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Astronomy Test 2 Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The sun is about ______ times bigger and farther away than the moon?

a)

400

b)

100

c)

40

d)

200

2.

What is an eclipse?

a)

When the sun and moon pass directly in front of one another

b)

When the earth is between the Earth and moon

c)

When the moon blocks the view of the stars

d)

Viewing the moon during the day

3.

What phase is the moon in during a lunar eclipse?

a)

Full moon

b)

New moon

c)

Old moon

d)

First quarter

4.

How many degrees if the moons orbit off of the Earths?

a)

5 degrees

b)

2 degrees

c)

0 degrees

d)

24 degrees

5.

What is the Corona?

a)

A virus

b)

A drink

c)

Craters on the moon

d)

Suns atmosphere

6.

Who invented the telescope?

a)

Galileo

b)

Unknown

c)

Sir Issac Newton

d)

Capernicus

7.

How do optical telescopes work?

a)

Gathering light

b)

Taking pictures

c)

Electricity

d)

They do no work

8.

The amount of light a telescope collects depends on the?

a)

Objective

b)

Length of the telescope

c)

Size of the telescope

d)

Cost of the telescope

9.

What do telescopes do?

a)

Help us see far away things

b)

Nothing

c)

Display the moon cycle

d)

Show eclipse dates

10.

How do refractor telescopes work?

a)

Refracting light

b)

Taking pictures

c)

They do not work

d)

Electricity

11.

What is mass?

a)

The amount of matter in an object

b)

The gravity of an object

c)

Its color

d)

Its size

12.

What has the strongest gravitational pull?

a)

Sun

b)

Earth

c)

Moon

d)

Mountain

13.

What is density?

a)

An objects mass

b)

How spread out the mass of an object is

c)

Its color

d)

Its size

14.

Which choice does not effect gravity?

a)

How much mass and object has

b)

How much mass you have

c)

How far away you are from the object

d)

The color of the object

15.

Which is not a type of tide?

a)

High

b)

Low

c)

Middle

d)

Neap

16.

What effects tide the most?

a)

Moon

b)

Sun

c)

Mars

d)

Pluto

17.

What does not effect tidal force?

a)

How strong the gravity is from the first object

b)

How wide the affected object is

c)

How far the affected object is from the first object

d)

The color of the object

18.

What tide is there when the Sun, Moon and Earth are in line?

a)

Spring

b)

Neap

c)

Big

d)

Little

19.

Which has the most mass?

a)

Human

b)

Ant

c)

Bowling ball

d)

Feather

20.

What tide is it when the Sun, Moon and Earth make a 90 degree angle?

a)

Spring

b)

Neap

c)

Big

d)

Little