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Astronomer Quiz

Total questions: 76

Worksheet time: 1hrs 1mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which model of the solar system did Ptolemy Make?

a)

Heliocentric Model

b)

Big Bang Theory

c)

Geocentric Model

d)

Nebular Hypothesis

2.

Which model of the solar system did Copernicus Make?

a)

Heliocentric Model

b)

Big Bang Theory

c)

Geocentric Model

d)

Nebular Hypothesis

3.

Who made Copernicus' model of the solar system famous?

a)

Ptolemy

b)

Aristotle

c)

Galileo

4.

What did Galileo create that helped all scientist understand the universe better?

a)

Microscope

b)

Riflescope

c)

Telescope

d)

Stethoscope

5.

What is at the center of the Heliocentric model?

a)

Venus

b)

Sun

c)

Jupiter

d)

Earth

6.

What does the prefix "Helio" in Heliocentric mean?

a)

Earth

b)

Planet

c)

Space

d)

Sun

7.

Which model of the solar system did Galileo support?

a)

Geocentric Model

b)

Heliocentric Model

c)

Gastro Model

8.

What holds the solar system together?

a)

Mass

b)

Metric System

c)

Gravity

d)

Weight

9.

What does the prefix "Geo" in Geocentric mean?

a)

Earth

b)

Planet

c)

Space

d)

Sun

10.

What is at the center of the Geocentric Model?

a)

Venus

b)

Sun

c)

Jupiter

d)

Earth

11.

What does the rotation/spinning of the earth give us?

a)

24 hours

b)

1 month

c)

365.25 days

d)

6 months

12.

What does the revolution/orbit of the earth around the Sun give us?

a)

24 hours

b)

1 month

c)

365.25 days

d)

6 month

13.

Where are asteroids commonly found in our solar system

a)

Keiper belt

b)

Earth

c)

Asteroid Belt

d)

Saturn

14.

Where are meteriods commonly found in our solar system?

a)

Keiper Belt

b)

Earth

c)

Asteroid Belt

d)

Saturn

15.

Where are comets commonly found in our solar system?

a)

Keiper Belt

b)

Earth

c)

Asteroid Belt

d)

Saturn

16.

Which is biggest out of the following 4 options

a)

Galaxy

b)

Universe

c)

Solar system

d)

Nebula

17.

Name the moon phase

a)

Full Moon

b)

1st Quarter Moon

c)

New Moon

d)

3rd Quarter Moon

18.

Name the Moon Phase

a)

Waxing Crescent Moon

b)

Waning Gibbous Moon

c)

Waxing Gibbous Moon

d)

Waning Crescent Moon

19.

Name the Moon Phase

a)

Waxing Gibbous Moon

b)

1st Quarter Moon

c)

Waning Gibbous Moon

d)

3rd Quarter Moon

20.

Name the Moon Phase

a)

1st Quarter Moon

b)

Waxing Gibbous Moon

c)

3rd Quarter

d)

Waning Gibbous Moon

21.

Name the Moon Phase

a)

New Moon

b)

Waxing Gibbous Moon

c)

Full Moon

d)

Waning Gibbous Moon

22.

Name the Moon Phase

a)

1st Quarter Moon

b)

New Moon

c)

3rd Quarter Moon

d)

Full Moon

23.

Name the Moon Phase

a)

Waning crescent moon

b)

Waxing Gibbous Moon

c)

Waxing crescent moon

d)

Waning Gibbous Moon

24.
a)

Waxing Crescent Moon

b)

Waxing Gibbous Moon

c)

Waning Crescent Moon

d)

Waning Gibbous Moon

25.

During a solar eclipse, what phase is the moon in?

a)

Full Moon

b)

1st Quarter Moon

c)

New Moon

d)

3rd Quarter Moon

26.

During a Lunar Eclipse, what phase is the moon in?

a)

Full Moon

b)

1st Quarter Moon

c)

New Moon

d)

3rd Quarter Moon

27.

What kind of tide is this?

a)

Neap Tide

b)

Medium Tide

c)

Spring Tide

d)

Roll Tide

28.

What kind of tide is this?

a)

Neap Tide

b)

Medium Tide

c)

Spring Tide

d)

Roll Tide

29.

Is this a lunar or solar eclipse?

a)

Solar Eclipse

b)

No Eclipse

c)

Lunar Eclipse

30.

Is this a Lunar eclipse or a Solar Eclipse?

a)

Lunar Eclipse

b)

No Eclipse

c)

Solar Eclipse

31.

What gives us Lunar and Solar Eclipse?

a)

Earth 23.5 degree Tilt

b)

Earth Revolution around the Sun

c)

The Moon's 5 degree tilt

d)

The Moon Phases

32.

What gives us DIFFERENT season throughout the year?

a)

Earth's Revolution

b)

Earths 23.5 degree tilt

c)

Earth's Rotation

d)

The Moon's revolution

33.

Where are comets most commonly found in our Solar System?

a)

Asteroid Belt

b)

Oort Cloud

c)

Keiper Belt

d)

Around Saturn

34.

Where are Asteroids found?

a)

Kuiper Belt

b)

Asteroid Belt

c)

Oort Cloud

d)

Habitable Zone

35.

Where are Meteoroids found?

a)

Earth's Atmosphere

b)

Keiper Belt

c)

Asteroid Belt

d)

Oort Cloud

36.

What Shape is our Milky Way Galaxy?

a)

Irregular

b)

Barred Spiral

c)

Elliptical

d)

Triangular

37.

Which is the biggest Planet?

a)

Earth

b)

Uranus

c)

Neptune

d)

Jupiter

38.

Which Planet is the Smallest?

a)

Earth

b)

Venus

c)

Neptune

d)

Mercury

39.

Which Planet orbit the fastest?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Neptune

c)

Earth

d)

Venus

40.

Which Planet orbits the slowest?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Uranus

c)

Earth

d)

Mercury

41.

True or False

The Universe Continues to expand

a)

True

b)

False

42.

What give us day and night?

a)

Revolution

b)

Swirl

c)

Rotation

d)

Axis

43.

What give us a year?

a)

Revolution

b)

Spiral

c)

Rotation

d)

Elliptical

44.

What has the most Gravitational Pull in our Solar System?

a)

Earth

b)

Jupiter

c)

The Sun

d)

Keiper Belt

45.

What are meteoroid made up of

a)

Ice, dust and gas

b)

Iron, Nickle and silicate (minerals)

c)

Molten Lava

46.

What are comets made up of?

a)

Ice, dust, and gas

b)

Iron, Nickle and Silicate (minerals)

c)

Molten Lava

47.

What is the next moon phase?

a)

Waxing Gibbous

b)

1st Quarter

c)

Full Moon

d)

Waning Crescent

48.

Which of the following planets do not have an atmosphere.

a)

Earth

b)

Jupiter

c)

Neptune

d)

All planets have an atmosphere

49.

What holds of Solar System together?

a)

Inertia Pull

b)

Asteroid Belt

c)

Gravitational pull

d)

Kuiper Belt

50.

What is the following definition?

An object in motion will stay in motion.

An object at rest, will stay at rest.

a)

Gravity

b)

Solar System

c)

Inertia

d)

Moon Phases

51.

What Moon Phase is number 7

a)

Full Moon

b)

Waxing Crescent

c)

New Moon

d)

1st Quarter Moon

52.

What Moon Phase is number 6?

a)

Waning Crescent

b)

Waxing Crescent

c)

Waning Gibbous

d)

Waxing Gibbous

53.

What Moon Phase is Number 5?

a)

New Moon

b)

Full Moon

c)

1st Quarter Moon

d)

3rd Quarter Moon

54.

Which model of the solar system did Ptolemy Make?

a)

Heliocentric Model

b)

Big Bang Theory

c)

Geocentric Model

d)

Nebular Hypothesis

55.

What is letter [ A ]

Letter A is in the Northern Hemisphere

a)

Summer

b)

Winter

c)

Equinox

d)

Solistice

56.

What is letter [B]

a)

Day

b)

Night

c)

Winter

d)

Summer

57.

What is letter [C]

Letter C is in the Southern Hemisphere

a)

Equinox

b)

Solstice

c)

Winter

d)

Summer

58.

What does letter [D] represent?

a)

Equator

b)

Revolution

c)

Axis

d)

North Pole

59.

What does letter [F] represent.

a)

Rotation/Spin

b)

Revolution/Orbit

c)

Twist/Circulate

60.

Why will all the planets spin forever?

Because of___________.

a)

Gravity

b)

Weight

c)

Inertia

d)

Speed

61.

What is the definition of Inertia

a)

An object in motion will stop

b)

An object in motion is not in motion

c)

An object in motion will stay in motion

d)

An object in motion will speed up

62.

How are Solar Systems formed?

a)

Solar System Hypothesis

b)

Nebular Hypothesis

c)

Galaxy Hypothesis

d)

Big Bang Theory

63.

What does this represent?

a)

Revolution

b)

Evolution

c)

Rotation

d)

Evolve

64.

What does this represent?

a)

Rotation

b)

Revolution

c)

Tilting

d)

Turning

65.

What shape do Planets travel around the sun

a)

Circle

b)

Triangle

c)

Elliptical

d)

Square

66.

What phase is this moon?

a)

1st Quarter Moon

b)

Full Moon

c)

2nd Quarter Moon

d)

New Moon

67.

What is this moon phase?

a)

1st Quarter Moon

b)

Full Moon

c)

3rd Quarter Moon

d)

Half Moon

68.

What is this moon phase?

a)

Waning Crescent

b)

Waxing Gibbous

c)

Waxing Crescent

d)

Waning Gibbous

69.

What is this moon phase?

a)

Waning Gibbous

b)

Waxing Crescent

c)

Waning Crescent

d)

Waxing Gibbous

70.
a)

Waning Gibbous

b)

Waxing Gibbous

c)

Waning Crescent

d)

Waxing Crescent

71.

What was the beginning of the Universe

a)

Nebular Hypothesis

b)

Scientific Theory

c)

The Big Bang Theory

d)

Inertia

72.

What does the word Equinox mean?

a)

Different Daytime and Nighttime

b)

Different Seasons

c)

The same amount of Daytime and Nighttime

d)

The same Seasons

73.

What does the word solstice mean?

a)

Different amount of daytime and nighttime

b)

The same amount of daytime and nighttime

c)

Different seasons

d)

The same seasons

74.

Direct sunlight means it is summer?

a)

True

b)

False

75.

Indirect sunlight means its winter

a)

True

b)

False

76.

New technology cause better results. Better results can disprove scientific THEORIES.

a)

True

b)

False