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Astronomy Unit Test Review

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus have in common?

a)

They are Gas Giants

b)

They are hot

c)

They are the first 4 planets

d)

They are livable

2.

What is the order of the planets?

a)

Venus, Mars, Earth, Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, Mercury

b)

Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury, Earth, Venus, Neptune

c)

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

3.

Why is the Ursa Major(The Big Dipper) visible all year?

a)

It lines up with the North Pole's axis

b)

It lines up with the South Pole's axis

c)

Its just like that

4.

During what season do we see the constellation Orion?

a)

Summer- It is visible when it is really hot

b)

Fall- It is in a space nebula

c)

Spring- It is aligned with the sun

d)

Winter- As earth revolves around the sun, some stars aren't visible

5.

Why does the moon's appearance seem to change?

a)

Because it goes through different phases

b)

As the moon orbits earth, we see different amounts of it reflecting sunlight.

c)

Because its magnetic field makes it break apart and come back together

d)

Because we(Earth) orbit the moon

6.

What are the names of all the moon's phases?

a)

Full Moon

b)

Last-Quarter

c)

Crescent Moon

d)

New Moon

e)

None of them

7.

Why does earth have day and night?

a)

Earth has day when it faces the Sun, and has night when it faces away from the sun

b)

When the moon comes around your area

c)

Because earth completed a revolution

d)

All of the above

8.

Which directions does the sun rise and set from?

a)

Northeast to Southwest

b)

South to West

c)

East to West

d)

Northwest to Southeast

9.

What are the seasons?

a)

Winter

b)

Fall

c)

Summer

d)

Spring

e)

All of the above

10.

Which season sees the least amount of sunlight?

a)

Fall

b)

Summer

c)

Spring

d)

Winter

11.

What is the Solar System made of?

a)

The Sun

b)

Earth

c)

Sun, planets, and all the other objects that revolve around the sun.

12.

What is the sun made of ?

a)

70 percent hydrogen, 28 percent helium, 2 percent other elements

b)

Hydrogen and Helium

c)

Plastic and Metal

d)

BHT and Energy

13.

Which planets are the Gas Giants?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

e)

Mercury

14.

What is the Great Dark Spot?

a)

The storm on Jupiter

b)

The storm on Neptune

c)

A humongous black hole

d)

A big spot of color in space

15.

How long does it take for Earth to go around the Sun once?

a)

365 days

b)

180 days

c)

Forever

d)

One Minute

16.

What is the equator?

a)

The imaginary line that divides the north and south hemispheres

b)

An imaginary line that runs north to south

17.

How many earths can fit inside the sun?

a)

4 million

b)

6000

c)

1 million

d)

6 trillion

e)

900

18.

How hot is the sun?

a)

28 million degrees at the core

b)

27 million degrees at the core

c)

26 million degrees at the core

d)

25 million degrees at the core