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WorksheetsUnit 1 Quizizz for Mrs. Greenberg by Adam Preddy
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 40mins
Who is the Creator of this Quizizz?
hint: you know the deal
Adam Preddy
Adam Preddy
Adam Preddy
Adam Preddy
Adam Preddy
What did we learn about during Unit 1?
Astronomy
Animals and Plants
Our Ecosystem
Rocks
Who is Ptolemy and what did he discover?
He discovered the Geocentric Theory (earth is in the center of the galaxy and other bodies orbited it)
He discovered how Dinosaurs died and worked on fossils
He discovered Rocks and Minerals and their composition
He discovered the Moh's hardness scale
What is a lunar month and how long is it?
The schedule between the sun and moon and 30 days
How plants get sunlight and water and 2 years
The period between new moons and 29.5 days
How animals form the ecosystem and 21 days
True or False?
There are other galaxies
True
False
Who is Copernicus?
The founder of the Heliocentric Theory (the sun is at the center of the universe)
The founder of animals (how they came alive)
The creator of the Telescope
The creation of our earth and how continents form
True or False?
Lunar Phases are how stars are formed?
True
False
What is an Meteor?
A rock that is floating in space
Bright streak of light that happens when a meteoroid burns in the atmosphere
Minerals that have been turned into rocks
The event when a full moon happens
What is called when the moon shape is getting smaller?
Swelling
Waxing
Waning
Disappearing
How are solar flares created?
When sunspots come together
When prominences connect
When solar eclipses occur
When lunar eclipses occur
What planet has almost the same size and mass of Earth, and a thick atmosphere?
Venus
Mars
Mercury
Neptune
What shape is our galaxy?
Spiral
Irregular
Elliptical
Triangular
What phase is it when the moon is between the earth and the sun?
Full moon
Waxing gibbous
New moon
Waxing crescent
What planet does the moon orbit around?
Saturn
Neptune
Earth
Sun
True or False?
All Planets have rings.
True
False
Which statement summarizes The Big Bang Theory the most?
Whole universe began as a black hole and rapidly expanded, but is now collapsing
Whole universe began as a cool dense point and rapidly collasped, but is now expanding
Whole universe began as a hot dense point, rapidly expanded, and continues to expand
The whole universe began as a hot dense point and rapidly expanded, but is now collapsing
What is movement of the earth around the sun called?
Rotation
Revolution
Galileo Movement
Telescope Fraction
What planet is the smallest and closest to the sun?
Venus
Earth
Mercury
Pluto
Which planet is furthest from the Sun?
Mercury
Venus
Jupiter
Neptune
True or False?
Mercury has rings
True
False
What is a lunar eclipse?
When the sun is blocked by stars
When stars burn and die
When the earth is between the sun and the moon
When the moon gets bigger
Which of these orbit around the sun?
Comets
Asteroids
Meteoroids
Meteorites
What is a distance that light travels in one year called?
A light year
Six trillion miles long
A galaxy may be one hundred thousand light years or more across
All of the above
What was the Hubble space telescope was launched in?
Space
Earth
Moon
Stars
Where is the earth's moon located?
Always much closer to the Sun than it is to the moon
Always much closer to the Earth than it is to the Sun
About the same distance from the sun as it is to the Earth
Sometimes closer to the Sun than it is to the Earth
What color is the coolest color star?
Blue
Yellow
Green
Red
What is it called when the moon appears to change shape on a daily basis?
Revolutions
Phases
Rotations
Eclipses
Why don't we see the dark side of the moon?
The moon's rotation around the earth
The sunlight doesn't reach the other side
Stars block the dark side
There isn't a dark side on the moon
What determines a month on Earth?
Moon's rotation around Earth
Moon's revolution around Earth
The position of the sun
Earth's landmarks and capitals
What does waxing mean?
Getting larger
Getting smaller
The spots on the moon clearing up
Weather on different planets
What is the 5th planet of the Solar System?
Saturn
Jupiter
Uranus
Earth
What is an nebular cloud?
An interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium and other ionized gases
An increase or decrease in the frequency of sound, light, or other waves
The galaxy that contains our Solar System
A particle attracts every other particle in the universe
How much time passes between the new moon and full moon?
One month
Two weeks
3 days
24 hours
What is the measure of gravity on an object called?
Force
Mass
Density
Weight
What is the hottest planet?
Venus
Earth
Mercury
Mars
What is a small rock from space that has hit the Earth's surface
Meteoroid
Asteroid
Comet
Meteorite
What is an pattern seen in stars that is based on culture called?
Pulsar
Planetary Nebula
Nebula
Constellations
