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Universe Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is rotation?

a)

Going around an object in a circle

b)

Spinning on an axis

c)

Moving from left to right

d)

Going through an object

2.

What does Earth's rotation cause?

a)

Weather

b)

Seasons

c)

Day and Night Cycle

d)

Clouds and Rain

3.

How long does it take for Earth to rotate on its axis once?

a)

1 year

b)

1 week

c)

1 month

d)

1 day

4.

What is revolution?

a)

an object going in an orbital path

b)

spinning on an axis

c)

going through an object

d)

overthrowing a government or social order

5.

How long is a revolution

a)

365 days

b)

100 years

c)

4 weeks

d)

a day

6.

Which two of the following causes seasons?

a)

Tilt

b)

Weather

c)

Earth's Revolution

d)

Space

7.

Where does the moon get its light from?

a)

From itself

b)

The Sun

c)

Earth

d)

It doesn't have any light

8.

How long does it take for a full lunar cycle?

a)

12 hours

b)

1 week

c)

24 hours

d)

1 month

9.

Light waxes on from the:

a)

Top

b)

Bottom

c)

Left

d)

Right

10.

Light wanes off to the:

a)

Top

b)

Bottom

c)

Left

d)

Right

11.

What moon phase is this?

a)

New Moon

b)

Full Moon

c)

Waning Gibbous

d)

Waxing Gibbous

12.

What moon phase is this?

a)

New Moon

b)

Full Moon

c)

Waxing Gibbous

d)

Waning Gibbous

13.

How many tides are there in 24 hours?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

4

d)

8

14.

Which tide is the highest tide?

a)

Spring Tide

b)

Neap Tide

15.

True or False: Our solar system is in the Perseus arm.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Which of the following is true?

a)

Irregular galaxies are a circular shape

b)

Elliptical galaxies are random, scattered, and a blob

c)

A spiral galaxy is a flat disc with arms sticking out

17.

What is this?

a)

Lunar Cycle

b)

Cloud Map

c)

Electromagnetic Spectrum

d)

Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram

18.

What determines the life cycle a star will have?

a)

Mass

b)

Temperature

c)

Density

d)

Luminosity

19.

What is the electromagnetic spectrum?

a)

A diagram used to classify stars

b)

The cycle a moon takes each month

c)

The range of all types of radiation

20.

True or False: A red shift means an object is moving away.

a)

True

b)

False