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Astronomy Review
Test Description: MS NGSS grade 7
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What lunar phase shows the illuminated side growing (illuminated on the right)?
A
new moon
B
waxing
C
waning
D
gibbous
2) If you drew an imaginary line from the northern most to southern most part of the earth, this is referred to as...
A
tilt
B
seasons
C
revolution
D
the axis
3) When earth is tilted towards the sun, the norther hemisphere experiences which season?
A
fall
B
winter
C
summer
D
spring
4) The correct order during a solar eclipse is...
A
moon, then sun, then earth
B
sun, then moon, then earth
C
sun, then earth, then moon
D
none of these
5) The correct order during a lunar eclipse is...
A
sun, then earth, then moon
B
none of these
C
sun, then moon, then earth
D
moon, then sun, then earth
6) Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are considered...
A
uninhabitable
B
terrestrial planets
C
Jovian planets
D
gas giants
7) Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are considered...
A
gas planets
B
small in diameter
C
terrestrial planets
D
rocky planets
8) What causes earth to experience seasons?
A
rotation and direction
B
rotation and tilt
C
revolution and rotation
D
revolution and tilt
9) While there are many confirmed galaxies, our galaxy is called...
A
Mars Bars galaxy
B
the biggest
C
Milky Way galaxy
D
Jovian galaxy
10) Gravity is...
A
the force that pushes you down to the earth
B
the force that allows us to float in space
C
the force that all planets have, except Neptune
D
a force that attracts an object with mass to another object with mass
11) The term used to describe the illuminated side of the moon shrinking (illuminated side is on the left).
A
crescent
B
waxing
C
gibbous
D
waning
12) When the northern hemisphere is tilted away from direct sunlight, the season we experience is...
A
spring
B
fall
C
summer
D
winter
13) What moon phase is shown when the left half of the moon is illuminated?
A
1st quarter
B
waning crescient
C
3rd quarter
D
waxing gibbou
14) (fill in the blanks) Starting with the new moon, the moon illuminates on the ______ side, reaches a full moon, then illuminates on the ____ side, shrinking back down to a new moon.
A
left, right
B
stays the same, grows
C
speeds up, remains the same
D
right, left
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