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EEn 1.1.1 Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is LARGEST

a)

Solar System

b)

Star

c)

Planet

d)

Moon

2.

Which of the following is SMALLEST

a)

Solar System

b)

Galaxy

c)

Universe

3.

Which of the following BEST describes a galaxy?

a)

a collection of planets and moons around a single star

b)

a collection of only stars

c)

a collection of stars and their planetary systems

4.

Which of the following BEST describes the beginning of the Universe?

a)

Hubble's Law

b)

The Big Bang Theory

c)

Nebular Hypothesis

d)

Evolution

5.

Which of the following is evidence that the universe is expanding?

a)

Redshift

b)

Blueshift

c)

Greenshift

6.

What causes day and night to occur on Earth

a)

Earth revolves around the sun.

b)

Earth rotates on its axis.

c)

Earth's axis precesses.

d)

The sun revolves around the earth.

7.

Which of the following is NOT an example of revolution?

a)

The Earth travels around the Sun.

b)

The Moon travels around the Earth.

c)

Earth's axis moves from pointing at Polaris to Vega.

d)

Satellites orbit Earth.

8.

"The shape of a planet's orbit is an ellipse, with the sun at one focus" is...

a)

Kepler's 3rd Law

b)

Kepler's 2nd Law

c)

Hubble's Law

d)

Kepler's 1st Law

9.

This image is an example of which of the following?

a)

Kepler's 1st Law

b)

Kepler's 2nd Law

c)

Kepler's 3rd Law

d)

Kepler's 4th Law

10.

"Two objects in space orbit their shared center of mass." This statement describes which of the following?

a)

Barycenter

b)

Precession

c)

Nutation

d)

Kepler's 1st Law