron stars
37.
The phase of the moon that is right after the new moon is the......
a)
waning crescent
b)
waning gibbous
c)
first quarter
d)
waxing cresent
38.
The name of this phase is......
a)
waning gibbous
b)
new moon
c)
full moon
d)
waxing crescent
39.
The moon rotates around the earth once every.....
a)
year
b)
week
c)
month
d)
180 days
40.
The earth has seasons because.......
a)
the temperature of the sun changes
b)
The earth rotates
c)
The earth is tilted
d)
The distance between the earth and sun changes
41.
What phase of the moon is this?
a)
waning crescent
b)
waning gibbous
c)
full moon
d)
new moon
42.
What phase is this moon?
a)
first quarter
b)
new moon
c)
full moon
d)
waxing gibbous
43.
Summer occurs on the hemisphere of Earth that is.......
a)
turned away from the sun
b)
tilted away from the sun
c)
tilted toward the sun
d)
tilted away from the sun
44.
Name all the inner planets in order:
a)
Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury
b)
Mercury, Venus, Earth
c)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Jupiter
d)
Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars
45.
The inner and outer planets are separated by...
a)
a wall
b)
the asteroid belt
c)
Earth's moon
d)
Pluto
46.
The "red planet" is
a)
Venus
b)
Uranus
c)
Mars
d)
Saturn
47.
What is the correct order of the planets from the sun?
a)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
b)
Mercury, Earth, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
c)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune.
d)
Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
48.
Sunspots are?
a)
Dots on my grandpa's face.
b)
Huge loops of gas.
c)
Areas of gas on the sun's surface that are cooler than the gases around them.
d)
Where the sun appears.
49.
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
50.
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
51.
What Moon phase is this?
a)
Old Moon
b)
Far Side of the Moon
c)
New Moon
d)
Waxing Gibbous
52.
What Moon phase is this?
a)
Waxing Crescent
b)
Waning Gibbous
c)
Waning Crescent
d)
Waxing Gibbous
53.
The tide produced during the moon's first and last quarters is called the _________.
a)
waning
b)
neap tide
c)
waxing
d)
lunar eclipse
54.
A(n)_______ occurs when the moon's shadow falls on part of the earth.
a)
total eclipse
b)
solar eclipse
c)
lunar eclipse
d)
waning
55.
A(n) ________ occurs when the shadow of the Earth falls on the moon.
a)
lunar eclipse
b)
solar eclipse
c)
neap tide
d)
waxing
56.
Spring tides occur
a)
When the sun and moon are at right angles to Earth
b)
When day and night are equal
c)
when the sun, moon, and Earth line up
d)
Only when the sun and moon are the same distance from Earth
57.
What is a meteor called when it's in space?
a)
meteroid
b)
meteor
c)
meteorite
58.
What term is high tides when the Sun, Moon, and Earth are inline.
a)
Winter
b)
Neap
c)
Summer
d)
Spring
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