WorksheetsChapter 22: Sun, Earth, and Moon
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 17mins
The term REVOLUTION means to:
An imaginary line that runs through Earth
A phase of the moon
A planet's elliptical orbit around the sun
Spinning of a planet on it's own axis
Why do the craters and Maria that are on the moon still look the same?
No one has ever been to the moon to disturb them
There is no atmosphere or weather on the moon
The temperature is too cold to change them
There is so much gravity on the moon that pulls them
Which percentage accurately describes the amount of illumination for this moon phase?
0%
39%
50%
73%
What phase appears 1 week BEFORE this one?
Third Quarter
Waning Gibbous
Full Moon
Waxing Gibbous
Ancient Greeks believed, the earth to be the centre of the universe. What do we call this model?
Copernican Model
Geocentric Universe
Heliocentric Universe
Which astronomer of antiquity made elaborate models of an earth-centered universe, an idea which was to stick for over 1000 years?
Copernicus
Eratosthenes
Ptolemy
Tycho Brahe
The Copernican revolution began when Copernicus suggested
a geocentric model.
a heliocentric model.
a new calendar.
a new constellation.
Which astronomer of the Middle Ages first applied a telescope to astronomical observation?
Ptolemy
Galileo Galilei
Tycho Brahe
Copernicus
A heliocentric view believes everything revolves around the:
sun
earth
universe
moon
Fastest Revolution
Mercury
Mars
Venus
Earth
Home to the Largest Mountain in our Solar System
Earth
Venus
Mercury
Mars
Hottest Planet
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
1st planet from the sun
Mars
Venus
Earth
Mercury
This planet's atmosphere has oxygen.
Earth
Venus
Mercury
Mars
Planet #1 is ...
Mars
Earth
Venus
Mercury
The order of the planets...
Mercury, venus, mars, earth
venus,mercury,jupitor,mars
mercury, venus earth, mars
mercury, venus, earth, mercury
