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2nd Astronomy Pathway Quizizz

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The theory of the universe was formed is called
a)
Nebular Theory
b)
The Big Bang Theory
c)
It just happened
d)
God did it
2.
The Universe was formed about
a)
14bya
b)
7 bya
c)
23 bya
3.
The best form of evidence to support the Big Bang Theory is known as 
a)
No Shift
b)
Blue shift
c)
Red Shift
4.
Red shift means
a)
Blue is the opposite of Red
b)
The closer the star the more red it is
c)
A color changes from orange to red
d)
The farther away the star, the more red it is.
5.
Objects that are moving AWAY from us give off a _________ light and objects that are moving TOWARD us give off a ________light.
a)
red, green
b)
red, blue
c)
purple, blue
d)
blue, green
6.
The Earth is a part of what galaxy?
a)
Milky Way
b)
Snickers
c)
Immune
d)
White
7.
How did our solar system form?
a)
The Big  Bang
b)
The Nebular Theory
c)
Neiman Marcus
8.
Kepler's 1st law of planetary motion
a)
The path of each planet is an ellipse
b)
equal areas are covered in equal times
c)
length of  time it takes a planet to orbit the Sun is proportional to the distance from the Sun
9.
Kepler's 3rd law of planetary motion
a)
The path of each planet is an ellipse
b)
equal areas are covered in equal times
c)
length of  time it takes a planet to orbit the Sun is proportional to the distance from the Sun
10.
Kepler's 2nd law of planetary motion
a)
The path of each planet is an ellipse
b)
equal areas are covered in equal times
c)
length of  time it takes a planet to orbit the Sun is proportional to the distance from the Sun
11.
What is the sequence of the following three terms in order from Largest to Smallest- 
a)
galaxy, universe, solar system
b)
universe, galaxy, solar system
c)
solar system, galaxy, universe
12.
When the Earth is closer to the Sun it moves _________, and when the Earth is farther from the Sun it moves__________.
a)
slower, faster
b)
slower, slower
c)
faster, slower
d)
faster, faster
13.
How does the Sun (and all other stars) produce their energy?
a)
Earth Fission
b)
Nuclear Fission
c)
Fusion
d)
Nuclear Fusion
14.
What are the 3 ways the Earth moves?
a)
Rotation, Revolt, Resume
b)
Rotation, Orbits, Revolves
c)
Orbits, Occular, Evolution
15.
The Earth spins on it's axis, which is tilted at an angle of ____
a)
23 degrees
b)
44 degrees
c)
21 degrees
d)
13 degrees
16.
Why do we have day and night?
a)
Earth's Rotation
b)
Earth's Revolution
c)
Earth's Orbit
17.
What is this
a)
Nutation
b)
Precession
c)
Barycenter
18.
What is this
a)
Nutation
b)
Precession
c)
Barycenter
19.
What is this
a)
Nutation
b)
Precession
c)
Barycenter
20.
_________ puts things TOGETHER, while ____________ breaks things apart.
a)
Fusion, Fission
b)
Fusion, Break
c)
Fission, Fusion
21.
Does the distance from the Sun determine the season?
a)
Yes
b)
No
22.
What are the 2 reasons for the seasons?
a)
Earth's tilt, Earth's revolution
b)
Earth's tilt, Earth's shape
c)
Earth's Revolution, Earth's barycenter
23.
The ________ of the Sun's rays determine their intensity
a)
angle
b)
position
c)
distance
24.
What are the three climate zones?
a)
Tropical, Cancer, Capricorn
b)
Temperate, Cancer, Tropical
c)
polar, temperate, tropical
25.
What two things determine what kinds of crops will grow in an area?
a)
temperature and region
b)
Temperature and Moisture level
c)
humidity and luck
26.
What two things does the climate of the region determine about it?
a)
What plants will grow and what animal will inhabit the area
b)
plants and soil
c)
plants and work to be done
27.
What two parts of the water cycle would stop without the Sun?
a)
Transpiration and precipitation
b)
Evaporation and Transpiration
c)
Precipitation and run off
28.
With out an ozone layer we are more likely to suffer from...
a)
cancer
b)
hunger
c)
step throat
29.
What two things does photosynthesis provide for us?
a)
oxygen and sucrose
b)
food and love
c)
food and oxygen
30.
Every living thing needs __________ to survive
a)
chlorophyl
b)
health
c)
love
d)
energy
31.
The Sun contains ________ of all matter in our solar system
a)
96%
b)
57%
c)
98.8%
32.
What is the relationship between an objects size and its gravitational pull?
a)
Who knows
b)
It does matter the size its the position
c)
the smaller the object the stronger the pull
d)
Bigger the object the stronger the gravitational pull
33.
What is photosynthesis?
a)
process that using food to produce light
b)
process used by plants that converts light energy into chemical energy
34.
What are the two steps in how ozone is created?
a)
sunlight splits O2 into 2 O's and the single O attaches to an O2 that is not split to make O3 
b)
Sunlight binds 3 O's together
35.
The closer to the EQUATOR the more _______ the heat, the closer to the Poles the less ______ the heat.
a)
intense
b)
shallow
c)
indirect