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6th grade - astronomy unit; space; solar system
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1
Which phase of the moon is the picture?
Crescent
Gibbous
New
Full
2
Use the image to determine the phase of this moon
Waning
Waxing
Gibbous
New
3
Which phase of the moon is the image?
Waxing Gibbous
Full
3rd Quarter
1st Quarter
4
Why would your weight change on every celestial body in our solar system
Weight doesn't change only mass
Every Planet has a different mass
Every planet has different gravity
Your mass is different on every planet
5
What planetary movement is responsible for day and night on a planet?
Rotation
Orbit
Axis
Revolution
6
What makes Earth unique in its ability to support life?
Magnetic Field
Water and Oxygen
Habitable Zone and Ozone
All
7
Which lunar phase is the image?
New
Waxing Gibbous
Full
Waning Gibbous
8
Which lunar phase is the image?
Waning Crescent
Quarter
Waxing Crescent
Gibbous
9
What is the difference between waxing and waning phases of the moon?
Waxing is Growing
All
Waning is growing
Waxing is Shrinking
10
Which lunar phase will come after the one in the picture?
Full
Quarter
New
Gibbous
11
Which of the following would prevent life on Mercury?
Terrestrial
No Atmosphere
All
Too Cold
12
What planetary movement is responsible for 1 year on each planet?
Rotation
Revolution
Orbit
Axis
13
Based on the image, would this be OUR longest or shortest day of the year?
Shortest
Neither-day and night is equal
Longest
None of These
14
What conclusion can you make about the image?
solar energy is equal
solar energy is greatest in the north
All
solar energy is greatest in the south
15
Which lunar phase is the image?
Crescent
Gibbous
3rd Quarter
1st Quarter
16
Why do we not experience eclipses every month?
Tilt of moon's axis
27 day revolution
tilt of moon's orbit
All of These
17
What causes us to experience cycles such as lunar phases, seasons, tides, and eclipses
Rotation and Revolution of Sun and Earth
None of these
Rotation and Revolution of Earth and Moon
Rotation and Revolution of Moon and Sun
18
Which type of tide is occuring in the image?
None of These
Low
Neap
Spring
19
Use the image to determine the correct phase of the moon.
Quarter
Waxing
Waning
New
20
Which of the following is occuring in the image?
Summer Solstice
Winter Solstice
Vernal Equinox
Autumnal Equinox
21
What makes this type of tide exceptionally high or low?
All of these
Only moon's gravity
Both Sun and Moon's gravity
Neither Sun or Moon's gravity
22
Which lunar phase is the image?
Crescent
Full
Waxing Gibbous
Waning Gibbous
23
Use the image to determine which type of eclipse is occuring
umbra
lunar
none
solar
24
What is the reason we have tides on earth?
Gravitational pull of sun
earth's rotation
gravitational pull of moon
All of these
25
Based on the image, would this be OUR longest or shortest day?
None of these
Shortest
Longest
Equal night and day
26
What determines what lunar phase we see?
Distance between sun and earth
None of these
angle between sun, moon, and earth
Distance between moon and earth
27
During which lunar phase is this eclipse occurring?
New
Full
Quarter
Gibbous
28
Why do we see the same side of the moon during each lunar cycle?
Tilted orbit of moon
27 day revolution
27 day rotation
29 day cycle
29
What is the reason we experience seasons on Earth?
23 1/2 degree tilt on axis
23 1/2 degree tilt of orbit
position in revolution
position in rotation
30
Which of the following is occurring in the image?
Equinox
Summer Solstice
Solstice
None of These
31
Which of the following is the tendency of matter to stay the same either at rest or in motion
Gravity
Inertia
Revolution
Rotation
32
Why do northern and southern hemispheres experience opposite seasons?
Both
Tilt of axis
Neither
direction of tilt never changes
33
Which of the following is the pulling force that causes all objects in our solar system to move
Rotation
Gravity
Inertia
Revolution
34
What do we call the movement of one object around another?
Orbit
Rotation
Axis
Revolution
35
Which of the following properties prevent life on Jupiter
Non-Terrestrial
All
Extreme Atmospheric Pressure
Too Cold
36
Which phase of the moon is the image?
Waning Crescent
Waxing Gibbous
Waning Gibbous
Waxing Crescent
37
Which lunar phase is the image?
Crescent
Full
New
Gibbous
38
Use the image to determine which phase came before this moon
3rd Quarter
Full Moon
1st Quarter
Waxing Crescent
39
What do we call one full spin or turn of an object on its axis?
Revolution
Axis
Orbit
Rotation
