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Earth’s Place in the Universe Test 1
1) What is the name of the galaxy where Earth is located?
A) Andromeda
C) Comet Galaxy
B) Sun Galaxy
2) The BEST description of a light-year is
A) the speed of light in a vacuum.
D) Milky Way Galaxy
C) the distance light travels in a year.
B) the age of a one-year-old star.
D) the time it takes light to travel from Earth to the Sun.
3) Hunter goes outside and notices that the sun looks larger than the other stars he has seen. Why does the sun
appear larger than the other stars?
The Sun looks larger because it's closer to
A) The Sun is the largest star in the sky.
C)
Earth than any other star.
Ths Sun appears to be the largest star
because it gives off the most light.
4) The light of Proxima Centauri takes about 4.22 years to reach Earth suggesting that its distance from Earth is
A) 4.22 parsecs.
C) 4.22 million miles.
B) The Sun looks larger because of the Earth's rotation.
B) 4.22 light-years.
5) Identify the shape of Earth’s galaxy.
A) Spiral
B) Barred
D)
D) 4.22 astronomical units.
C) Elliptical
D) Irregular
6) Evidence shows that interstellar bodies are moving away from Earth, some faster than others, which BEST
suggests that the universe
A) is shrinking.
C) was not formed by a big bang.
B) is expanding.
D) has always been the same size.
7) Which theory do scientists believe MOST LIKELY explains the creation of the universe?
A) Big Bang Theory
C) Red Shift Theory
B) Radiation Theory
D) Butterfly Effect Theory
8) The observed redshifts of galaxies are evidence for the Big Bang theory of the origin of the universe, because
they indicate that
the galaxies are moving rapidly away in all
A) the galaxies are still very hot.
C)
directions.
the galaxies turned red at the original moment
of explosion.
9) Based on the information in the table below, which inner planet is closest to the Sun?
A) Earth
B) Mars
C) Mercury D) Venus
Inner Planets
Distance From the Sun
Temperature
Number of
Planet
Diameter (in mils)
(in million miles)
(Kelvin)
Moons
B) the galaxies cannot be seen from the other side.
Mercury
D)
36
3,031
100 - 700K
0
Venus
67.2
7,521
726K
0
Earth
93
7,926
260 - 310K
1
Mars
141.6
4,222
150 - 310K
2
10) ____________ form a belt between Mars and Jupiter.
A) Asteroids
B) Comets
C) Meteors
D) Stars
11) What is missing in the ordered sequence of the cosmos below?
Planet ⇒ ____________ ⇒ Galaxy ⇒ Universe
A) Sun
C) Nebulae
B) Earth
12) The tail of a comet usually faces
A) toward the Sun.
B) away from the Sun
D)
Solar System
C) toward the Earth.
D) away from the Earth.
13) Which statement best describes position of the Earth in the Solar System?
A) The Earth is the planet closest to the Sun.
C) The Earth is the planet farthest from the Sun.
B) The Earth is closer to the Sun than Jupiter.
D) The Earth is farther from the Sun than Jupiter
14) Select the pair of bodies which are most alike in composition and size.
A) Earth and Venus
C) Earth and Neptune
B) meteor and comet
D) asteroid and comet
15) The Sun and the planets are part of the solar system. ______________ are found outside of our solar system
A) Stars in a nearby galaxy
C) Comets that appear to people on Earth
B) Asteroids in orbit around the sun
D) A meteorite that strikes the planet Mars
16) What causes the Moon to orbit around the Earth?
A) the moon's mass
C) the Sun's gravity
B) Earth's gravity
D) the vacuum of space
17) A planet similar to Earth has four moons roughly the same distance away. The moon that will MOST affect
tides on the planet is the one that has the greatest
A) mass.
C) density.
B) volume.
D) amount of water.
18) The planets in our solar system move around the Sun because of
A) its atmosphere.
C) gravity.
B) radiation.
D) energy.
19) Which factor is MOST responsible for the ocean tides?
A) the wind
C) the moon's gravity
B) earthquakes
D) density differences in the water
20) ______ tides, tides that are weaker than normal, happen when the Moon is at first or last quarter phase and
the sun and moon interfere with each other.
A) High
C) Neap
B) Low
D) Spring
21) Which of these causes the day/night cycle on Earth?
A) Earth’s rotation
C) Earth’s revolution
B) Earth’s polar tilt
D) Earth’s circle of illumination
22) The summer solstice is the longest day of the year because the Earth is tilted
A) the most toward the Sun.
C) only slightly toward the Sun.
B) the farthest from the Sun.
D) only slightly away from the Sun.
23) What is primarily responsible for the creation of seasons on the earth?
A) the tilt of the sun
C) the axial tilt of the earth
B) the distance from the sun
D) the reflection of the sun's rays from the earth
24) If you live in the southern hemisphere, what season would you be experiencing in position C this diagram?
A) Fall
C) Winter
B) Summer
D) Spring
25) Using the diagram above, which position represents spring in the northern hemisphere?
26) During a full moon, ____________ of the moon is facing Earth.
A) none
C) the dark side
B) a quarter
D) the bright side
27) Use the diagram below to answer this question. Which location of the moon relative to the sun and earth
may produce a solar eclipse?
28) During a new moon, the moon is
in front of
in between
Earth, in
A) Earth and the
C)
front of the
sun.
sun.
in front of the
B) sun, in back
of Earth.
alongside
Earth and in
D)
front of the
sun.
29) A solar eclipse can ONLY occur when the moon is in which phase?
A) New Moon
C) Quarter Moon
B) Full Moon
D) Crescent Moon
30)
The third quarter phase of the Moon as seen on Earth is shown in the given picture.
Approximately what percent of the illuminated Moon’s surface is seen in this phase?
A) 25%
C) 75%
B) 50%
D) 100%