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WorksheetsAstronomy Test 2 Review (Homework)
Total questions: 81
Worksheet time: 54mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
a)
#7 Prominences
b)
#7 Corona
c)
#7 Sunspots
d)
#7 Photosphere
2.
a)
#9 Prominences
b)
#9 Corona
c)
#9 Sunspots
d)
#9 Photosphere
3.
This is the final layer of the sun's atmosphere. It appears as a halo around the moon during a solar eclipse.
a)
Crown
b)
Corona
c)
Photosphere
4.
Describe the sun
a)
A moon
b)
A flaming planet
c)
The largest star
d)
An average-sized yellow star
5.
Which is hot,liquid gas and has a white or yellow color?
a)
Earth
b)
Moon
c)
Sun
6.
Sunspots usually occur in groups. Huge loops of gas called?
a)
Solar Flares
b)
Sunspots
c)
Prominences
d)
Corona
7.
Relatively cool areas on the sun's surface are called?
a)
Convection Zones
b)
Sunspots
c)
Prominences
d)
Corona
8.
Our sun converts _______ into Helium to produce energy during nuclear fusion.
a)
Helium
b)
Hydrogen
c)
Radon
d)
Argon
9.
When does a lunar eclipse occur?
a)
At night
b)
When the moon's shadow is on the earth
c)
when the moon comes between the sun and earth
d)
During the day
10.
A solar eclipse only happens during a ________ moon.
a)
New
b)
Cresent
c)
Gibbous
d)
Full
11.
A lunar eclipse only happens during a ________ moon.
a)
New
b)
Cresent
c)
Gibbous
d)
Full
12.
Which of the following is not true about a total solar eclipse?
a)
It can be viewed once a year from every spot on earth
b)
It is dangerous to look at without the proper device
c)
When it happens, the moon blocks all of the sun except the corona
d)
You must be within the moon's umbra to see it
13.
During which phase of the moon is a lunar eclipse possible?
a)
Crescent moon
b)
Full moon
c)
New moon
d)
Half moon
14.
Which type of eclipse is shown in this picture?
a)
Solar Eclipse
b)
Orbit
c)
Lunar Eclipse
d)
Total Eclipse
15.
Which type of eclipse occurs when the Earth casts a shadow on the moon?
a)
Tilt
b)
Lunar Eclipse
c)
Solar Eclipse
d)
Partial Eclipse
16.
Which type of eclipse is shown in the diagram?
a)
Solar Eclipse
b)
Lunar Eclipse
c)
Total Eclipse
d)
Partial Eclipse
17.
What is our galaxy?
a)
The Milky Way
b)
The Galaxy S7 Note
c)
The Andromeda Galaxy
d)
Constellations
18.
What are the the 3 types of galaxies?
a)
Spiral Galaxies, Regular Galaxies, and Lliptical Galaxies
b)
Spiral Galaxies, Irregular Galaxies, and Elliptical Galaxies
c)
Milky Way, Elliptical Galaxies, and Spiral Galaxies
d)
Milky Way, Elliptical Galaxies, and Irregular Galaxies
19.
What are galaxies held together by?
a)
Gravitational Attraction
b)
Stars
c)
Other galaxies
d)
Dust and Gas
20.
When do most astronomers suggest that galaxies formed?
a)
After a cosmic "Big Bang"
b)
After the sun shined for the first time
c)
After the dinosaurs roamed the earth
d)
After the Milky Way had its first star
21.
What type of galaxy contains some of the oldest stars?
a)
Constellations
b)
Spiral Galaxies
c)
Elliptical Galaxies
d)
Irregular Galaxies
22.
What type of galaxy is this?
a)
Spiral
b)
Elliptical
c)
Irregular
d)
Irrational
23.
What type of galaxy is this?
a)
Spiral
b)
Elliptical
c)
Irregular
d)
Irrational
24.
What type of galaxy is this?
a)
Spiral
b)
Elliptical
c)
Irregular
d)
Irrational
25.
What type of galaxy is this?
a)
Spiral
b)
Elliptical
c)
Irregular
d)
Irrational
26.
What type of galaxy is this?
a)
Spiral
b)
Elliptical
c)
Irregular
d)
Irrational
27.
What type of galaxy is this?
a)
Spiral
b)
Elliptical
c)
Irregular
d)
Irrational
28.
What type of galaxy is this?
a)
Spiral
b)
Elliptical
c)
Irregular
d)
Irrational
29.
The type of galaxy that has few young stars, little gas or dust, and NO arms is a/n
a)
elliptical galaxy
b)
spiral galaxy
c)
irregular galaxy
d)
barred spiral galaxy
30.
How many stars are in a galaxy.
a)
millions or billions
b)
thousands
c)
hundreds
d)
Ten
31.
Our sun is located on one of the Spiral Galaxy arms.
a)
True
b)
False
32.
The type of galaxy that is the leftovers of two colliding galaxies is called the...
a)
Spiral Galaxy
b)
Elliptical Galaxy
c)
Irregular Galaxy
d)
Constellation Galaxy
33.
What type of galaxy has no defined pattern or shape?
a)
Spiral
b)
Elliptical
c)
Irregular
d)
Constellation
34.
Place these objects in order from smallest to largest.
a)
Planets, solar system, universe, galaxy
b)
Solar system, planets, galaxy, universe
c)
Planets, solar system, galaxy, universe
d)
Galaxy, solar system, planets, universe
35.
Distance measurement used by astronomers for distant objects.
a)
Kilometers
b)
Light Years
c)
Miles
d)
Light Seconds
36.
Galaxies are composed of (best answer)
a)
stars
b)
stars and gas
c)
stars, dust, and gas
d)
stars, dust, and gas held together by gravity
37.
The Milky Way Galaxy is a
a)
spiral
b)
lenticular
c)
elliptical
d)
irregular
38.
What's a comet?
a)
Loose collections of ice, small rocky particles, and dust.
b)
A circumstellar disc
c)
Rocky objects that are too small and numerous.
d)
A streak of light in the sky.
39.
An asteroid is...
a)
A dirty/icy snowball
b)
Circumstellar disc in the Solar System
c)
Rocky objects that are too small/numerous
d)
A light phenomena
40.
A nucleus is-
a)
The fuzzy outer layer of the comet
b)
The solid inner core of the comet
c)
A chunk of rock/dust in space
d)
Something that eventually hits Earth's atmosphere
41.
Define the word; Meteor.
a)
Composed of rock, dust and frozen gases
b)
The object that eventually hits Earth's surface
c)
Bits of rock/dust in space
d)
Streak of light in the sky
42.
What's the one vocabulary word that has other names but different definitions?
a)
The asteroid belt
b)
The Comet
c)
All three options
d)
The Meteor
43.
Meteorite is...
a)
A meteoroid passing through the atmosphere, hitting Earth's surface
b)
A streak of light in the sky
c)
Too small and too numerous to be considered a full-fledged planet
d)
Loose collections of ice, dust, and small rocky particles
44.
The asteroid belt is...
a)
The solid inner-core of the comet
b)
Clouds of gas and dust
c)
Circumstellar disc in the solar system roughly between Mar's and Jupiter's orbits
45.
The belt between Mars and Jupiter
a)
Comets
b)
Asteroids
c)
Meteors
d)
Stars
46.
They are sometimes called shooting stars
a)
interplanetary dust
b)
asteroids
c)
comets
d)
meteors
47.
Select the pair of bodies which are LEAST alike in composition and size
a)
asteroid and meteor
b)
moon and comet
c)
earth and venus
d)
uranus and neptune
48.
A meteorite is DIFFERENT from a comet mainly because
a)
has a tail of ice and gas
b)
is found in orbit between Jupiter and Mars
c)
enters the Earth's atmoshere
d)
has a nucleus mad of rock and snow.
49.
Sometimes I am called a "dirty snowball". I have a hydrogen cloud, coma, and a nucleus. I am invisible except when near the sun. What am I?
a)
Asteroid
b)
Star
c)
Meteor
d)
Comet
50.
The tail of a comet usually faces
a)
toward the sun
b)
toward the Earth
c)
away from the Sun
d)
away from the Earth
51.
I am several miles in diameter, originate beyond the outer plants, thought to have struck early Earth, consists of bodies of ice, stone and organic compounds
a)
comet
b)
asteroid
c)
meteor
d)
star dust
52.
We are composed mainly of rock and metal.
a)
comets and stars
b)
stars and meteors
c)
asteroid and meteors
d)
comets and asteroid
53.
I am a rock entering a planet's atmosphere.
a)
meteor
b)
meteorite
c)
asteroid
d)
comet
54.
Made of ice, dust and gas
a)
asteroid
b)
meteoroid
c)
comet
d)
meteor
55.
Appears as a streak in the sky.
a)
asteroid
b)
meteoroid
c)
comet
d)
meteor
56.
Often called shooting stars.
a)
asteroid
b)
meteoroid
c)
comet
d)
meteor
57.
Ceres is the largest one of these.
a)
asteroid
b)
meteoroid
c)
comet
d)
meteor
58.
Piece of rock that burns up as it passes through the earth's atmosphere.
a)
asteroid
b)
meteoroid
c)
comet
d)
metoer
59.
Burns and vaporizes as it nears the sun.
a)
asteroid
b)
meteoroid
c)
comet
d)
meteorite
60.
Reflecting and refracting telescopes are classified as which kind of telescopes?
a)
Radio
b)
Infrared
c)
Optical
d)
Ultraviolet (UV)
61.
Refracting telescopes use _____ to gather and focus light to produce an image.
a)
mirrors
b)
convex lenses
c)
concave lenses
d)
prisms
62.
Reflecting telescopes use _____ to gather light and focus light to create images.
a)
mirrors
b)
convex lenses
c)
concave lenses
d)
an eyepiece
63.
The Hubble Space telescope is a _____ telescope.
a)
Refracting
b)
Radio
c)
Reflecting
d)
Infrared
64.
Radio telescopes receive _____ waves from distant objects in space.
a)
Ultraviolet (UV)
b)
Gamma
c)
Visible Light
d)
Radio
65.
True or False: Radio telescopes can send/receive information during any time even during bad weather.
a)
True
b)
False
66.
The Hubble Space telescope produces some of clearest images of objects in space because it is located...
a)
above Earth's atmosphere
b)
on top of a mountain
c)
below Earth's atmosphere
d)
in a desert
67.
Spectroscopes collect _____ from distant stars and separates light into bands of different colors.
a)
heat
b)
light
c)
energy
d)
gravity
68.
Spectroscopes can tell you all of the following about stars except...
a)
elements in a star
b)
temperature of a star
c)
age of a star
d)
size of a star
69.
An object that orbits or revolves around another object in space is called a/an
a)
Space Probe
b)
Spectroscope
c)
Satellite
d)
Lander
70.
These spacecraft explore around and beyond our Solar System because these places are too far or dangerous for humans to explore.
a)
Satellites
b)
Space Probes
c)
Spectroscopes
d)
Radio Telescopes
71.
True of False: Space Probes carry astronauts around the Solar System.
a)
True
b)
False
72.
True or False: Space Probes carry instruments such as cameras & radio transmitters to send/collect information from Space.
a)
True
b)
False
73.
Which Space Tool can explore the outer regions of our Solar System and send data back to Earth?
a)
Spectroscope
b)
Space Probe
c)
Optical Telescope
d)
Space Shuttle
74.
This picture is an example of a....
a)
Reflecting Telescope
b)
Spectroscope
c)
Radio Telescope
d)
Refracting Telescope
77.
This picture is an example of a....
a)
Refracting Telescope
b)
Radio Telescope
c)
Reflecting Telescope
d)
Satellite
76.
Which Space Tool will produce bands of color such as the ones you see in the picture.
a)
Optical Telescope
b)
Satellite
c)
Radio Telescope
d)
Spectroscope
77.
This picture is an example of a....
a)
Refracting Telescope
b)
Radio Telescope
c)
Reflecting Telescope
d)
Satellite
78.
How long does it take for the moon to revolve around our Earth?
a)
24 hours
b)
365 1/4 days
c)
29 days
d)
8 hours
79.
The phase of the moon that you see depends on
a)
how much of the moon's surface is lit by the sun.
b)
whether or not an eclipse is occuring
c)
how much light is reflected from a passing satellite
d)
how much of the sunlit side of the moon faces Earth
80.
What phase of the moon does a solar eclipse occur?
a)
New moon
b)
1st quarter
c)
Full moon
d)
3rd quarter
81.
How many days does it take for the moon to complete a full cycle?
a)
29
b)
29.5
c)
28
d)
28.52
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