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Astronomy Test 2 Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who invented the telescope?

a)

Hans Lipperhey

b)

Zacharias Janssen

c)

Galileo Galilei

d)

Lyman Spitzer

2.

what does an optical telescope work by?

a)

Reflecting light

b)

Gathering light

c)

The density of light

d)

The direction of light

3.

What do you call light becoming bent while causing a distorted image?

a)

Refraction

b)

Reflection

c)

Absorption

d)

Transmission

4.

what do they call telescopes that use mirrors?

a)

Spectrum telescopes

b)

Reflectors

c)

Optical telescopes

d)

Catadioptric system

5.

What was the name of the first telescope launched into space?

a)

Hubble

b)

Astrosat

c)

Akari

d)

Kepler

6.

The sun is about how many times wider than and farther from the moon?

a)

4000

b)

80000

c)

4500

d)

400

7.

What happens during a solar eclipse?

a)

The earth blocks the sun and casts a shadow on the moon

b)

The moon blocks the sun and casts a shadow on earth

8.

What happens during a lunar eclipse?

a)

The earth blocks the sun and casts a shadow on the moon

b)

The moon blocks the sun and casts a shadow on earth

9.

When does the moon orbit earth?

a)

Twice a week

b)

Once a year

c)

Every 6 months

d)

Once per month

10.

When does the earth orbit the sun?

a)

Twice a week

b)

Once per year

c)

Every 6 months

d)

Once per month

11.

Who discovered gravity?

a)

Isaac Newton

b)

Brahmagupta-II

c)

Robert Hooke

d)

Galileo

12.

What is mass?

a)

Amount of volume in a object

b)

Amount of weight in a object

c)

Amount of matter in a object

13.

What will cause two objects to attract to each other?

a)

Weight

b)

Mass

c)

Friction

d)

Air resistance

14.

what is it called when an object is fast enough to escape the orbit?

a)

Escape velocity

b)

Free fall

c)

Hyperbolic

15.

What did Kepler discover about the planets?

a)

The sun revolves around them

b)

The universe revolves around earth

c)

The planets revolve around the sun

d)

The planets revolve around the earth

16.

What weakens gravity?

a)

Friction

b)

distance

c)

Mass

d)

Air resistance

17.

What is it called when there is change in gravity over distance?

a)

Tides

b)

Tidal locking

c)

Sun tides

d)

Tidal force

18.

What is it called when the moon only shows one face to us?

a)

Tidal locking

b)

Tides

c)

Tidal forces

d)

Spring tides

19.

What is the name of the tide where the sun is far more massive than the moon but much farther away?

a)

Spring tides

b)

Sun tides

c)

Neap tides

d)

Low tide

20.

What is the name of the tide where the sun and moon are at a 90 degree angle?

a)

Neap tide

b)

Spring tide

c)

Sun tide

d)

Low tide