Astronomy Exam:
1.The terrestrial planets are named after
2.The terrestrial planets consist of
3.The gas giant planets are
4.Which is usually the most distant planet from the Sun?
5.The asteroids are found mostly between
6.Which kind of planet has the most satellites?
7.Meteorites
8.Where on Earth do you see the most circumpolar stars?
9..At the north pole, stars move
10.Where will stars appear to rise perpendicular to the horizon?
11.The spring equinox Is defined as the
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12.What is the declination of the winter solstice?
13.On September 23 the Sun is near the
14.On June 21,the Sun is at the
15.The seasons are caused by
16.What season begins on June 21 in Argentina(South America)?
17.On what date will someone in the northern hemisphere have the greatest amount of sunlight?
18.On June 21 the Sun will rise and set perpendicular to the horizon at the
19.At what latitude will the Sun be seen overhead on September 23?
20.What is the latitude of the tropic of Cancer?
21.How many stars are visible to the eye on a typical clear night?
22.Into how many constellations is the sky divided?
23.How many astronomical units are there between the Earth and sun?
24.What are constellations?.
25.Polaris, the North Star, does not appear to move in the sky because:
26.The Moon’s atmosphere is
27. The time of the year when the Sun appears in the sky at its most northerly or most southerly position is called a
28..A total solar eclipse can only happen at the time of _____ moon.
29.A lunar eclipse can only happen at the time of ____ moon.
30.From the Earth’s equator, Polaris appears degrees above the northern horizon.
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31.From the north pole, Polaris is seen 90 degrees above the horizon; that is at the ______
32.From a city (35 degrees north latitude), Polaris is _____ degrees above the horizon.
33.The sky upon which all astronomical objects are viewed is known as the
34.The time of year when the Sun appears to rise exactly due east and set exactly due west is known as the ______
35.The annual path of the Sun around the sky is called the
36. Literally the “study of the stars,” in practice the science of ______ concerns investigation and understanding of
all objects seen in the sky.
37.
______ is a pseudoscience which claims falsely that the positions of the Sun, planets, and stars have an
influence on the lives of humans.
38. What occurs during a spring tide?
39. The seasons on Earth are a direct consequence of the _______
40. Planets are most easily distinguised from stars in the night time sky with your eye, because they
41.The _____ planets are characterized by deep atmospheres, many satellites, and a solar-like elemental abundance.
42.The _____ planets are relatively slow rotators, are dense, and have few satellites.
43. The most abundant element in the solar system is _____
44. The second most abundant element in the solar system is ______
45. Although Mars and Mercury are nearly equal in size, Mars has more of an atmosphere because Mars is _____
46. A _____ is a body in the solar system which revolves around another, larger object other than the Sun.
47.The principle element of the atmosphere of Earth is ______
48.The planets which, as a class, are the least dense are the _____
49.Its surface is two-thirds covered with water _____
50.The planet most distant from the Sun _____
51. It has very prominent rings about its equatorial plane
52. The most massive planet in the solar system
53.It has a average density less than that of water _____
54. The planet with the slowest period of rotation on its own axis(or longest day) is
55.The only planet which has no atmosphere of any consequence
56. What star burns red
57. What star burns blue
58. In what constellation is Polaris?
59. What star burns yellow
60. On September 9th, 9:00pm, What constellation is most directly overhead?
61. The moons of mars resemble
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62. On July 15th 9:00pm, what constellation is most directly overhead?
63. Where would you look for Virgo on August 10 th at 8:00pm?
64. A star brightness can mean what?
65. Choose the circumpolar constellation
66. The rotation of the earth makes the stars appear to move
67. Which is not a reason for choosing a good observation site.
68. The larger a star’s declination, its time in the sky gets
69. What is the arrangement of the celestial bodies in a lunar eclipse.
70. What is the arrangement of the celestial bodies in a solar eclipse.
71. What planets are visible to the eye at night(besides earth)
72. If you follow the arc of the big dipper’s handle it will point to what star?
73. If you follow the pointer stars of the big dipper through polaris in a straight line, it will point you to what
constellation?
74. What constellation runs between ursa major and ursa minor?
75. Vega , Deneb and what other star forms the summer triangle?
76. If you follow the belt of Orion as it points upwards you come to what constellation
77. If you follow the belt of Orion as it points downwards you come to what constellation
78. What is found in the sword of Orion’s belt?
79. If you find Cygnus then you have found
80. This planet has rings about its equatorial plane
81. This is the star located closet to earth besides the sun.
82. This is the brightest object in the sky.
83. This is the second brightest object in the sky.
84. This is the third brightest object in the sky.
85. This is the brightest star in the night sky.
86. This is the most volcanically active body in the solar system.
87. This planetary body probably contains ice covered oceans.
88. This is the largest moon in the solar system
89. These planets main elements are very similar to the sun’s
90. This is an open star cluster that is easily visible during winter nights
91. The shape of the earth’s orbit can best be described as
92. The reason comets take so long to complete a revolution is due to the the shape of their orbit which can best be
described as
93. The main reason a comet has a tail is due to the
94. What causes our axis to tilt?
95. What is found in the oort cloud/Kuiper belt?
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