astronomy quiz #1

Question 1

the study of the universe

Answer 1

astronomy

Question 2

meteoroid

Answer 2

lumps of rock (ranging from a size of a speck to a thousand weighted object) that when it enters earths atmosphere it is considered this

Question 3

crater

Answer 3

depressions in the moons surface

Question 4

maria

Answer 4

name the first observers gave as they thought the basins (flat plains) were filled with water

Question 5

what most widely accepted theory was considered to lead to the event of the formation of the moon

Answer 5

result of a collision between earth & an earth-sized planet

Question 6

why is it that people on earth only see the front side of the moon

Answer 6

the moon spins once on it’s axis and completes an orbit around earth

Question 7

what are lunar highlands

Answer 7

light areas with rugged mountains on the moon

Question 8

what are lunar marias

Answer 8

darker areas with flat plains on the moon

Question 9

daily changes in the moons appearance

Answer 9

phases

Question 10

the moon gets lighter after a full or new moon passes

Answer 10

waxing

Question 11

the moon gets darker and smaller

Answer 11

waning

Question 12

phase where the moon is seen as more than half but not all of it

Answer 12

gibbous

Question 13

earth is in front of the moon blocking sunlight from shining to the moon

Answer 13

lunar eclipse

Question 14

moon is between the sun & earth

Answer 14

solar eclipse

Question 15

area of total shadow

Answer 15

umbra

Question 16

partial shadow of the umbra

Answer 16

penumbra

Question 17

how many days does the moon go through all 8 phases

Answer 17

29.5 (almost one month)

Question 18

what tide occurs during new and full moon

Answer 18

spring

Question 19

what tide occurs during first and third quarter

Answer 19

neap