Space Test Review

Question 1

At the start of which season is the sun lowest in the sky?

Accepted Answer

Winter

Question 2

Galaxies contain .....

Accepted Answer

Billions of stars

Question 3

In what season does Christmas occur in the southern hemisphere?

Accepted Answer

Summer

Question 4

Where would you see 24 hours of daylight in the northern hemisphere during the winter solstice.

Accepted Answer

Nowhere.

Question 5

If it is high tide where you are what is the tide on the opposite side of the earth?

Accepted Answer

High tide

Question 6

What type of galaxy is our galaxy?

Accepted Answer

Spiral

Question 7

The direction of the tilt of the Earths axis ......

Accepted Answer

Always points in the same direction.

Question 8

How many high tides occur in a 24 hour period?

Accepted Answer

2

Question 9

What phases happen either side of the full moon?

Accepted Answer

Gibbous Moons

Question 10

What is the phase of the moon for a solar eclipse?

Accepted Answer

New

Question 11

How long does it take for the Earth to complete one revolution?

Accepted Answer

365.25 Days

Question 12

If it is summer in the northern hemisphere it is what season in the southern hemisphere?

Accepted Answer

Winter

Question 13

What seasons occur when both hemisphere receive equal amounts of direct sunlight?

Accepted Answer

Fall and spring

Question 14

How long does it take the moon to revolve around the Earth.

Accepted Answer

29

Question 15

When the moon passes between the Earth and Sun blocking the suns light what occurs?

Accepted Answer

Solar Eclipse

Question 16

What is the shape of the orbit of most planets?

Accepted Answer

Elliptical

Question 17

Our galaxy is called .....

Accepted Answer

The Milky Way

Question 18

The darkest portion of a shadow is called .....

Accepted Answer

umbra

Question 19

Why do we not have eclipses every new and full moon?

Accepted Answer

Moons tilt in its orbit.

Question 20

As the illuminated portion of the moon appears to become greater it is said to be ....

Accepted Answer

Waxing

Question 21

The gravitation pull of the moon and the sun causes .....

Accepted Answer

tides.

Question 22

In the northern hemisphere the sun is highest in the sky during the .......

Accepted Answer

summer solstice

Question 23

What phase of the moon is it during a lunar eclipise?

Accepted Answer

Full

Question 24

What causes the seasons?

Accepted Answer

The tilt of the Earth on its axis

Question 25

The Earth is tilted how far on its axis?

Accepted Answer

23.5 degrees

Question 26

Why do we always see the same surface of the moon?

Accepted Answer

The moon revolves and rotates at the same speed.

Question 27

How long does it take for the Earth to make one rotation?

Accepted Answer

1 day

Question 28

What is at the center of our galaxy?

Accepted Answer

A black hole

Question 29

What season is it when the Northern hemisphere is pointed away from the sun?

Accepted Answer

Winter

Question 30

How did the universe form?

Accepted Answer

Big Bang Theory

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