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RES Midterm Review

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Based on the ESRTs, what color of the visible light spectrum has the longest wavelength?
a)
blue
b)
green
c)
white
d)
red
2.
What electromagnetic spectrum part of the is on either side of the visible light spectrum?
a)
gamma rays
b)
infrared rays
c)
radio waves
d)
X-rays
3.
What is the most massive type of stars?
a)
White Dwarfs
b)
Main Sequence
c)
Red Giants
d)
Super Giants
4.
How many times more luminous is Aldebaran than our Sun?
a)
20
b)
700
c)
300
d)
1000
5.
What is Saturn's density?
a)
1.3 g/cm³
b)
5.5 g/cm³
c)
0.7 g/cm³
d)
1.8 g/cm³
6.
About how many times brighter is Betelgeuse than our Sun?
a)
100
b)
10,000
c)
100,000
d)
1000
7.
What is the period of rotation of the Sun ?
a)
1 year
b)
27 days
c)
365 days 
d)
24 hours
8.
What motion is represented in this diagram?
a)
gravity
b)
rotation
c)
revolution
d)
spinning
9.
What event is shown in this diagram?
a)
An eclipse of the sun
b)
An eclipse of the earth
c)
An eclipse of the moon
d)
An eclipse of the a star
10.
Which planet has the most eccentric orbit?
a)
Neptune
b)
Jupiter
c)
Earth
d)
Mercury
11.
Which position of Earth is experiencing Summer?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
12.
What is the approximate amount of snow that accumulated in Waterbury?
a)
40 in.
b)
26 in.
c)
36 in.
d)
38 in
13.
Identify the moon phase shown in this diagram
a)
Waning gibbous
b)
Waxing gibbous
c)
Third Quarter
d)
Full Moon
14.
What event does this image reflect ? 
a)
Lunar Eclipse
b)
Solar Eclipse
c)
New Moon Phase 
d)
An asteroid crash
15.
What moon phase would an observer see? 
a)
New Moon phase
b)
Full Moon Phase
c)
First Quarter
d)
Third Quarter 
16.
What Earth motion would bring location B into daylight in the next few hours?
a)
revolution
b)
rotation
c)
gravity
d)
pressure
17.
What is the approximate time does it take to go from Full Moon Phase to the next phase (Waning Gibbous) ?
a)
7 days
b)
14 days
c)
4 days
d)
27.3 days
18.
What is the approximate time length of one tide cycle?
a)
24 hours
b)
6 hours
c)
48 hrs.
d)
12 hours
19.
How many days are required for the Moon to complete a cycle of phases from new Moon position to the next new moon ?
a)
2.2 days
b)
27.3 days
c)
29.5 days
d)
365.26 dys
20.
When a solar eclipse is viewed from Earth, the moon must be located at the orbital position alignment of letter
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
21.
What evidence provides information that the universe is expanding?
a)
The Blue Shift
b)
The Red Shift
c)
Roaming Comets 
d)
Earth turns
22.
A high tide occurred at 6:00 am at the beach on Long Island.  The next high tide at this beach would occur at approximately
a)
12:15 p.m .on the same day
b)
6:30 p.m. on the same day
c)
12:45 p.m. on the following day
d)
7:00 a.m. on the following day