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WorksheetsAstronomy Study Guide
Total questions: 58
Worksheet time: 40mins
1. How many days are in a normal year?
356 Days
366 Days
365 Days
364 Days
2. How many days does it take for the Moon to orbit the Earth?
Approximately 29 Days
Approximately 28 Days
Approximately 27 Days
Approximately 26 Days
3. What Phase of the Moon is this? (Don't use the)
(a)
4. What phase of the Moon is this? (Don't use the)
(a)
5. What phase of the Moon is this? (Don't use the)
(a)
6. What phase of the Moon is this? (Don't use the)
(a)
7a. Where does the moon have to be in this picture to have a full moon? (Ignore Labeling)
Right to the Earth
Right to the Sun
Below the Earth
Left to the Earth
7b. Where does the moon have to be in this picture to have a new moon? (Ignore Labeling)
Left to the Sun
Left to the Earth
Below the Earth
Above the Earth
7c. Where does the moon have to be in this picture to have a first quarter moon? (Ignore Labeling)
Above the Earth
Below the Earth
Left to the Earth
Right to the Earth
7d. Where does the moon have to be in this picture to have a waning gibbious moon? (Ignore Labeling)
South West of the Earth
South East of the Earth
North East of the Earth
North West of the Earth
8. List the following in order from largest to smallest. Planet Earth, Our Solar System, Universe, Galaxy. (Use Comas, Use the exact words show above.)
(a)
9. What does Geocentric mean?
Having or representing Moon as the center
Having or representing the Sun as the center
Having or representing Pluto as the center
Having or representing the Earth as the center
10. Western Science gives credit for the 1st writing about the heliocentric model of the solar system to...
Coperniccus
Coppernicus
Copernicus
Copeernicus
11. What does Heliocentric mean?
having or representing the Earth as the center
having or representing the Sun as the center
having or representing Pluto as the center
having or representing the Moon as the center
12. What is the theory that astronomers have developed to describe the formation of the Universe?
(a)
13. Where is our Solar System located?
(a)
14. What are all of the types of galaxies?
Elliptical
Regular
Irregular
Spiral
Straight
15. What is the name of our Galaxy?
The Malk Way
The Milky Way
The Milke Way
The Nutritin Galaxy
17. (For some reason it skips 16 on the study guide) What type of Galaxy is Our Galaxy.
Spiral
Irregular
Regular
Elliptical
18. List the planets from the Sun. (Use comas)
(a)
20. (Skipped 19 on the sheet) List the planets in order of size, smallest to largest. (Use comas)
(a)
21. What are planets that are large, gaseous, and formed past the asteroid belt called?
Gas Giants
Big Gas Planets
Chemical Giants
Gassy-rock Planets
22. What are planetary surfaces of all terrestrial worlds affected by?
The Sun's radiation, and impacts of asteroids, meteors, and comets.
The Sun's radiation and Meteors.
The Sun's Radiation and other planets.
The Sun's Radiation and asteroids.
23. How are the atmospheres of terrestrial worlds different than gas giants?
Terrestrial Worlds are mostly made up of gases such as carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and oxygen.
Terrestrial Worlds are mostly made up of gases such as hydrogen and helium.
Gas Giants are mostly made up of lighter gases such as hydrogen and helium
Gas Giants are mostly made up of heavier gases such as carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and oxygen
24. What is the distance from the Sun to the Earth? (Check two)
AM
AU
93 million miles
100 million miles
25. The ability for a world to support life is based on the presence of...
If it has water on it.
Of its nearby planets
The presence of another galaxy.
The presence of an energy source
26. Which planets are in our star's habitable zone?
Mars
Earth
Venus
Jupiter
27. How are planets that are farther from the Sun orbit compared to planets closer to the sun?
They don't actually orbit the sun, they just coincidentally orbit around the sun.
They have longer orbits.
They have shorter orbits.
Their orbits are oval instead of circle.
28. What is the force that tends to pull together the matter in stars and holds planets in their orbits? (Just put the word)
(a)
29. What is a small, celestial object that enters the Earth's atmosphere?
Meteoroid
Meteor
Meteorite
Asteroid
30. When do eclipses happen?
When a celestial body starts to orbit another.
When a celestial body crashes into another.
When the light of a celestial body reflects onto another.
When a shadow of a celestial body falls on another.
31. When does a lunar eclipse happen?
It happens when the Sun gets between the Moon and the Earth and casts a shadow on both the Earth and Moon.
It happens when the Moon gets between the Earth and the Sun and casts a shadow on the Earth.
It happens when the Earth gets between the Moon and the Sun and casts a shadow on the Moon
It happens when Jupiter and Saturn align.
32. When does a solar eclipse happen?
It happens when the Sun gets between the Moon and the Earth and casts a shadow on both the Earth and Moon.
It happens when the Moon gets between the Earth and the Sun and casts a shadow on the Earth.
It happens when the Earth gets between the Moon and the Sun and casts a shadow on the Moon.
It happens when Jupiter and Saturn align.
33. A lunar eclipse can only happen when the Moon is in which stage?
Full Moon
New Moon
1st Quarter Moon
3rd Quarter Moon
34. A solar eclipse can only happen when the Moon is in which stage?
Full Moon
New Moon
1st Quarter Moon
3rd Quarter Moon
35. Where does the moon have to be in this picture to have a lunar eclipse?
Left to the Earth
Right to the Earth
Below the Earth
Above the Earth
36. Where does the moon have to be in this picture to have a solar eclipse?
Left to the Earth
Right to the Earth
Below the Earth
Above the Earth
37. The Asteroid belt lies between which two planets?
Earth
Mars
Neptune
Jupiter
38. Why does the Sun have the least gravitational pull to Neptune?
Because Neptune is the closest to the Sun.
Because Neptune is the farthest away from the Sun.
Because Neptune's mass is the greatest.
Because Neptune doesn't orbit the Sun.
39. Gravity is the force that... (I got lazy because I couldn't think of anything)
Makes marriages.
Pulls objects.
Makes People.
Makes Smartness Power.
40. Compare the size, planet type, and temperature of Neptune and Earth. (Pick three)
Neptunes temperature is -235 F.
Neptune is bigger than Earth.
Neptune is a Gas Giant.
Neptune is slightly smaller than the Earth.
41. Venus has the highest surface temperature of all the planets in our solar system. Which is the best explanation for this?
Venus is close to the sun.
Venus has a thin atmosphere, so all the coldness leaves Venus and all the heat stays in.
Venus traps the heat on its surface.
Venus has a thick atmosphere, so it traps all of the heat inside.
42. Which line indicates where we are in our galaxy?
Line A
Line B
Line C
Line D
43. Which planet do we know that can support life?
Mars
Jupiter
Venus
Earth
44. Which planet has seasons, a thin atmosphere, and has a day similar to Earth's in length?
Jupiter
Mercury
Mars
Venus
45a. A large rock that orbits the sun between Mars and Jupiter is...
Meteorite
Comet
Asteroid
Meteor
45b. A body of ice, rock, and cosmic dust that orbits the sun is...
Meteorite
Comet
Asteroid
Meteor
45c. Causes a streak of light in the sky as it passes through the Earth's atmosphere is...
Meteorite
Comet
Asteroid
Meteor
45d. A rock found on the surface of Earth which has fallen from space is...
Meteorite
Comet
Asteroid
Meteor
48. What are reasons that the heliocentric model of the Solar System was finally adopted? (Pick two)
One reason is that a person called Galileo saw that Neptune revolved around the Sun.
One reason is that people got sick of the geocentric model.
One reason is that it made Mars going back and forth in the sky make sense.
One reason is that Jupiters' moons orbit around Jupiter.
49. Which words refer to a natural object revovling around a planet?
Mars
Moon
Satellite
Kepler
50. Where does the moon get its' light?
(a)
22. Which number/phase is a Full Moon? (Next to the phase, is the number. Put the number down.)
(a)
23. Which number/phase is a Waxing Gibbous Moon? (Next to the phase, is the number. Put the number down.)
(a)
24. Which number/phase is a Waning Crescent? (Next to the phase, is the number. Put the number down.)
(a)
25. Which number/phase is a New Moon? (Next to the phase, is the number. Put the number down.)
(a)
26. Which number/phase is a 1st Quarter Moon? (Next to the phase, is the number. Put the number down.)
(a)
27. Which number/phase is a 3rd Quarter Moon? (Next to the phase, is the number. Put the number down.)
(a)
