WorksheetsAstronomy
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
This phenomenon happens when Earth’s umbra obscures the moon’s entire visible surface.
Lunar Eclipse
Partial Solar Eclipse
Total Lunar Eclipse
Annular Solar Eclipse
What is the usual color of the moon during total lunar eclipse?
Red
Blue
Yellow
Black
What happens to the speed of meteoroids as they enter the Earth’s atmosphere?
it dissipates.
It moves faster.
It slows down.
it breaks down.
Katie Bouman led the development of algorithm for taking the first ever image of which celestial body?
Black hole
Pulsar
Galaxy
Exoplanet
Filipina scientist Reina Reyes performed landmark research that confirmed the theory of gravity by which scientist?
Isaac Newton
Albert Einstein
Marie Curie
Rosalind Franklin
In the film don't look up, what celestial object did Kate Debiasky (played by Jennifer Lawrence) discover?
Dwarf planet
Star
Comet
Exo planet
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin correctly proposed that stars were mostly made of which elements?
Aluminum & Magnesium
Oxygen & Silicon
Hydrogen & Helium
Uranium & Plutonium
The perihelion is the point in the orbit of a planet, asteroid or comet that is nearest to the sun. Usually in what month does Earth reach its perihelion point?
(a)
In 1990, the famous photograph titled "Pale Blue Dot" shows the apparent size of Earth against the vastness of space. The photograph was taken by what spacecraft?
Voyager 1
Voyager 2
Hubble Space Telescope
Sputnik
For the ethnic groups of Panay, the appearance of Moroporo in the night sky signals the preparation of land for farming. Moroporo is more known to us as:
Orion
Big Dipper
Pleiades
Galaxy Core
How many constellations are officially recognized by the International Astronomical Union?
(a)
What do you call the study of the Universe as a whole, its large-scale structure and the dynamics of its evolution: past, present, and future?
(a)
This is known as the rapid exponential expansion of space in the early history of the Universe.
(a)
Refers to the formation of the light nuclei in the early Universe.
Big Bang Theory
Panspermia Theory
Alvarez Hypothesis
Big Bang nucleosynthesis
This concept suggests the idea of mass extinction of the dinosaurs was caused by an impact of a large meteorite on the earth about 65 million years ago.
Panspermia Theory
Alvarez Hypothesis
Cosmological Argument
Giant impact hypothesis
An area around the sun about 30-100 AU that is believed to be one of the reservoirs of comets.
(a)
Galileo is the first recorded person to use the telescope for astronomy. Which of Galileo's discoveries with his telescope directly suggests that the planets revolve around the Sun?
(a)
In Philippine mythology, it is a giant dragon-like bird. Early people believed this creature is so big that it can swallow the sun to explain the occurrence of eclipses.
Minokawa
Bakunawa
Balatik
Moroporo
It is a hypothesized type of dark matter having particles with velocities greater and mass lesser than cold dark matter particles.
Worm hole
Warm Dark Matter
Dark Matter
White Matter
He is the first person to observe the transit of planet Mercury.
Fr. Pierre Gassendi
Galileo
Leonardo Da Vinci
Johannes Kepler
