Astronomy Unit Review Read the question Write your answer on the white board Write ONLY the answer
What are the largest of the small bodies orbiting the sun? Question #7: What are the largest of the small bodies orbiting the sun?
Answer: Asteroids
The asteroid belt is between which two planets? Question #8: The asteroid belt is between which two planets?
Answer: Mars and Jupiter
The tail of a comet always points in which direction? Question #9: The tail of a comet always points in which direction? (toward or away from sun)
Answer: Away from the sun
What is a meteoroid called when it reaches Earth’s atmosphere? Question #10: What is a meteoroid called when it reaches Earth’s atmosphere?
Answer: A Meteor
When a meteor burns up in our atmosphere, what does it look like? Question #11: When a meteor burns up in our atmosphere, what does it look like?
Answer: A shooting star
Question #12: What is it called when many meteoroids enter our atmosphere in a short period of time?
Answer: A Meteor Shower
Name the four inner planets. Question #35: Name the four inner planets.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars Answer: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
What are the four outer planets called? Question #36: What are the four outer planets called?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune Answer: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
What is the closest planet to the sun? Question #37: What is the closest planet to the sun?
Answer: Mercury
Which planet is known as Earth’s twin? Question #38: Which planet is known as Earth’s twin?
Answer: Venus
Which planet has Olympus Mons on it? Question #39: Which planet has Olympus Mons on it?
Answer: Mars
Which planet is the largest? Question #40: Which planet is the largest?
Answer: Jupiter
Which planet has a red spot that is a storm? Question #41: Which planet has a red spot that is a storm?
Answer: Jupiter ---- again
Which planet has the most complex system of rings? Question #42: Which planet has the most complex system of rings?
Answer: Saturn
Question #43: Which planet has a horizontal axis, making it rotate differently from the rest?
Answer: Uranus
Question #44: Which planet has a very active weather system with winds that exceed 1,000 km/hr?
Answer: Neptune
What do we call a body that orbits another body? Question #45: What do we call a body that orbits another body?
Answer: A satellite
Does the moon have more or less gravity than Earth? Question #46: Does the moon have more or less gravity than Earth?
Answer: less
What are the bowl-shaped depressions on the moon called? Question #47: What are the bowl-shaped depressions on the moon called?
Answer: Craters
Question #48: What is it called when one planetary body passes through the shadow of another?
Answer: An eclipse
Question #49: What is it called when the moon is between the Earth and the sun and blocks the sun’s light?
Answer: Solar Eclipse
Question #50: What is it called when the Earth is in the middle of the moon and the sun and blocks the moon?
Answer: Lunar eclipse
Question #51: What is it called when the part of the moon reflecting light is getting bigger?
Answer: Waxing
Question #52: What is it called when the part of the moon reflecting the light is getting smaller?
Answer: Waning
What is the phase of the moon that is completely dark? Question #53: What is the phase of the moon that is completely dark?
Answer: New moon
What is the phase of the moon that is showing all of it illuminated? Question #54: What is the phase of the moon that is showing all of it illuminated?
Answer: Full moon
Which phase of the moon has slightly less than a full appearance? Question #55: Which phase of the moon has slightly less than a full appearance?
Answer: Gibbous
Which phase of the moon has less than the quarter moon showing? Question #56 Which phase of the moon has less than the quarter moon showing?
Answer: Crescent
This concludes today’s review activity. Have fun studying!!