Transcript Astronomy Review

Constellations
The Moon
Asteroids
And
Comets
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Seasons
Space Terms
What is a constellation?
A) A group of stars in a random order
B) A group of stars you can always see in the
night sky
C) A group of stars organized in a
recognizable pattern
D) A group of distant stars that looks like a
cloud in the night sky
C!!!!
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What is the most commonly
recognized constellation?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Ursa Major (The Big Dipper)
Andromeda
Orion
Scorpius
B!!!!
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What ancient civilization named
most of the constellations?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Greek
Roman
Trojan
Chinese
A!!!!
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What causes the constellations that are
visible in the night sky to change as the
seasons change?
A) The expansion of the universe
B) The earth revolving around the sun
C) The light from the stars bending as it
travels through the earth’s atmosphere
D) The earth rotating on its axis
B!!!!
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What causes the constellations visible
from Earth to change throughout the
year?
A)
B)
C)
D)
The relative positions of Earth and the sun
The angle of the Earth’s axis
The rotation of Earth on its axis
Variation in the distance between Earth
and the sun
A!!!!
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When the moon is farthest from
the Earth, it is at…
A)
B)
C)
D)
Eclipse
Solstice
Perigee
Apogee
D!!!!
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When the moon is directly
between the sun and the Earth,
what phase is it in?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Waxing gibbous
Third quarter
New-moon phase
First quarter
C!!!!
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The ground of the moon is
composed of…
A)
B)
C)
D)
Maria
Soil
Regolith
Moon sand
C!!!!
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What caused the many craters visible
on the surface of the moon?
A) Frequent meteor impacts early in the
moon’s history
B) Frequent lava flows
C) Sinkholes caused by water below the
surface of the moon
D) Current meteor impacts
A!!!!
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Which of the following best describes
the main theory of the formation of the
moon?
A) The moon was once in orbit around the sun but
was captured by Earth’s gravitational pull
B) Molten rock from Earth was flung into space by
the rotation of the planet and eventually formed
the moon
C) Earth’s gravity pulled the moon from an orbit
around Mars
D) A large object collided with Earth, sending
debris into space that eventually formed the
moon
B!!!!
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What is an asteroid?
A)
B)
C)
D)
An artificial satellite
A fragment of ice that orbits the sun
A fragment of rock that orbits the sun
A fragment of ice that orbits the Earth
C!!!!
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Where do most comets observed
from Earth originate?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Other solar systems
Just beyond Pluto
Between Mars and Jupiter
Far beyond Pluto
B!!!!
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Why are scientists interested in tracking
the paths of asteroids and meteors?
A) An impact with Earth could be dangerous
B) The numbers of asteroids and meteors in
the solar system is growing
C) They hope to mine an asteroid that hits
Earth
D) Asteroids and meteors are becoming
scarce
A!!!!
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Most asteroids are located in
the…
A)
B)
C)
D)
Kuiper Belt
Asteroid Zone
Asteroid Belt
Kirkwood Gaps
C!!!!
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What is the most famous comet?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Halley’s Comet
Borrelly’s Comet
Comet Hale-Bopp
Holmes’ Comet
A!!!!
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What causes the seasons to vary more
at the North Pole that at the equator?
A) The relative positions of Earth and the sun
B) The angle of the Earth’s axis
C) Variation in the distance between Earth
and the sun
D) The rotation of Earth on its axis
B!!!!
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When the Earth is at the point in its orbit where the
North Pole is pointed as far away from the sun as
possible, what season is in the Southern
hemisphere?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Winter
Fall
Spring
Summer
D!!!!
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Fall and Spring start on days when the
sun appears to cross the celestial
equator. These days are called…
A)
B)
C)
D)
Perihelion
Equinoxes
Solstice
Aphelion
B!!!!
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The longest and shortest days of the
year mark the beginning of what two
seasons?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Winter and Fall
Spring and Winter
Fall and Spring
Summer and Winter
D!!!!
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Which planet has seasons just
like Earth’s?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Mercury
A!!!!
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Define an astronomical unit.
A) A measurement equal to 3 light years
B) A measurement equal to the distance
between the sun and Pluto
C) A measurement equal to the distance
between Earth and the sun
D) A measurement of 100 miles
C!!!!
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What is a nebula composed of?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Gas and meteorites
Ice and planetesimals
Dust and rock fragments
Dust and gas
D!!!!
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The concept of inertia was first
described by…
A)
B)
C)
D)
Newton
Einstein
Kepler
Ptolemy
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Light from the sun travels through space
in order to become seen on Earth at the
poles are called…
A)
B)
C)
D)
Ionized gas
Corona
Sunspots
Auroras
D!!!!
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A light year is…
A) 365 days
B) The distance from the Earth to the next
star
C) The distance light travels in a year
D) The amount of light a star produces in a
year
C!!!!
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