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Unit 1 Quizizz for Mrs. Greenberg by Adam Preddy

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the Creator of this Quizizz?

hint: you know the deal

a)

Adam Preddy

b)

Adam Preddy

c)

Adam Preddy

d)

Adam Preddy

e)

Adam Preddy

2.

What did we learn about during Unit 1?

a)

Astronomy

b)

Animals and Plants

c)

Our Ecosystem

d)

Rocks

3.

Who is Ptolemy and what did he discover?

a)

He discovered the Geocentric Theory (earth is in the center of the galaxy and other bodies orbited it)

b)

He discovered how Dinosaurs died and worked on fossils

c)

He discovered Rocks and Minerals and their composition

d)

He discovered the Moh's hardness scale

4.

What is a lunar month and how long is it?

a)

The schedule between the sun and moon and 30 days

b)

How plants get sunlight and water and 2 years

c)

The period between new moons and 29.5 days

d)

How animals form the ecosystem and 21 days

5.
What is the name of our galaxy?
a)
Local Group
b)
Orion
c)
Andromeda
d)
Milky Way
6.

True or False?

There are other galaxies

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Who is Copernicus?

a)

The founder of the Heliocentric Theory (the sun is at the center of the universe)

b)

The founder of animals (how they came alive)

c)

The creator of the Telescope

d)

The creation of our earth and how continents form

8.

True or False?

Lunar Phases are how stars are formed?

a)

True

b)

False

9.

What is an Meteor?

a)

A rock that is floating in space

b)

Bright streak of light that happens when a meteoroid burns in the atmosphere

c)

Minerals that have been turned into rocks

d)

The event when a full moon happens

10.

What is called when the moon shape is getting smaller?

a)

Swelling

b)

Waxing

c)

Waning

d)

Disappearing

11.

How are solar flares created?

a)

When sunspots come together

b)

When prominences connect

c)

When solar eclipses occur

d)

When lunar eclipses occur

12.

What planet has almost the same size and mass of Earth, and a thick atmosphere?

a)

Venus

b)

Mars

c)

Mercury

d)

Neptune

13.

What shape is our galaxy?

a)

Spiral

b)

Irregular

c)

Elliptical

d)

Triangular

14.

What phase is it when the moon is between the earth and the sun?

a)

Full moon

b)

Waxing gibbous

c)

New moon

d)

Waxing crescent

15.

What planet does the moon orbit around?

a)

Saturn

b)

Neptune

c)

Earth

d)

Sun

16.

True or False?

All Planets have rings.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Which statement summarizes The Big Bang Theory the most?

a)

Whole universe began as a black hole and rapidly expanded, but is now collapsing

b)

Whole universe began as a cool dense point and rapidly collasped, but is now expanding

c)

Whole universe began as a hot dense point, rapidly expanded, and continues to expand

d)

The whole universe began as a hot dense point and rapidly expanded, but is now collapsing

18.

What is movement of the earth around the sun called?

a)

Rotation

b)

Revolution

c)

Galileo Movement

d)

Telescope Fraction

19.

What planet is the smallest and closest to the sun?

a)

Venus

b)

Earth

c)

Mercury

d)

Pluto

20.

Which planet is furthest from the Sun?

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Jupiter

d)

Neptune

21.

True or False?

Mercury has rings

a)

True

b)

False

22.

What is a lunar eclipse?

a)

When the sun is blocked by stars

b)

When stars burn and die

c)

When the earth is between the sun and the moon

d)

When the moon gets bigger

23.

Which of these orbit around the sun?

a)

Comets

b)

Asteroids

c)

Meteoroids

d)

Meteorites

24.

What is a distance that light travels in one year called?

a)

A light year

b)

Six trillion miles long

c)

A galaxy may be one hundred thousand light years or more across

d)

All of the above

25.

What was the Hubble space telescope was launched in?

a)

Space

b)

Earth

c)

Moon

d)

Stars

26.

Where is the earth's moon located?

a)

Always much closer to the Sun than it is to the moon

b)

Always much closer to the Earth than it is to the Sun

c)

About the same distance from the sun as it is to the Earth

d)

Sometimes closer to the Sun than it is to the Earth

27.

What color is the coolest color star?

a)

Blue

b)

Yellow

c)

Green

d)

Red

28.

What is it called when the moon appears to change shape on a daily basis?

a)

Revolutions

b)

Phases

c)

Rotations

d)

Eclipses

29.

Why don't we see the dark side of the moon?

a)

The moon's rotation around the earth

b)

The sunlight doesn't reach the other side

c)

Stars block the dark side

d)

There isn't a dark side on the moon

30.

What determines a month on Earth?

a)

Moon's rotation around Earth

b)

Moon's revolution around Earth

c)

The position of the sun

d)

Earth's landmarks and capitals

31.
What phase of the moon is pictured here?
a)
New moon
b)
Waxing crescent moon
c)
Full moon
d)
Waxing gibbous moon
32.

What does waxing mean?

a)

Getting larger

b)

Getting smaller

c)

The spots on the moon clearing up

d)

Weather on different planets

33.

What is the 5th planet of the Solar System?

a)

Saturn

b)

Jupiter

c)

Uranus

d)

Earth

34.
What is the correct order of planets?
a)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
b)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
c)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus
d)
Mercury, Earth, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
35.

What is an nebular cloud?

a)

An interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium and other ionized gases

b)

An increase or decrease in the frequency of sound, light, or other waves

c)

The galaxy that contains our Solar System

d)

A particle attracts every other particle in the universe

36.

How much time passes between the new moon and full moon?

a)

One month

b)

Two weeks

c)

3 days

d)

24 hours

37.

What is the measure of gravity on an object called?

a)

Force

b)

Mass

c)

Density

d)

Weight

38.

What is the hottest planet?

a)

Venus

b)

Earth

c)

Mercury

d)

Mars

39.

What is a small rock from space that has hit the Earth's surface

a)

Meteoroid

b)

Asteroid

c)

Comet

d)

Meteorite

40.

What is an pattern seen in stars that is based on culture called?

a)

Pulsar

b)

Planetary Nebula

c)

Nebula

d)

Constellations