The Cycles Of The Sky: Multiple Choice Questions
Chapter 01
The Cycles of the Sky
Multiple Choice Questions 1. After a full moon, about how long is it until the next new moon?
A. A month
B. Two weeks
C. A week
D. Six hours 2. If there is a full moon visible from Paris one evening, twelve hours later in Australia there will be a _________ visible.
A. Full moon
B. New moon
C. First quarter moon
D. Crescent moon 3. Directly above the Earth's equator lies the ______________ in the sky.
A. North celestial pole
B. South celestial pole
C. Celestial equator
D. Ecliptic 4. All celestial objects rise in the East and set in the West because
A. The Earth is rotating from east to west.
B. The Earth is rotating from west to east.
C. The Earth is orbiting around the Sun from east to west. …show more content…
The celestial sphere is rotating from east to west.
5. In which season is the Earth farthest to the Sun?
A. When it is winter in North America.
B. When it is summer in North America.
C. When it is autumn in North America.
D. When it is spring in North America. 6. The equinox is the time when
A. The number of daylight hours is longest in the Northern hemisphere.
B. The number of daylight hours is shortest in the Northern hemisphere.
C. The number of daylight hours equals the number of nighttime hours everywhere on the Earth.
D. All the nights are equally long throughout the month. 7. When the Moon and the Sun lie exactly in the same direction in the sky, what phase of the Moon would you see?
A. Full
B. Half
C. Gibbous
D. Crescent
E. New 8. Full Moon sets at
A. Sunrise.
B. Sunset.
C. Midnight.
D. Noon. 9. On what date/s does the Sun rise exactly due east and set exactly due west?
A. June 21 and December …show more content…
Earth; ecliptic
B. Moon; ecliptic
C. Sun; ecliptic
D. Moon; equator 32. Which of the following statements about eclipses is true?
A. A total solar eclipse is visible from any location on the day-side of the Earth.
B. A partial solar eclipse happens every month, but not the total solar eclipse.
C. A lunar eclipse is visible from any location on the night-side of the Earth.
D. All of the above. 33. An annular eclipse
A. Is a solar eclipse that happens every November.
B. Occurs when the Moon's shadow does not completely reach the Earth during a solar eclipse.
C. A lunar eclipse that happens every November.
D. Occurs when the Earth's shadow does not completely reach the Moon during a lunar eclipse. 34. At totality during the lunar eclipse, the Moon generally appears _______ in color.
A. Bluish
B. Yellowish
C. Greenish
D. Reddish
35. What is the maximum number of eclipses that can occur in a year?
A. 2 (one solar and one lunar)
B. 4 (two solar and two lunar)
C. 7 (five solar and two lunar)
D. 7 (four solar and three lunar)
E. C or D. 36. Eclipses generally occur in pairs, with a solar eclipse about _________ before or after a lunar eclipse.
A. A day
B. A week
C. Two
The Cycles of the Sky
Multiple Choice Questions 1. After a full moon, about how long is it until the next new moon?
A. A month
B. Two weeks
C. A week
D. Six hours 2. If there is a full moon visible from Paris one evening, twelve hours later in Australia there will be a _________ visible.
A. Full moon
B. New moon
C. First quarter moon
D. Crescent moon 3. Directly above the Earth's equator lies the ______________ in the sky.
A. North celestial pole
B. South celestial pole
C. Celestial equator
D. Ecliptic 4. All celestial objects rise in the East and set in the West because
A. The Earth is rotating from east to west.
B. The Earth is rotating from west to east.
C. The Earth is orbiting around the Sun from east to west. …show more content…
The celestial sphere is rotating from east to west.
5. In which season is the Earth farthest to the Sun?
A. When it is winter in North America.
B. When it is summer in North America.
C. When it is autumn in North America.
D. When it is spring in North America. 6. The equinox is the time when
A. The number of daylight hours is longest in the Northern hemisphere.
B. The number of daylight hours is shortest in the Northern hemisphere.
C. The number of daylight hours equals the number of nighttime hours everywhere on the Earth.
D. All the nights are equally long throughout the month. 7. When the Moon and the Sun lie exactly in the same direction in the sky, what phase of the Moon would you see?
A. Full
B. Half
C. Gibbous
D. Crescent
E. New 8. Full Moon sets at
A. Sunrise.
B. Sunset.
C. Midnight.
D. Noon. 9. On what date/s does the Sun rise exactly due east and set exactly due west?
A. June 21 and December …show more content…
Earth; ecliptic
B. Moon; ecliptic
C. Sun; ecliptic
D. Moon; equator 32. Which of the following statements about eclipses is true?
A. A total solar eclipse is visible from any location on the day-side of the Earth.
B. A partial solar eclipse happens every month, but not the total solar eclipse.
C. A lunar eclipse is visible from any location on the night-side of the Earth.
D. All of the above. 33. An annular eclipse
A. Is a solar eclipse that happens every November.
B. Occurs when the Moon's shadow does not completely reach the Earth during a solar eclipse.
C. A lunar eclipse that happens every November.
D. Occurs when the Earth's shadow does not completely reach the Moon during a lunar eclipse. 34. At totality during the lunar eclipse, the Moon generally appears _______ in color.
A. Bluish
B. Yellowish
C. Greenish
D. Reddish
35. What is the maximum number of eclipses that can occur in a year?
A. 2 (one solar and one lunar)
B. 4 (two solar and two lunar)
C. 7 (five solar and two lunar)
D. 7 (four solar and three lunar)
E. C or D. 36. Eclipses generally occur in pairs, with a solar eclipse about _________ before or after a lunar eclipse.
A. A day
B. A week
C. Two