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Astronomy Unit Test

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How long does it take the moon to revolve around the Earth and go through it's 8 phases?

a)

1 year

b)

1 day

c)

1 month

d)

1 decade

2.

What causes day and night?

a)

Revolution

b)

Axis

3.

What causes seasons?

a)

Axis

b)

Revolution

c)

All of the above

4.

What season is at planet 1 (The top planet)

a)

Summer

b)

Winter

c)

Spring

d)

Fall

5.

What season is at planet 2 (Far Right)

a)

Winter

b)

Summer

c)

Spring

d)

Fall

6.

Describe what happens to gravitational force when two objects move away or toward each other.

a)

It increases

b)

It decreases

7.

Describe what happens to gravitational force when an object's mass is increased

a)

It increases

b)

It decreases

8.

Which planet is a terrestrial planet?

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

e)

All of the above

9.

Which planet is a gas planet?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Neptune

d)

Uranus

e)

All of the above

10.

When did the solar system form?

a)

1 billion years ago

b)

2 billion years ago

c)

3 billion years ago

d)

4 billion years ago

11.

How did the solar system form?

a)

Cloud of interstellar gas

b)

Dense cloud of interstellar gas

12.

Which season is planet 3 (Bottom)

a)

spring

b)

summer

c)

winter

d)

fall

13.

Which season is planet 4? (Far left)

a)

summer

b)

winter

c)

spring

d)

fall

14.

Which phase is at phase 3?

a)

Third quarter

b)

First quarter

c)

new moon

d)

full moon

15.

Which phase is at phase 4?

a)

waning crescent

b)

waning gibbous

c)

waxing crescent

d)

waning gibbous

16.

Which phase is at phase 5

a)

New moon

b)

Full moon

c)

First quarter

d)

Third quarter

17.

which phase is at phase 6

a)

waxing gibbous

b)

waning gibbous

c)

waxing crescent

d)

wanning crescent

18.

which phase is at phase 7

a)

first quarter

b)

third quarter

c)

new moon

d)

full moon

19.

which phase is at phase 8

a)

waning gibbous

b)

waxing gibbous

c)

waxing crescent

d)

waning crescent

20.

which phase is at phase 1

a)

new moon

b)

first quarter

c)

last quarter

d)

full moon

21.

which phase is at phase 2

a)

waning gibbous

b)

waxing gibbous

c)

waxing crescent

d)

waning crescent