Earth Science Regents Astronomy Vocabulary

When Earth spins on its axis it is called

• resolution

• revolution

• umbra

• rotation

• geostationary orbit

Which of the following are an example of revolution? (Select all that apply.)

• A year

• Earth spinning on its axis

• A day

• A lunar month

• Venus completing an orbit around the sun

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What are the two days of the year on which neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the sun?

• Summer and winter solstice

• Spring and Autumn equinox

• The first day of Spring and the first day of Summer

• The first day of Fall and the first day of Winter

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Astronomy is

• The study of the Earth and its atmosphere

• The study of life on Earth

• The study of the moon, stars, and other objects in space

• The study of the properties of matter and how matter changes

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What is a device that expels gas in one direction to move in the opposite direction? (Check all that apply.)

• A rocket

• A comet

• A meterorite

• The moon

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Which model of the universe has Earth at its center of the revolving planets and stars?

• Kepler's

• Brahe's

• heliocentric

• geocentric

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Which model of the solar system has the sun at the center with Earth and the other planets revolving around it.

• Brahe's

• Kepler's

• heliocentric

• geocentric

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A rover is

• An object that orbits around another object in space

• A small robotic space probe that can move about the surface of a planet or moon.

• One of the ams of the International Space Station

• A spacecraft that can carry a crew into space, return to Earth, and then be reused for the same purpose

Which are the terrestrial planets?

• Mars and Jupiter

• Earth and Saturn

• Venus and Mercury

• Uranus and Pluto

• Earth and Mars

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Areas of gas on the sun's surface that are cooler than the gases around them

• corona

• solar flares

• solar wind

• sunspots