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WorksheetsAstronomy Part II
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which month does the vernal equinox occur?
a)
January
b)
March
c)
June
d)
September
2.
During which month does the autumnal equinox occur?
a)
January
b)
September
c)
March
d)
December
3.
Where does the moon get its light?
a)
From Stars
b)
From the glow of other planets
c)
Reflects light from the sun
d)
Other glowing gases
4.
How much of the moon is always lit by the sun?
a)
1/4
b)
Half
c)
75%
d)
all
5.
Why does the moon appear to change shape?
a)
Due to revolution around the earth, we can only see lit portion of the moon.
b)
Because it does change shape.
c)
Its supernatural.
d)
Neither of the above
6.
What are the two types of eclipses?
a)
Ellipitical and oval.
b)
Laverne and Shirley
c)
The equinoxes
d)
Solar and Lunar
7.
Which eclipse occurs when the moon comes between the earth and the sun?
a)
Solar
b)
Lunar
c)
Autumnal
d)
Vernal
8.
Which phase of the moon occurs during a solar eclipse?
a)
Waxing Crescent
b)
New Moon
c)
Full moon
d)
Quarter Moon
9.
Which eclipse occurs when the moon moves into the Earth's Shadow?
a)
Global
b)
Catastrophic
c)
Lunar
d)
Solar
10.
Which phase of the moon occurs during a lunar eclipse?
a)
Half Moon
b)
Full Moon
c)
Crescent Moon
d)
Two Quarters Moon
11.
The earth is at the center and everything revolves around the earth is part of what solar system model.
a)
Greek
b)
Spanish
c)
English
d)
Australian
12.
Which solar system model was based purely on Earth being at the center?
a)
Circular
b)
Geocentric
c)
Ellipical
d)
Circular
13.
Who developed the model where the sun is at the center and all planets revolved around the sun?
a)
Galileo
b)
Einstein
c)
Copernicus
d)
Bell
14.
What model of our solar system is purely based with the sun at the center?
a)
Geocentric
b)
Holographic
c)
Nocturnal
d)
Heliocentric
15.
Which of all models discussed is the model we use today?
a)
Heliocentric
b)
Geocentric
c)
Eccentric
d)
Ellipital
16.
What discoveries did Galileo make that supported the heliocentric model?
a)
Other planets were like the Earth.
b)
Other planets were different than the EArth.
Just guessing
Just guessing
c)
Just Guessing
d)
A new galaxy.
17.
Kepler discovered that the planets orbited the sun in what shape.
a)
Circle
b)
Oval
c)
Square
d)
Straight Line
18.
What was Kepler's proof that the planets orbited in an ellipitical shape?
a)
He predicted and found it true in his studies of Mercury.
b)
He could see the planets racing.
c)
Both A and B
d)
None of the above
19.
Newton developed which two theories?
a)
Evolution and Revolution
b)
Plate Tectonics & EArth history
c)
Gravity and Inertia
d)
Eclipse and Equinoxes
20.
The force that pulls an object toward itself.
a)
revolution
b)
resolution
c)
terrestrial
d)
gravity
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