WorksheetsAstronomy Test 2 Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Who invented the telescope?
Hans Lipperhey
Zacharias Janssen
Galileo Galilei
Lyman Spitzer
what does an optical telescope work by?
Reflecting light
Gathering light
The density of light
The direction of light
What do you call light becoming bent while causing a distorted image?
Refraction
Reflection
Absorption
Transmission
what do they call telescopes that use mirrors?
Spectrum telescopes
Reflectors
Optical telescopes
Catadioptric system
What was the name of the first telescope launched into space?
Hubble
Astrosat
Akari
Kepler
The sun is about how many times wider than and farther from the moon?
4000
80000
4500
400
What happens during a solar eclipse?
The earth blocks the sun and casts a shadow on the moon
The moon blocks the sun and casts a shadow on earth
What happens during a lunar eclipse?
The earth blocks the sun and casts a shadow on the moon
The moon blocks the sun and casts a shadow on earth
When does the moon orbit earth?
Twice a week
Once a year
Every 6 months
Once per month
When does the earth orbit the sun?
Twice a week
Once per year
Every 6 months
Once per month
Who discovered gravity?
Isaac Newton
Brahmagupta-II
Robert Hooke
Galileo
What is mass?
Amount of volume in a object
Amount of weight in a object
Amount of matter in a object
What will cause two objects to attract to each other?
Weight
Mass
Friction
Air resistance
what is it called when an object is fast enough to escape the orbit?
Escape velocity
Free fall
Hyperbolic
What did Kepler discover about the planets?
The sun revolves around them
The universe revolves around earth
The planets revolve around the sun
The planets revolve around the earth
What weakens gravity?
Friction
distance
Mass
Air resistance
What is it called when there is change in gravity over distance?
Tides
Tidal locking
Sun tides
Tidal force
What is it called when the moon only shows one face to us?
Tidal locking
Tides
Tidal forces
Spring tides
What is the name of the tide where the sun is far more massive than the moon but much farther away?
Spring tides
Sun tides
Neap tides
Low tide
What is the name of the tide where the sun and moon are at a 90 degree angle?
Neap tide
Spring tide
Sun tide
Low tide
