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Astronomy Quiz #2

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 1hrs 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which planet in our solar system is closest to the Sun?
a)
Earth
b)
Jupiter
c)
Mercury
d)
Saturn
2.

Which of the following is an accurate model of how the Sun, Earth, and Moon move?

a)

Sun and moon orbit Earth

b)

Earth and moon orbit Sun

c)

Earth orbits the Sun and the moon orbits Earth

d)

Earth and sun orbit moon

3.
Earth and the other planets closest to the Sun are made mostly of _______
a)
gas
b)
metal
c)
water
d)
rock
4.
Which is the largest object in our solar system?
a)
Sun
b)
Jupiter
c)
Earth
d)
Pluto
5.
A ball of ice and dust with a tail of gas and dust pointing away from the sun.
a)
Asteroid
b)
Comet
c)
Moon
d)
Meteor
6.
Which planet is the hottest planet?
a)
Mercury
b)
Mars
c)
Venus
d)
Saturn
7.

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?

a)

Jupiter and Saturn

b)

Venus and Mercury

c)

Mars and Jupiter

d)

Saturn and Moon

8.

the astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun at the center of the Solar System.

a)

Aristarchus

b)

accretion

c)

nebula

d)

heliocentric system

9.

As the moon's shape appears to get smaller, we say that the moon is _.

a)

waning

b)

waxing

10.

The cycle of the moon lasts about a _.

a)

month

b)

year

c)

week

11.

True or False: The moon produces its own light.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Name the moon phase

a)

First Quarter

b)

Full Moon

c)

New Moon

13.

We always see the same side of the moon because?

a)

We can only look at night

b)

We have low power telescopes

c)

The moon rotates and revolves at roughly the same rate the Earth does

d)

We don't know where to look

14.

If you look up at the sky and see this, you are witnessing a....

a)

solar eclipse

b)

total eclipse

c)

lunar eclipse

d)

jupiter

15.

If you are looking up at the sky and see this, you are looking at a....

a)

solar eclipse

b)

total eclipse

c)

lunar eclipse

d)

jupiter

16.
What is the sun mostly made up of
a)
Helium
b)
Core
c)
Carbon
d)
Hydrogen
17.

__________________ are darker,cooler areas on the sun's photosphere.

a)

corona

b)

sunspots

c)

flares

d)

solar wind