Astronomy Review

Review key astronomy concepts: solar eclipses, moon phases, planets, seasons, tides, and space objects!

Draw the positions of the sun, earth and moon during a solar eclipse. Moon Phases use all lower-case letters waxing gibbous third quarter waning crescent Inner and Outer Planets Place the characteristic under the correct heading Inner Planets short path for revolution around sun few moons Mars mostly made of rock smaller in size Outer Planets gaseous long path for revolution around sun many moons Jupiter large in size Seasons in the Northern Hemisphere use lower-case letters: winter, spring, summer, fall fall winter summer spring Tides At what 2 points would the sun, earth and moon create a neap tide? 1 and 4 2 and 4 1 and 3 How many times a month are the sun, moon and Earth aligned? (In a straight line) 4 2 1 Objects in our solar system meteoroid a rock traveling through space meteor a space rock that is traveling through Earth's atmosphere. Called a shooting star meteorite a space rock that has hit Earth's surface comet chunks of rock, dust and ice traveling through our solar system. Which moon phase follows a waning gibbous? 1st quarter waxing gibbous 3rd quarter Which moon phase comes before a waxing crescent? new moon full moon waxing gibbous The above illustration is taking place in the month of June. Does it represent the northern or Southern Hemisphere? northern southern neither Seasons Equator always direct sunlight year round summer 12 hrs. of daylight North and South Pole year round winter up to 24 hrs. of darkness short summer long winter A C B D