Download Sky Science Review Questions

Name:______________
Sky Science Review Questions
1. Are stars made mostly of solids, liquids, or gases? __________________
2. What is the name of the galaxy in which our Solar System is located? ___________________
3. Which star is closest to the Earth? _______________________
4. List the things that EMIT light: ________________________________________
5. List the things that REFELCT light: ____________________________________________
6. How many planets are in our Solar System?_________________
7. Which planet is nearest the Sun?_______________________
8. Which planet is farthest from the Sun?_______________________
9. Which planet has the biggest, most easily-seen rings orbiting it? _____________________
10. Are the inner planets made of rock or gas? _______________________
11. What are the icy objects with huge tails that orbit the Sun? ______________________
12. Which planet is called the "red planet"? ______________________
13. Is the Sun a star, a planet, or a comet?_______________________
14. Where is the Sun hottest?_______________________
15. Do we always see the same side of the moon from Earth? ________________
16.Does the moon have an atmosphere?_______________________
17. During a lunar eclipse, the shadow of what celestial body blocks our view of the moon?
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18. Why is it dangerous to look directly at the sun? How could you protect your eyes but still view
the sun?
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Name:______________
19. What are three major differences between the inner and outer planets?
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20. Use the diagram to answer the questions.
Label each of the moon phases. Shade in the phase so it shows what we would see on earth.
A____________________
B______________________
C__________________
D____________________
E______________________
F__________________
G____________________
H______________________
21. The moons pattern takes approximately 28 days to complete. If the moon was in a full moon
phase on January 12th, what would the moon look like on January 20 th?
Moon Phase on January 12th ________________________________
Moon Phase on January 20th ________________________________
Name:______________
22. Draw what the moon phase will look like when the moon is directly between the earth and sun.
23. Which direction does it look like the constellations are always rotating? Why does this happen?
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Use the words in the word bank to answer the questions.
Word Bank:
asteroid
gaseous
Mercury
rock
Sun
ecliptic
moons
nine
Jupiter
Mars
Earth
center
inner
Solar System
Pluto
Our ___________________________________ consists of the sun,
____________________________ planets (and their moons), an
____________________________ belt, and many comets and meteors.
The Sun is the ____________________________ of our Solar System. The
planets, their moons, the asteroids, comets, meteoroids and other rocks and gas all
orbit the ____________________________.
The nine planets that orbit the sun are (in order from the Sun):
____________________________, Venus, Earth, Mars,
____________________________ (the biggest planet in our Solar System),
Saturn (with large, orbiting rings), Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. A belt of asteroids
Name:______________
(many minor planets made of rock and metal) orbits between
____________________________ and Jupiter. These objects all orbit the Sun
in roughly circular orbits that lie in the same plane, called the
____________________________ (____________________________ is an
exception to this; it has an elliptical orbit that is tilted over 17° from the ecliptic).
The ____________________________ planets (those planets that orbit close
to the Sun) are quite different from the outer planets (those planets that orbit
far from the Sun). The inner planets are Mercury, Venus,
____________________________, and Mars. They are relatively small,
composed mostly of ____________________________, and have few or no
moons. The outer planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. They are
mostly huge, mostly ____________________________, ringed, and have many
____________________________ (again, the exception is Pluto which is small,
rocky, and has one moon).