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Astronomy Unit
Review
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Read the question
Write your answer
on the white board
Write ONLY the
answer
Question #7:
What are the
largest of the
small bodies
orbiting the sun?
Answer:
Asteroids
Question #8:
The asteroid belt
is between
which two
planets?
Answer:
Mars and Jupiter
Question #9:
The tail of a
comet always
points in which
direction?
(toward or away from sun)
Answer:
Away from the
sun
Question #10:
What is a
meteoroid called
when it reaches
Earth’s
atmosphere?
Answer:
A Meteor
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
Question #35:
Name the four
inner planets.
Answer:
Mercury, Venus,
Earth, Mars
Question #36:
What are the four
outer planets
called?
Answer:
Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus,
Neptune
Question #37:
What is the
closest planet to
the sun?
Answer:
Mercury
Question #38:
Which planet is
known as
Earth’s twin?
Answer:
Venus
Question #39:
Which planet has
Olympus Mons
on it?
Answer:
Mars
Question #40:
Which planet is
the largest?
Answer:
Jupiter
Question #41:
Which planet has
a red spot that
is a storm?
Answer:
Jupiter ---- again
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
Question #45:
What do we call
a body that
orbits another
body?
Answer:
A satellite
Question #46:
Does the moon
have more or
less gravity than
Earth?
Answer:
less
Question #47:
What are the bowlshaped
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
Question #53:
What is the
phase of the
moon that is
completely
dark?
Answer:
New moon
Question #54:
What is the
phase of the
moon that is
showing all of it
illuminated?
Answer:
Full moon
Question #55:
Which phase of
the moon has
slightly less
than a full
appearance?
Answer:
Gibbous
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!!