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WorksheetsESS Spring Final Review Part 1
Total questions: 69
Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Side of the moon that always faces Earth.
a)
near
b)
far
c)
dark
d)
light
2.
Side of the moon that always faces away from Earth.
a)
near
b)
far
c)
dark
d)
light
3.
The moon creates it's own light.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
The phases of the moon are created by the shadow of the earth.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
Moon phase where Moon's disk appears to be completely illuminated.
a)
first quarter
b)
third quarter
c)
new moon
d)
full moon
6.
The increase in the visible sunlit surface of the Moon is called the _____________________ phase.
a)
waxing
b)
waning
7.
The decrease in the visible sunlit surface of the Moon is called the _____________________ phase.
a)
waxing
b)
waning
8.
What moon phase is this?
a)
full
b)
new
c)
waxing gibbous
d)
waning gibbous
9.
What moon phase is this?
a)
full
b)
new
c)
waxing gibbous
d)
waning gibbous
10.
Which color stars have the lowest surface temperature?
a)
red
b)
orange
c)
blue
d)
green
11.
Which color stars have the highest surface temperature?
a)
red
b)
orange
c)
blue
d)
green
12.
What type of star is the Sun?
a)
main sequence
b)
red giant
c)
red dwarf
d)
orange giant
13.
The outer planets have rings and many moons.
a)
true
b)
false
14.
What is this?
a)
asteroid belt
b)
Jupiter
c)
Mars
d)
Earth
15.
What is this?
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Earth
d)
Mars
16.
What is this?
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Earth
d)
Mars
17.
What is this?
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Earth
d)
Mars
18.
What is this?
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Earth
d)
Mars
19.
What is this?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Saturn
c)
Uranus
d)
Neptune
20.
What is this?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Saturn
c)
Uranus
d)
Neptune
21.
What is this?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Saturn
c)
Uranus
d)
Neptune
22.
What is this?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Saturn
c)
Uranus
d)
Neptune
23.
What is this?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Saturn
c)
Uranus
d)
The Sun
24.
Jupiter has a “great” one of these that is at least 300 years old
a)
a surface ocean
b)
a large moon
c)
an atmospheric storm
d)
an ice cap
25.
There is a belt of these between Mars and Jupiter.
a)
meteors
b)
comets
c)
asteroid
d)
meteorites
26.
No other planet in our solar system shows evidence of water.
a)
True
b)
False
27.
Which planet is said to have a "runaway" greenhouse effect?
a)
Mars
b)
Mercury
c)
Earth
d)
Venus
28.
One "trip" around the Sun
a)
revolution
b)
rotation
29.
One day on Earth
a)
revolution
b)
rotation
30.
Which two surfaces are the most similar?
a)
Moon and Mercury
b)
Moon and Venus
c)
Moon and Jupiter
d)
Moon and Neptune
31.
The largest _____________________ on Mars is Olympus Mons.
a)
lake
b)
canyon
c)
ocean
d)
volcano
32.
Which of these is the largest?
a)
Mars
b)
Mercury
c)
Earth
d)
Jupiter
33.
Pluto is classified as a white dwarf star.
a)
true
b)
false
34.
Gravity draws the matter in an interstellar cloud together to form a ___________ in the center.
a)
moon
b)
star
c)
spectrum
d)
comet
35.
Comets' tails always point away from the Sun
a)
true
b)
false
36.
Comets spend most of their life in the asteroid belt.
a)
true
b)
false
37.
Could be found on the ground
a)
meteor
b)
meteorite
c)
meteoroid
d)
comet
38.
Found outside of Earth’s atmosphere
a)
meteor
b)
meteorite
c)
meteoroid
39.
Some people make a wish when they see one.
a)
meteor
b)
meteorite
c)
meteoroid
d)
comet
40.
Appearing to move backwards in its orbit
a)
planetesimals
b)
Kepler
c)
Copernicus
d)
retrograde motion
41.
Discovered important laws of orbits
a)
Galileo
b)
Kepler
c)
Copernicus
d)
Hubble
42.
Which of these is happening in a star
a)
nuclear fission
b)
nuclear fusion
43.
When helium nuclei fuse, they produce hydrogen.
a)
True
b)
False
44.
What must start for a star to truly be considered a star?
a)
fusion
b)
fission
c)
stellar spinning
d)
the star party
45.
A light year is a greater distance than a parsec.
a)
True
b)
False
46.
What type of star is the Sun?
a)
main sequence
b)
red giant
c)
red dwarf
d)
orange giant
47.
Plotted on the vertical axis of an H-R Diagram.
a)
apparent magnitude
b)
absolute magnitude
c)
temperature
d)
spectral type
48.
Plotted on the horizontal axis of an H-R Diagram.
a)
spectral type
b)
temperature
c)
both spectral type and temperature
d)
none of these
49.
Which moon phase is this?
a)
full
b)
new
c)
waxing crescent
d)
waning crescent
50.
Which moon phase is this?
a)
full
b)
new
c)
waxing gibbous
d)
waning gibbous
51.
Which moon phase is this?
a)
full
b)
new
c)
waxing crescent
d)
waning crescent
52.
Which moon phase is this?
a)
full
b)
new
c)
waxing crescent
d)
waning crescent
53.
Which moon phase is this?
a)
full
b)
new
c)
waxing gibbous
d)
waning gibbous
54.
Which moon phase is this?
a)
full
b)
new
c)
waxing gibbous
d)
waning gibbous
55.
Which moon phase is this?
a)
first quarter
b)
third quarter
c)
waxing gibbous
d)
waning gibbous
56.
Which moon phase is this?
a)
first quarter
b)
third quarter
c)
waxing gibbous
d)
waning gibbous
57.
Number 9 on the diagram is ____________________.
a)
The Kuiper Belt
b)
The Asteroid Belt
c)
The Oort Cloud
d)
Hubble Space Telescope
58.
Number 10 on the diagram is ____________________.
a)
The Kuiper Belt
b)
The Asteroid Belt
c)
The Oort Cloud
d)
Hubble Space Telescope
59.
What is this?
a)
red giant
b)
main sequence
c)
protostar
d)
white dwarf
60.
What is this?
a)
red giant
b)
main sequence
c)
protostar
d)
white dwarf
61.
What is this?
a)
main sequence
b)
protostar
c)
white dwarf
d)
planetary nebula
62.
What is this?
a)
main sequence
b)
protostar
c)
white dwarf
d)
planetary nebula
63.
What is this?
a)
main sequence
b)
protostar
c)
white dwarf
d)
planetary nebula
64.
What is this?
a)
protostar
b)
white dwarf
c)
planetary nebula
d)
black dwarf
65.
The inner, cone-shaped portion of a shadow, which blocks direct sunlight, is called the _______________.
a)
umbra
b)
penumbra
66.
The closest point in the Moon’s orbit to Earth is called______, and the farthest point is called __________.
a)
perigee/apogee
b)
apogee/perigee
67.
The Moon's shadow on Earth.
a)
solar eclipse
b)
lunar eclipse
68.
The Earth's shadow on the moon.
a)
solar eclipse
b)
lunar eclipse
69.
The sequential changes in the appearance of the Moon are called lunar________________________.
a)
shapes
b)
changes
c)
phases
d)
steps
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