The solar system is a combination of the planets, the sun, moon, stars and other physical features in space. Practice exam #2 is simple multiple-choice quizzes that will help you learn more on the subject. Enjoy.
(a) True
(b) False
(a) any planet’s average distance from the Sun.
(b) Earth’s average distance from the Sun.
(c) any large astronomical distance.
(a) the axis also points toward Polaris
(b) the axis points toward Vega
(c) the axis points toward the Sun
(a) It will have moved toward the North.
(b) It will have moved to a position higher in the sky.
(c) It will stay in the same position.
(d) It will have moved to a position closer to the horizon.
(e) It will have moved toward the west.
(a) first quarter.
(b) third quarter.
(c) new.
(a) the four seasons would each be twice as long as they are now
(b) Earth would not have seasons
(c) stars would take twice as long to rise and set
(a) The Sun will rise north of West
(b) The Sun will rise north of East.
(c) The Sun will rise south of West.
(d) The Sun will rise south of East.
(e) None of the above.
(a) Taurus
(b) Aquarius
(c) Scorpius
(d) Leo
(a) Third Quarter, Waning Crescent, and Waxing Gibbous
(b) New Moon, Third Quarter, and Waning Gibbous
(c) Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous
(d) Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous
(e) None. The moon can only been seen above the horizon during the night time.
(a) only one
(b) two
(c) three
(d) four
(e) all of the above are possible.
(a) Full phase and below the plane of Earths orbit.
(b) Full phase and crossing Earths orbital plane.
(c) New phase and below the plane of Earths orbit.
(d) New phase and crossing Earths orbital plane.
(e) None of the above.
(a) Aquarius
(b) Pisces
(c) Leo
(d) Taurus
(e) Scorpius
(a) in the late morning
(b) at noon
(c) in the mid-afternoon
(d) at midnight
(e) in the early morning
(a) Pisces
(b) Taurus
(c) Aries
(d) Cancer
(e) Gemini
(a) Summer
(b) Winter
(a) C < A < B < D < E
(b) E < D < B < A < C
(c) B = D < A < C = E
(d) A < B = C < D < E
(e) A = E < C = B = D
(a) Clockwise
(b) Counter-clockwise
(a) Shadow plot A
(b) Shadow plot B
(c) Shadow plot C.
(d) All three plots are possible, on different days of the year.
(e) None of the plots are possible
(a) The Earth is closer to the Sun during summer in the southern hemisphere and is farther from the sun during winter in the northern hemisphere.
(b) During the time of the year when the Sun is high in the sky in the northern hemisphere it will be low in the sky in the southern hemisphere.
(c) The Earth is tilted, so the Sun is closer to one hemisphere than the other, which causes one hemisphere to be in winter and the other in summer.
(d) The energy received at Earth from the Sun changes throughout the year providing more energy to one hemisphere than the other.
(e) The amount the Earth is tilted changes over the course of the year and causes the amount of sunlight that reaches each hemisphere to be different which causes the seasons to be opposites.
(a) It was made by an observer on the Equator on the summer soltice (June 21).
(b) It was made by an observer on the Equator on the equinoxes (March 21 or September 21).
(c) It was made by an observer on the Tropic of Cancer (23.5 North) on the summer solstice (December 21).
(d) It was made by an observer on the Tropic of Cancer (23.5 North) on the equinoxes (March 21 or September 21).
(e) Both B and C.
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