WorksheetsAstronomy Quiz #2
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 1hrs 25mins
Which of the following is an accurate model of how the Sun, Earth, and Moon move?
Sun and moon orbit Earth
Earth and moon orbit Sun
Earth orbits the Sun and the moon orbits Earth
Earth and sun orbit moon
This table shows the rotation period and revolution period for 6 planets, and Earth’s moon, all relative to Earth’s periods. Which 2 planets have shorter days than Earth?
Jupiter and Saturn
Venus and Mercury
Mars and Jupiter
Saturn and Moon
the astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun at the center of the Solar System.
Aristarchus
accretion
nebula
heliocentric system
As the moon's shape appears to get smaller, we say that the moon is _.
waning
waxing
The cycle of the moon lasts about a _.
month
year
week
True or False: The moon produces its own light.
True
False
Name the moon phase
First Quarter
Full Moon
New Moon
We always see the same side of the moon because?
We can only look at night
We have low power telescopes
The moon rotates and revolves at roughly the same rate the Earth does
We don't know where to look
If you look up at the sky and see this, you are witnessing a....
solar eclipse
total eclipse
lunar eclipse
jupiter
If you are looking up at the sky and see this, you are looking at a....
solar eclipse
total eclipse
lunar eclipse
jupiter
__________________ are darker,cooler areas on the sun's photosphere.
corona
sunspots
flares
solar wind
