SCIENCE 6 4th Quarter Assessment

This phenomenon happens when Earth’s umbra obscures the moon’s entire visible surface.

• Lunar Eclipse

• Partial Solar Eclipse

•  Total Lunar Eclipse

• Annular Solar Eclipse

Katie Bouman led the development of algorithm for taking the first ever image of which celestial body?

• Black hole

• Pulsar

• Galaxy

• Exoplanet

__________ is the the scientific study of celestial objects (such as stars, planets, comets, and galaxies) and phenomena that originate outside the Earth's atmosphere (such as the cosmic background radiation).

• Physics

• Astrology

• Paleontology

• Astronomy

A _________ is a gravitationally bound system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, and dark matter.

• Planet

• Black Hole

• Solar System

• Galaxy

A celestial body orbiting a star or stellar remnant that is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity, is not massive enough to cause thermonuclear fusion, and has cleared its neighboring region of planetesimals

• Planet

• Star

• Satellite

• Asteroid

The spin of a body about its axis.

• Revolution

• Recreation

• Rotation

• Resolution

A phenomenon that occurs when the Earth passes into the shadow of the Moon.

• Solar Eclipse

• Lunar Eclipse

A giant ball of hot gas that creates and emits its own radiation through nuclear fusion.

• Planets

• Star

• Satellite

Which among the planets is known as the morning and evening star as viewed from Earth?

• Mars

• Mercury

• Venus

• Jupiter

Different countries in the world have different seasons. Why is this so?

• The earth is rotating in its axis

• Earth is revolving around the Sun

• Earth is exhibiting precession

• The earth is tilted by 23.5 degrees