Question 1

How many days does it take the moon to revolve around the Earth?

Accepted Answer

27 1/3 days

Answer

29 1/4 days

Answer

27 days

Answer

31 1/2 days

Question 2

Which tide occurs during the first quarter moon?

Accepted Answer

neap

Answer

spring

Answer

high

Answer

low

Question 3

Which of these describes the group of stars?

Accepted Answer

constellation

Answer

moon

Answer

planets

Answer

ursa minor

Question 4

Which of these describes the periodic rise and fall of the ocean?

Accepted Answer

tide

Answer

constellation

Answer

rotation

Answer

revolution

Question 5

Which of this equipment is used to study the stars?

Accepted Answer

telescope

Answer

thermometer

Answer

microscope

Answer

prism

Question 6

It is the hottest color of the star.

Accepted Answer

blue

Answer

red

Answer

white

Answer

yellow

Question 7

It is the coolest color of the star.

Accepted Answer

red

Answer

white

Answer

yellow

Answer

blue

Question 8

It is the distance traveled by light for one year.

Accepted Answer

light-year

Answer

light-span

Answer

light-distance

Question 9

A giant ball of extremely hot gases.

Accepted Answer

star

Answer

sun

Answer

moon

Answer

planets

Question 10

A star life begins when it ignites its nuclear fuel and dies when its nuclear fuel goes out.

Accepted Answer

true

Answer

false

Question 11

A star's birthplace is known as nebulae

Accepted Answer

true

Answer

false

Question 12

This tide is higher than average high tides and lower than average low tides.

Accepted Answer

spring tides

Answer

low tides

Answer

neap tides

Answer

high tides

Question 13

A satellite is an object that revolves around another body.

Accepted Answer

true

Answer

false

Question 14

A moon is Earth's natural satellite.

Accepted Answer

true

Answer

false

Question 15

The apparent changing of the shape of the moon is called ________.

Accepted Answer

phases of the moon

Answer

sided of the moon

Answer

location of the moon

Answer

appearance of the moon

Question 16

The movement of bodies around the sun is called __________.

Accepted Answer

revolution

Answer

satellite

Answer

rotation

Answer

destination

Question 17

Earth makes one completely revolve around the sun in __________.

Accepted Answer

365 1/4 days.

Answer

366 days

Answer

365 days

Answer

366 1/4 days

Question 18

A shadow forms when an object blocks the light from the sun.

Accepted Answer

true

Answer

false

Question 19

An object’s shadow is at its longest in early mornings and late afternoons.

Accepted Answer

true

Answer

false

Question 20

The position of an object’s shadow depends on where the sun is during the day.

Accepted Answer

true

Answer

false

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