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Astronomy Review

Total questions: 67

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What Moon Phase is occurring at position 1?

a)

Full Moon

b)

New Moon

c)

Waning Gibbous

d)

Waxing Gibbous

2.

What Moon Phase is occurring at position 6?

a)

Full Moon

b)

New Moon

c)

Waning Gibbous

d)

Waxing Gibbous

3.

What Moon Phase is occurring at position 3?

a)

First Quarter

b)

Last (Third) Quarter

c)

Waning Crescent

d)

Waxing Crescent

4.

What Moon Phase is occurring at position 8?

a)

First Quarter

b)

Last (Third) Quarter

c)

Waning Crescent

d)

Waxing Crescent

5.

What Moon Phase is occurring at position 2?

a)

First Quarter

b)

Last (Third) Quarter

c)

Waning Crescent

d)

Waxing Crescent

6.

Sometimes the moon looks like a crescent. At other times, the moon looks like a half circle. What makes it possible for you to see the surface of the moon from Earth?

a)

The moon gives off its own light.

    

b)

Light from Earth is reflected by the moon's surface.

c)

Light from the sun is reflected by the moon's surface.

d)

The moon absorbs sunlight during the day and glows at night.

7.
How many phases does the moon go through?
a)
4
b)
8
c)
10
d)
16
8.
As the moon's shape appears to get smaller, we say that the moon is _.
a)
swelling
b)
waxing
c)
waning
d)
disappearing
9.
Phases of the moon in which the moon appears to be getting larger are referred to as _.
a)
waxing
b)
waning
c)
new
d)
eclipse
10.
The cycle of the moon lasts about a _.
a)
day
b)
year
c)
week
d)
month
11.

True or False: The moon does not produce its own light.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

What happens right after the full moon phase?

a)

The moon becomes new

b)

The moon goes through its phases in the reverse order

c)

The moon seems to disappear in the sky

d)

The moon starts to wax

13.

What Moon Phase is shown?

a)

New Moon

b)

Full Moon

c)

First Quarter

d)
Third Quarter
14.

What Moon Phase is shown?

a)

New Moon

b)

Full Moon

c)

First Quarter

d)
Third Quarter
15.

What Moon Phase is shown?

a)

New Moon

b)

Full Moon

c)

First Quarter

d)
Third Quarter
16.

What Moon Phase is shown?

a)

New Moon

b)

Full Moon

c)

First Quarter

d)
Third Quarter
17.

What Moon Phase is shown?

a)

Waxing Crescent

b)

Waxing Gibbous

c)

Waning Crescent

d)

Waning Gibbous

18.

What Moon Phase is shown?

a)

Waxing Crescent

b)

Waxing Gibbous

c)

Waning Crescent

d)

Waning Gibbous

19.

What Moon Phase is shown?

a)

Waxing Crescent

b)

Waxing Gibbous

c)

Waning Crescent

d)

Waning Gibbous

20.

What Moon Phase is shown?

a)

Waxing Crescent

b)

Waxing Gibbous

c)

Waning Crescent

d)

Waning Gibbous

21.

What moon phase comes AFTER a New Moon?

a)

Waxing Crescent

b)

First Quarter

c)

Waxing Gibbous

d)

Full Moon

22.

Dark, flat areas on the moon’s surface formed from huge ancient lava flows

a)

Eclipse

b)

Phase

c)

Maria

d)

Crater

23.

A large round pit caused by the impact of a meteoroid

a)

Crater

b)

Meteoroid

c)

Maria

d)

Tide

24.
Densely pitted, light-colored areas on the moon are called ____________.
a)
Craters
b)
Maria
c)
Highlands
d)
Crescents
25.
The highest mountain on the moon is only 1km less in height than Mt. Everest. What region of the moon can mountains be found?
a)
Craters
b)
Maria
c)
Highlands
d)
All over
26.
True or false: There can be craters within craters on the moon.
a)
True
b)
False
27.
______________ are regions of dark, smooth, ancient beds of basaltic lava.
a)
Highlands
b)
Maria
c)
Craters
d)
Meteorites
28.
How did the lunar mare (maria) form?
a)
Asteroids punctured the lunar surface, causing magma to bleed out
b)
Asteroids punctured the lunar surface, causing rock to break apart
c)
They were ancient oceans
d)
They were ancient beds of ice
29.
How do most craters on the moon form?
a)
Collision with other planets
b)
Rapidly moving debris hit the surface
c)
The sun burns holes in the moon
30.

Ancient solidified lava channels on the Moon's surface are called ___.

a)

maria

b)

canals

c)

rilles

d)

scarps

31.

Bombardment by huge meteorites and asteroids created the dark areas or ___ that we see today.

a)

rilles

b)

maria

c)

craters

d)

crustal thickness

32.

What are impact craters on the moon?

a)

Depressions or cavities formed by collisions with meteoroids, asteroids, or comets

b)

Formed by the movement of tectonic plates on the moon

c)

Volcanic eruptions on the moon's surface

d)

Result of underground explosions

33.

What are lunar highlands and maria?

a)

Lunar highlands and maria are famous landmarks on Earth

b)

Lunar highlands and maria are types of food

c)

Lunar highlands and maria are types of weather patterns

d)

Highlands and Maria are different types of terrains on the moon.

34.

What causes the dark areas on the moon known as maria?

a)

Giant space worms

b)

Cosmic graffiti

c)

Ancient volcanic eruptions

d)

Alien footprints

35.

What is the name of the dark spot on the moon that is visible from Earth?

a)

Lunar crater

b)

Moon valley

c)

Asteroid impact site

d)

Mare or Maria

36.

What is the term for the bright areas on the moon's surface?

a)

Mare or Maria

b)

Lunar highlands

c)

Impact craters

d)

Lunar valleys

37.

What is the term for the dark, flat plains on the moon's surface?

a)

Lunar valleys

b)

Mare or Maria

c)

Impact craters

d)

Lunar highlands

38.

Objects that pulverized and crushed the moon's surface over billions of years left a dusty surface known as ____________.

a)

maria

b)

highlands

c)

regolith

d)

volcanoes

39.

Highlands are

a)

located on the far side of the moon

b)

mountains

c)

almost as tall as Mount Everest

d)

all of the above

40.

Earth is furthest from the moon during

a)

rotation

b)

perigee

c)

revolution

d)

apogee

41.
Which astronomer of antiquity first applied a telescope to astronomical observation?
a)
Ptolemy
b)
Galileo Galilei
c)
Tycho Brahe
d)
Copernicus
42.

The first model of the universe was geocentric. What does that mean?

a)

Earth is the center.

b)

Sun is the center.

43.
The place where a planet is closest to the Sun as it orbits the Sun is called the
a)
perihelion
b)
aphelion
44.
The place where a planet is farthest away from the Sun in its orbit around the Sun is called the
a)
aphelion
b)
perihelion
45.
Ancient Greeks believed, the earth to be the centr of the universe. What do we call this model?
a)
Ptolemic System
b)
Geocentric Universe
c)
Heliocentric Universe
d)
Copernican Model
46.

What does the Heliocentric system look like?

a)
b)
c)
d)
47.
The ancient Greek who proposed a geocentric model of the universe is
a)
Ptolomy
b)
Galileo
c)
Copernicus
d)
Kepler
48.

What planet is closest to the sun?

a)

Mercury

b)

Mars

c)

Jupiter

49.

What are the four inner planets?

a)

Earth, Uranus, Mercury, Venus

b)

Mercury Venus Earth Saturn

c)

Mars, Earth , Mercury, Venus

50.

Which planet below is farthest from the sun?

a)

Mars

b)

Earth

c)

Jupiter

51.

What are the outer planets?

a)

Jupiter, Saturn, Earth, Neptune

b)

Uranus, Saturn, Neptune, Jupiter

c)

Saturn, Neptune, Mars, Uranus

52.

The outer planets are considered the Gas Planets

a)

True

b)

False

53.

The Inner Planets are rocky and have craters on the surface

a)

True

b)

False

54.

Pluto is considered a (a)   planet

55.

What is the name of the only planet that supports life?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Earth

c)

Uranus

56.

The Planets do not rotate around the sun.

a)

True

b)

False

57.

Which planet is known as the Red Planet because of it's red rocky surface?

a)

Mars

b)

Earth

c)

Jupiter

58.

Second hottest planet

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

59.

rotates in opposite direction of other planets

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

60.

fourth planet from Sun

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

61.

only planet not named after a god

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

62.

only one natural satellite

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

63.

home to the tallest mountain

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

64.

This planet has the longest year

a)

Mercury

b)

Jupiter

c)

Neptune

d)

Venus

65.

This planet has the shortest year

a)

Mercury

b)

Jupiter

c)

Neptune

d)

Venus

66.

This planet has the longest day

a)

Mercury

b)

Jupiter

c)

Neptune

d)

Venus

67.

This planet has the shortest day

a)

Mercury

b)

Jupiter

c)

Neptune

d)

Venus

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