Astronomy TestTOMORROW

Astronomy Test

• 34 Questions– Multiple Choice 18– Matching 7– Short Answer 6– Put in Order 1– Select Which Ones 2

Astronomy Test

• Topics– Universe / Gravity / Objects (12 pts)– Sun (13 pts)– Reading Charts (8 pts)– Planets (16 pts)– Moon (19 pts)

Topics to Study

• Objects in the Universe– Mass vs Weight– Our Galaxy– Gravity– Comet, Asteroid, Meteor, etc

Topics to Study

• Sun / Stars– Suns Importance– Color– Type– Nuclear Fusion– Time – Seasons– Features (Sunspots, CME’s, Flares, Prominances)

Topics to Study

• Planets– Rotation vs Revolution– Inner versus Outer Planets– Characteristics of Planets– Asteroid Belt

Topics to Study

• Moon– How it was formed– Solar vs Lunar Eclipse– Labeling Moon Phases– Putting the phases in order– ½ is Always Lit– We only see one side

What to Study• Past Quizzes• Notes• Study Guide• This Review & Similar Questions

Row Race Rules1. Get in a row/group of 3-4 students2. Get out a sheet of paper3. Make sure everyone has something to write with4. Put your notes away5. When questions come up, – 1st person in the row answers 1st question and passes paper

back– 2nd person answers 2nd question and passes paper back…– 3rd person answers the 3rd question and passes paper back– 4th person gets to change 1 previous answer

6. When 4th person is done, pass the paper all the way up to the front

7. First group to get the most correct wins the round!

Round 1

1. Between mass and weight which one changes depending on where you are?

2. What galaxy are we in?3. List 2 reasons gravity is

important

Round 11. Between mass and weight which one

changes depending on where you are?- Weight

2. What galaxy are we in?- Milky Way

3. List 2 reasons gravity is important- Keeps objects in orbit- Keeps water on earth- Keeps atmosphere around earth- Keeps us and objects on the ground

Round 2

1.Which object is nicknamed a “dirty snowball?

2.Which object is smaller than an asteroid and is still in space

3.Which object doesn’t burn completely when entering our atmosphere and ends up hitting earth?

Round 21. Which object is nicknamed a “dirty

snowball?- Comet

2. Which object is smaller than an asteroid and is still in space

- Meteoroid3. Which object doesn’t burn completely when

entering our atmosphere and ends up hitting earth?

- Meteorite

Round 3

1. What color is our sun?2. List 2 reasons our sun is

important.3. What type of star is our

sun?

Round 31. What color is our sun?

- Yellow2. List 2 reasons our sun is important.

- Provides vitamin D- Provides light- Provides heat- Provides energy for plants- Provides seasons

3. What type of star is our sun?

- Main Sequence

Round 4

1. Why do we have seasons?2. Which feature is a large arching

column of gas?3. What is nuclear fusion?

Round 41. Why do we have seasons?

- Earths axis is tilted 23o which provides areas of direct and indirect sunlight

2. Which feature is a large arching column of gas?

- Prominence3. What is nuclear fusion?

- Sun fuses hydrogen atoms into helium which provides the sun (star) with energy

Round 5

1.List the 4 inner planets2.List 3 characteristics of inner

planets3.Define rotation

Round 51. List the 4 inner planets

- Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars2. List 3 characteristics of inner planets

- Close to the sun, small orbit, terrestrial, dense and rocky, warn

3. Define rotation- Spinning of a planet on its axis- 1 day

Round 6

1. Which planet is called the red planet?

2. Which planet has the smallest orbit?

3. Which planet has the strongest winds?

Round 61. Which planet is called the red planet?

- Mars2. Which planet has the smallest orbit?

- Mercury3. Which planet has the strongest winds?

- Neptune

Round 7

1. Draw a solar eclipse?2. Describe what happens during

a lunar eclipse3. During which moon phases do

eclipses occur?

Round 71. Draw a solar eclipse?

- SUN Moon Earth

2. Describe what happens during a lunar eclipse

- The Earth creates a shadow on the moon

3. During which moon phases do eclipses occur?

- New Moon and Full Moon

Round 8

1.Name the phase.

2.Name the phase.

3.Name the phase.

Round 8

1.Name the phase. - Waxing Crescent

2.Name the phase.- Waning Gibbous

3.Name the phase. - 3rd Quarter

Round 9

1.Name the phase.

2.Name the phase.

3.Name the phase.

Round 9

1.Name the phase. - Full Moon

2.Name the phase.- Waxing Gibbous

3.Name the phase. - Waning Crescent

Round 10

1. How was the moon formed?2. Why do we only see one side of the

moon?3. Defend the statement “the moon is

always ½ lit”

Round 101. How was the moon formed?

- A Mars sized planet hit earth, pieces flew off, the pieces fused together and cooled forming the moon

2. Why do we only see one side of the moon?- The Moons rotation is the same as the

moons revolution (27 days)3. Defend the statement “the moon is always ½ lit”

- Even though we see different amounts ½ of the moon is always facing the sun (lit) and ½ the moon is always facing away from the sun (dark)

Final Jeopardy!

• The Moon…

Final Jeopardy

• Put the moon phases in order starting with Waning Gibbous

Final Jeopardy• Put the moon phases in order starting with

Waning Gibbous– Waning Gibbous– 3rd Quarter– Waning Crescent– New Moon– Waxing Crescent– 1st Quarter– Waxing Gibbous– Full Moon– Waning Gibbous