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Space So Far Review....

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which season is taking place in the Northern Hemisphere in Position 3?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Summer
d)
Fall
2.

What is the winter solstice?

a)

The day and night are the same length.

b)

We have the longest day and shortest night of the year.

c)

We have the longest day and longest night of the year.

d)

We have the shortest day and longest night of the year.

3.

The day of the year with the most daylight hours is the

a)

spring equinox

b)

fall equinox

c)

summer solstice

d)

winter solstice

4.
What are the days of the year when day and light hours are equal?
a)
Solstices
b)
Seasons
c)
Daylight savings time
d)
Equinoxes
5.

An equinox occurs when the Sun is positioned directly over the equator.

a)

True

b)

False

6.
What happens on solstice days?
a)
The Sun's rays shine straight down on the equator
b)
Day and night hours are equal
c)
Earth's North Pole leans toward or away from the Sun
7.

The Earth's axis is tilted _____ degrees.

a)

23.5

b)

25.3

c)

30.2

d)

24

8.

Where on Earth can you experience entire days of darkness?

a)

The equator

b)

The poles

c)

The Tropic of Cancer

d)

The Tropic of Capricorn

9.

The shortest day of the year...

a)

Autumnal Equinox

b)

Summer Solstice

c)

Winter Solstice

d)

Vernal Equinox

10.

How many types of Solstices are there?

a)

4

b)

2

c)

1

d)

3

11.

Vernal equinox marks the onset of which season?

a)

Summer

b)

Autumn

c)

Spring

d)

Winter

12.

When the northern hemisphere is experiencing the autumnal equinox, the southern hemisphere is experiencing the

a)

summer solstice

b)

winter solstice

c)

autumnal equinox

d)

vernal equinox

13.

Match the following

a)

1 Revolution for Earth

1.

365 days

b)

1 Rotation for Earth

2.

24 hours

c)

1 Season for Earth

3.

3 months

14.

Which elements are most

abundant in the visible

universe?

a)

Helium and Carbon

b)

Carbon and Oxygen

c)

Hydrogen and Oxygen

d)

Hydrogen and Helium

15.
Galaxies that are redshifted are:
a)
actually blue.
b)
really far away.
c)
invisible.
d)
moving away from us.
16.

The Cosmic Background Radiation is:

a)

the remaining energy from the big bang.

b)

incredibly hot.

c)

visible to the human eye.

d)

only located in certain places in the universe.

17.
Light waves that are stretched out by objects moving apart:
a)
have a shorter wavelength.
b)
travel faster than the speed of light.
c)
are invisible.
d)
appear more red.
18.
If a star is being observed from Earth and it's light has shifted towards the blue side of the electromagnetic spectrum it would be...
a)
Moving towards the Earth
b)
Moving away from the Earth
c)
This is a trick question that cannot be answered
d)
It isn't a star, it is a very large blueberry.
19.

Most scientists believe the Big Bang Theory explains which of the following questions?

a)

How our planets and moons formed

b)

How our universe began

c)

How the sun turns hydrogen into helium

d)

How fast light travels through space

20.

The doppler effect is the change in the frequency of waves emitted by a moving object. When the waves being emitted by the object are LIGHT waves, the change in frequency results in a change in __________.

a)

Brightness

b)

Heat

c)

Pitch

d)

Color

21.

Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation is a form of _________.

a)

Matter

b)

Energy

c)

Visible Light

d)

Water

22.

As galaxies move away from our galaxy

a shift on the electromagnetic spectrum

(EMS) is noticed. This phenomena is

called _____________.

a)

redshift

b)

blueshift

c)

unshift

d)

blackshift

23.

How does the abundance of hydrogen and helium support the Big Bang Theory.

a)

Hydrogen and helium are elements on the Periodic Table

b)

Hydrogen and helium are in the same ratio throughout the universe.

c)

Hydrogen and helium have many current uses today

24.

What instrument has allowed us to look deep into space to observe things far away that give us hints to the past?

a)

The Hubble telescope

b)

The Eiffel Tower

c)

Binkley's barometer

d)

The Smith Space Balloon

25.
Which of the following is evidence of the Big Bang Theory?
a)
Cavemen heard a loud bang at the beginning of time.
b)
The universe isn't moving
c)
The universe is expanding
d)
The universe is getting smaller
26.

Galaxies that are REDSHIFTED are:

a)

actually BLUE

b)

really NEAR earth

c)

invisible or not visible

d)

moving AWAY from us.

27.

Most distant galaxies show a RED SHIFT. This is considered EVIDENCE that the universe is ___.

a)

getting cooler

b)

expanding

c)

condensing into a small point

d)

swirling around

28.

A galaxy showing BLUE SHIFT is ___.

a)

very cold

b)

moving TOWARDS OR TO us

c)

dying

d)

about to supernova

29.

The CMB (Cosmic Background Radiation) is:

a)

the remaining energy from the big bang.

b)

incredibly cool.

c)

a cloud of light

d)

only located in certain places in the universe.

30.

A DATE that is commonly accepted by Big Bang theorists for the Big Bang is ____ years ago.

a)

100,000

b)

250 million

c)

13.8 billion

d)

10 trillion

31.
The path a planet travels around the sun is called its 
a)
orbit
b)
ellipse
c)
barycenter
d)
precession
32.

What shape is Earth's orbit?

a)

circle

b)

ellipse

c)

square

d)

spiral

33.

The true shapes of planetary orbits are known as ________

a)

ellipses

b)

circles

c)

hyperbolas

d)

parabolas

34.

The diagram below illustrates the relationship of the Moon and the Earth during a __________ eclipse.

a)

solar

b)

lunar

35.

What revolves around the Earth?

a)

The moon

b)

The Sun

c)

Mars

d)

Venus

36.

Which planet orbits the fastest around Star A?

a)

Planet X

b)

Planet Y

c)

Planet Z

37.

The closer an orbiting object is to the sun, the _____ it travels.

a)

faster

b)

slower

38.

The spinning of a body on its axis

a)

rotation

b)

revolution

c)

day

39.

Rotation

a)

The spinning of a body on its axis

b)

the path that a body follows as it travels around another body in space

c)

the time required for Earth to rotate once on its axis. (23hrs, 56min.)

40.

The path that a body follows as it travels around another body in space

a)

rotation

b)

orbit

c)

revolution

41.

Revolution

a)

the path that a body follows as it travels around another body in space

b)

the time required for Earth to rotate once on its axis. (23hrs, 56min.)

c)

one complete trip along an orbit

42.

One complete trip along an orbit

a)

orbit

b)

rotation

c)

revolution

43.

Which planet has the shortest day?

a)

Earth

b)

Mercury

c)

Jupiter

d)

Venus

44.

Which planet orbits the fastest?

a)

Mars

b)

Jupiter

c)

Neptune

d)

Mercury

45.

What does revolution mean?

a)

Spinning of an object around its axis

b)

One object orbiting another object.

c)

Random movement of an object.

46.

What time period is represented by Earth's rotation?

a)

year

b)

month

c)

day

d)

hour

47.

What time period is represented by Earth's revolution?

a)

year

b)

month

c)

day

d)

hour

48.
What type of eclipse is this?
a)
Solar Eclipse
b)
Lunar Eclipse
49.
What type of eclipse is this?
a)
Solar eclipse
b)
Lunar eclipse
50.
What type of eclipse occurs when the moon blocks the sun's light and cast a shadow on earth?
a)
solar
b)
lunar
51.
What type of eclipse occurs when the earth's shadow is cast on a full moon?
a)
solar
b)
lunar
52.
What type of eclipse is this?
a)
Solar eclipse
b)
Lunar eclipse
53.
What type of eclipse is this?
a)
Solar Eclipse
b)
Lunar Eclipse
54.

This image is showing us a.....

a)

solar eclipse

b)

lunar eclipse

c)

phases of the moon

d)

earth eclipse

55.

When the moon passes between the earth and the sun, this results in a.....

a)

Waxing moon

b)

lunar eclipse

c)

solar eclipse

d)

sun rise