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Worksheets22.1 The View from Earth
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 31mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The earth rotates every
a)
24 hours
b)
15 hours
c)
365 days
d)
hour
2.
What causes day and night cycles?
a)
mars
b)
seasons
c)
earths rotation
d)
moon phases
3.
Polaris is another name for...
a)
the South Star
b)
the universe
c)
the North Star
d)
our galaxy
4.
Which way does the sun move across the sky?
a)
East to West
b)
West to East
c)
North to South
d)
South to North
5.
Why does the moon seem to move across the sky?
a)
The Earth is standing still.
b)
The Earth is rotating.
c)
The moon is rotating
d)
Pluto is in the way.
6.
What causes day and night?
a)
The moon rotating on its axis.
b)
The moon's orbit around earth.
c)
The sun rotating on its axis.
d)
The earth's rotation on its axis.
7.
This is the imaginary line through a sphere. In the case of our planet earth, this is slightly tilted.
a)
equator
b)
axis
c)
latitude
d)
longitude
8.
Why do constellations appear to move in the sky?
a)
The sun hides some from view.
b)
The moon blocks our view of all them at once.
c)
The earth's rotation makes this happen.
d)
The constellations do move.
9.
What constellation is this?
a)
Orion
b)
Taurus
c)
Canis Major
d)
Gemini
10.
At the equator, the stars rise in the ___ and set in the ___.
a)
north, south
b)
east, east
c)
east, west
d)
north, east
11.
Near the poles, the stars appear to rotate in a circle in the sky and never set.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
People in the Northern Hemisphere do see the same constellations as the people in the Southern Hemisphere.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
A constellation is a group of visible ____ that form a pattern when viewed from Earth.
a)
planets
b)
stars
c)
patterns
d)
creatures
14.
How many constellations are there?
a)
12
b)
24
c)
100
d)
88
15.
True or False. There are mythological stories behind the constellations
a)
True
b)
False
16.
What does the parallax angle measure?
a)
Temperature
b)
Distance
c)
Brightness
d)
Size
17.
Magnitude measures what about a star?
a)
Brightness
b)
Distance
c)
Temperature
d)
Size
18.
A star's brightness as it appears from earth is a star's ...
a)
absolute magnitude
b)
apparent magnitude
c)
Parallax angle
d)
Temperature
19.
How bright a star actually is, is called...
a)
Absolute magnitude
b)
Apparent magnitude
c)
Parallax angle
d)
Temperature
20.
A wave with a large wavelength will have a ______ frequency and _____ energy
a)
high, low
b)
high, high
c)
low, high
d)
low, low
21.
Select the correct order of waves on the EMS
a)
Radio, Micro, Infra, Visible, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma
b)
Gamma, X-ray, Ultra, Vis, Infra, Micro, Radio
c)
Vis, Micro, Infra, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma, Radio
d)
Micro, Radio, Vis, Infra, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma
22.
Which has the LONGEST wavelength and, therefore, the lowest frequency/energy
a)
Gamma Rays
b)
Radio Waves
c)
Visible Light
d)
Infrared rays
23.
Which has the SHORTEST wavelength and, therefore, the highest frequency/most energy
a)
Radio waves
b)
Ultraviolet Rays
c)
Gamma Rays
d)
X-rays
24.
How much of the electromagnetic spectrum is visible?
a)
All of it
b)
None of it
c)
Most of it
d)
Only a small part
25.
Which of the following does the radiation from a star tell us
a)
temperature
b)
velocity
c)
composition
d)
all of these
26.
A spectrograph breaks the light from an object into a(n) ____________, or range of different colors, and produces an image of it.
a)
spectrum
b)
spectragraph
c)
visible light
d)
prism
27.
What do spectroscopes do?
a)
Collect light to identify elements
b)
Refract light
c)
Absorb light
d)
Transmit light
28.
The color of the star tells us its
a)
composition
b)
Temperature
c)
Luminosity
d)
Mass
29.
The only objects in our Universe that produces and emits its own light is
a)
Nebulas
b)
Comets
c)
Planets
d)
Stars
30.
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
31.
An apparent shift in the position of an object when viewed from different locations.
a)
Parallax
b)
Perihelion
c)
Solar Nebula
d)
Prominence
32.
What color is the hottest color of star?
a)
Blue
b)
red
c)
purple
d)
Black
33.
Which measurement allows scientist to compare the brightness of stars?
a)
parallax
b)
absolute magnitude
c)
red shift
d)
corona
34.
Brightness of a star as seen from Earth
a)
parallax
b)
apparent magnitude
c)
absolute magnitude
d)
spectrum
35.
The brightness of a star as it would be a distance of 32.6 light years from Earth
a)
light year
b)
absolute magnitude
c)
apparent magnitude
d)
parallax
36.
the distance light travels in a year
a)
parallax
b)
absolute magnitude
c)
apparent magnitude
d)
light year
37.
the band of colors produced when white light passes through a prism
a)
light year
b)
prism
c)
parallax
d)
spectrum
38.
For any observer the _____ is the point of the sky directly overhead.
a)
analemma
b)
azimuth
c)
zenith
d)
ecliptic
39.
The __________ is the line of the Sun's apparent path through the sky.
a)
ecliptic
b)
analemma
c)
obliquity
d)
celestial sphere
40.
One astronomical unit equals _____.
a)
the average distance from Earth to the Sun.
b)
the amount of time it takes Earth to orbit the Sun.
c)
the distance to the nearest star.
d)
the amount of time it takes light to travel from the Sun to Earth.
41.
One light year equals _____.
a)
the average distance from Earth to the Sun.
b)
the amount of time it takes Earth to orbit the Sun.
c)
the distance light travels in a year
d)
the amount of time it takes light to travel from the Sun to Earth.
42.
Which is bigger than a light year?
a)
Parsec
b)
Astronomical unit
c)
Distance from earth to sun
d)
200 years
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