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G8-SC-QUIZ[2]-May2023

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What causes the moon's phases

a)

Where you are standing on Earth

b)

the amount of sunlight reflected onto the moon from the sun

c)

The tilt of Earth

d)

how fast the moon is moving

2.

Name the moon phase

a)

First Quarter

b)

Waxing Gibbous

c)

New Moon

d)

Full Moon

3.
CHOOSE THE CORRECT MOON PHASE
a)

WANING GIBBOUS

b)

NEW MOON

c)

FULL MOON

d)

Waning Crescent

4.
About how long does it take the moon to make one complete cycle around the earth?
a)
65 days
b)
8 days
c)
365 days
d)
28 days
5.

Which position shows the moon in the last (third) quarter phase?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

6.
How long does it take for the lunar cycle to go from position B to position D?
a)
7 days
b)
14 days
c)
21 days
d)
28 days
7.

What type of galaxy is the Milky way galaxy?

a)

Spiral

b)

Irregular

c)

Elliptical

d)

Spherical

8.

Which of the following is the largest planet?

a)

Saturn

b)

Jupiter

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

9.
What holds the planets in their orbits around the sun?
a)
gravity
b)
speed
c)
string
d)
air currents
10.

As the mass of objects increases, gravity

a)

increases

b)

decreases

c)

stays the same

11.

A lunar eclipse occurs at which moon phase?

a)

quarter moon

b)

new moon

c)

crescent moon

d)

full moon

12.

What is being shown in the diagram?

a)

Solar Eclipse

b)

Lunar Eclipse

c)

Full Moon

d)

Supernova

13.

When does solar eclipse happen ?

a)

Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun

b)

Sun passes between the Earth and the Moon

c)

Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon

d)

Any astronomical body passes between the Earth and the Sun

14.

What is the darkest inner part of the shadow cone called, where a total eclipse can be observed.

a)

Total

b)

Umbra

c)

Penumbra

d)

Partial

15.

Which location has the greatest number of hours of daylight?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

16.

Based on the picture, people living in the Northern hemisphere are generally experiencing_____

a)

Fewer hours of daylight and warmer temperatures

b)

Fewer hours of daylight and cooler temperatures

c)

More hours of daylight and warmer temperatures

d)

More hours of daylight and cooler temperatures

17.
What do June 21 and December 21 have in common?
a)
equinox dates
b)
the moon is full
c)
solstice dates
d)
the cold fronts blow in
18.

What affects the strength of gravity

a)

Weight and Mass

b)

Mass and Distance

c)

Distance and Weight

d)

Mass and Force

19.

________are groups of 10 to 10,000 galaxies formed due to the pull of gravity.

a)

Solar system

b)

Stars

c)

Clusters

d)

Superclusters

20.

A huge system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravity.

a)

galaxy

b)

solar system

c)

nebula

d)

asteroid

21.

Celestial bodies of ice, dust, and rock with particles that are loosely held together, they orbit the sun in elliptical paths.

a)

coma

b)

comet

c)

moon

d)

planet

22.
A celestial body that revolves around a planet.
a)
moon
b)
star
c)
comet
d)
meteor
23.
Remains of meteoroids that strike the surface of Earth or the Moon.
a)
meteor
b)
meteorites
c)
meteoid

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