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Astronomy

Total questions: 49

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is best shown in the picture?
a)
Earth's revolution
b)
A month on Earth
c)
A year on Earth
d)
Earth's rotation
2.
Which of the following do the blue arrows represent in the picture?
a)
A day on Earth
b)
Earth's rotation around the Sun
c)
Earth's revolution around the Sun
d)
A month on Earth
3.
Which of the following amounts of time has gone by when the Moon makes 1 revolution around the Earth?
a)
1 month on Earth
b)
1 year on Earth
c)
1 day on Earth
d)
1 week on Earth
4.
What type of orbit does the Earth have?  This was proven by astronomer Johannes Kepler.
a)
An elliptical orbit around the moon.
b)
An elliptical orbit around the Sun.
c)
A circular orbit around the moon.
d)
A circular orbit around the Sun.
5.
Day and night are caused by _______________.
a)
Earth's rotation
b)
Earth's revolution
c)
Moon's revolution
d)
Moon's rotation
6.
Earth revolves around ________, because it has the __________ in the solar system.
a)
the moon; most gravitational force
b)
the sun; least gravitational force
c)
Jupiter; most gravitational
d)
the sun; most gravitational force
7.
How many planets are in the solar system?
a)
10
b)
8
c)
9
d)
7
8.
Which planet is closest to the Sun?
a)
Earth
b)
Jupiter
c)
Mercury
d)
Venus
9.
True or False:  One half of the whole moon is ALWAYS illuminated.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
The asteroid belt is located between which two planets?
a)
Earth and Mars.
b)
Venus and Earth.
c)
Mars and Jupiter.
d)
Mercury and Earth.
11.
A _______ is a burning body of matter that has entered Earth's atmosphere; "shooting star"
a)
Meteor
b)
Comet
c)
Asteroid
d)
Solar Flare
12.
Which phase of the Moon is this?
a)
Full Moon
b)
First Quarter
c)
Last Quarter
d)
New Moon
13.
Which phase of the moon is this?
a)
Full Moon
b)
Waxing Crescent
c)
Waning Crescent
d)
Waxing Gibbous
14.
When the moon is over 50% illuminated it is called a ____________.
a)
Full Moon
b)
New Moon
c)
Crescent
d)
Gibbous
15.
If the time for Earth to ROTATE once on its axis increased, what would happen?
a)
A day would be longer.
b)
A day would be shorter.
c)
A year would be longer.
d)
A year would be shorter.
16.
If the time for Earth to REVOLVE once around the sun DECREASED, what would happen?
a)
A day would be longer.
b)
A day would be shorter.
c)
A year would be longer.
d)
A year would be shorter.
17.
The earth's __________________ is responsible for days and nights
a)
Rotation
b)
Revolution
c)
Atmosphere
d)
Tilted Axis
18.
Which lunar phase will result when the Earth is directly between the moon and the sun?
a)
New Moon
b)
Waning Crescent
c)
Full Moon
d)
Waxing Crescent
19.
Which of the following would be true about a man who traveled from the earth to the moon?
a)
His Mass would increase but his weight would stay the same.
b)
His weight would increase but his mass would stay the same.
c)
His mass would decrease but his weight would stay the same.
d)
His weight would decrease but his mass would stay the same.
20.
As the moon's shape appears to get smaller, we say that the moon is _.
a)
swelling
b)
waxing
c)
waning
d)
disappearing
21.
Which moon phase is when you can't see the moon at all?
a)
Waning crescent
b)
Full moon
c)
Waxing gibbous
d)
New moon
22.
Phases of the moon in which the moon appears to be getting larger are referred to as _.
a)
waxing
b)
waning
c)
new
d)
eclipse
23.
The cycle of the moon lasts about a _.
a)
day
b)
year
c)
week
d)
month
24.
The greater the mass, the ______the gravity
a)
Lower
b)
Greater
c)
Smaller
d)
Heavier
25.
The two things that affect gravity are: 
a)
Size/distance
b)
Size/weight
c)
Distance/weight
d)
Rotation/revolution
26.
The sun centered view of the universe
a)
Galaxy
b)
Geocentric
c)
Astonomy
d)
Heliocentric
27.
the time required for the earth to orbit around the sun 
a)
Year
b)
Month
c)
Day
d)
6 Months
28.
What does the rotation of the earth cause us to experience?
a)
seasons
b)
year
c)
day & night
d)
eclipse
29.
When are the equinoxes?
a)
June & December
b)
July & January
c)
April & October
d)
March & September
30.
Earth's axis is tilted at - 
a)
23.5 degrees
b)
33.5 degrees
c)
28 degrees
d)
90 degrees
31.
When the Northern Hemisphere learns toward the sun, daylight is - 
a)
shorter
b)
longer
c)
equal
32.
What happens when the area in which you live tilts away from the sun?
a)
It is summer.
b)
It is spring.
c)
It is winter.
d)
It is fall.
33.
Which season has the least amount of daylight in the Northern Hemisphere?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Summer 
d)
Fall
34.
What causes the moon's phases
a)
Where you are standing on Earth
b)
the amt of sunlight reflected onto the moon from the sun
c)
The tilt of Earth
d)
how fast the moon is moving
35.
Define Waxing
a)
Moon is increasing and light part appears to be growing
b)
Completely illuminated
c)
dark side is facing earth
d)
Moon is decreasing and light part appears to be shrinking
36.
Define Gibbous
a)
Less than half of moon visible
b)
More than half of moon visible
c)
All of moon visible
d)
None of moon visible
37.
Define Quarter Moon
a)
None of moon visible
b)
Less than Half the moon is visible
c)
More than half of moon is visible
d)
Half of the moon is visible
38.

The fifth planet from the Sun; this is the LARGESTplanet in the Solar System.

a)

Jupiter

b)

Mercury

c)

Earth

d)

Neptune

39.

These are the 4 planets closest to the sun (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars).

a)

inner planets

b)

outer planets

c)

dwarf planets

d)

solar planets

40.

A group of stars that make a pattern in the night sky.

a)

planets

b)

comets

c)

asteroids

d)

constellation

41.

A star no longer "twinkles" when

a)

It's tired

b)

It's scared

c)

It runs out of fuel

d)

It is born

42.

What is important about the Asteroid Belt with regard to the planets?

a)

It divides the inner and outer planets

b)

It keeps the planets from floating away

c)

It protects the outer planets from the heat of the sun

d)

It's not important at all

43.

Which describes the inner planets?

a)

the inner planets are small, gaseous and have rings

b)

the inner planets are large, solid and have many moons

c)

the inner planets are solid, rocky, and smaller

d)

the inner planets are solid, have many moons and rings

44.

What is the first planet in our solar system?

a)

Mars

b)

Earth

c)

Mercury

d)

Uranus

45.

Gravity is necessary in the formation of -

a)

asteroids

b)

planets

c)

galaxies

d)

all of the above

46.

Gravity is greatest when two objects are larger and closer together.

a)

True

b)

False

47.

The force used to provide lift for the rocket is...

a)

Weight

b)

Control

c)

Thrust

d)

Inertia

48.

What force is responsible for pulling objects back down to Earth?

a)

Thrust

b)

Gravity

c)

Force

49.

Velocity means

a)

How big something is

b)

How much mass something has

c)

the speed and direction of an object

d)

The importance of an object

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