Grade 7Planetary Motion

An equinox occurs when

a. neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the Sun.
b. the Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun.
c. the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun.
d. Earth's axis is parallel to the Sun's rays.

Grade 7Planetary Motion

The spinning of Earth is called its .
a. ellipse
b. orbit
c. axis
d. rotation

Grade 7Planetary Motion

For a solar eclipse to occur,
a. the Sun must be directly between Earth and the Moon.
b. the Moon must be directly between Earth and the Sun.
c. the Moon must be directly behind Earth.
d. Earth must be directly between the Sun and the Moon.

Grade 7The Moon

The phase of the Moon that follows the waning crescent is called the
.
a. full moon
b. new moon
c. third quarter
d. first quarter

Grade 7Planetary Motion

The hemisphere tilted away from the Sun receives less direct rays, has
shorter days, and the cooler season known as .
a. winter
b. spring
c. summer
d. fall
Grade 7Planetary Motion
The hemisphere tilted toward the Sun gets more direct rays, has longer
days, and the warmer season known as .
a. winter
b. spring
c. summer
d. fall

Grade 7The Moon

When are tides highest?
a. during the Moon's first quarter phase
b. when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are nearly in a line
c. during the Moon's third quarter
d. when the Moon is at a right angle to the Sun

Grade 7Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets

We can observe meteor showers when Earth passes through trails of dust
and small rocks left from .
a. stars
b. comets
c. meteorites
d. meteoroids

Grade 7Planetary Motion

The movement of Earth around the Sun, once every 365 days, is called
.
a. rotation
b. revolution

Grade 7The Moon

The phase of the Moon you see depends on
a. where you are on Earth's surface.
b. how much of the sunlit side of the Moon faces Earth.
c. how much of the Moon's surface is lit by the Sun.
d. whether or not an eclipse is occurring.

Grade 7Planetary Motion

One complete revolution of Earth around the Sun takes
a. one rotation.
b. one season.
c. one year.
d. one eclipse.

Grade 7Planetary Motion

Day and night are caused by
a. the tilt of Earth's axis.
b. Earth's revolution around the Sun.
c. eclipses.
d. Earth's rotation on its axis.

Grade 7Sun
Distances between objects in space are very large. Instead of measuring
distance in miles or kilometers, astronomers use a measurement unit called
an astronomical unit (AU). 1 AU equals the average distance from Earth to
the Sun. Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky. It is located about
544,000 AU from Earth.

Which statement correctly compares the apparent brightness of Sirius and

the Sun?
a. Sirius looks brighter than the Sun because it is located closer to Earth.
b. The Sun looks brighter than Sirius because it is located closer to Earth.

Grade 7Universe
The Big Bang Theory states that the universe came into being about
10-20 billion years ago.

Grade 7Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets

What are the numerous, rocky objects revolving around the Sun that are too
small to be considered planets?
a. comets
b. asteroids
c. meteors
d. meteorites
Grade 7Planetary Motion
Movement of one object in orbit around another object. Earth goes around
the Sun.
a. revolution
b. rotation
c. spinning
d. axis

Grade 7Planetary Motion

When the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth and casts a shadow on
Earth, it is called a solar eclipse .

Grade 7Planetary Motion

When the north end of Earth's axis is tilted toward the Sun, what will North
America experience?
a. more indirect rays and shorter days
b. more indirect rays and longer days
c. more direct rays and shorter days
d. more direct rays and longer days

Grade 7Inner Planets

Which of the following planets in our solar system takes the least time to
orbit the Sun?
a. Mars
b. Earth
c. Jupiter
d. Mercury

Grade 7The Moon

As the Moon revolves around Earth, the amount of sunlight on the side of
the Moon that faces Earth stays the same.
a. True
b. False

Grade 7Planetary Motion

When Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon and casts a shadow on
the Moon, it is called a lunar eclipse .
Grade 7Inner Planets
What shape is Earth?
a. Square
b. Sphere
c. Oval
d. Octagon

Grade 7Planetary Motion

proposed the concept of a heliocentric system, in which planets
revolve around the Sun.
a. Kepler
b. Copernicus
c. Ptolemy
d. Aristotle

Grade 7The Moon

The different appearances of the Moon result from its changing position with
respect to Earth and the Sun.
a. True
b. False

Grade 7Planetary Motion

The seasons are caused by the tilt of Earth's axis, which is at 23.45
degrees.

Grade 7Stars
Our Sun is a star.
a. giant
b. white dwarf
c. main sequence
d. neutron

Grade 7The Moon

Phases of the Moon are when we see different shapes because of the amount
of sunlight hitting the Moon.
Grade 7Planetary Motion
The time it takes for Earth to around the Sun is one year.
a. rotate
b. revolve

Grade 7Planetary Motion

The Moon orbits Earth at a slightly tilted angle compared to Earth's orbit
around the Sun. This fact best accounts for which of the following?
a. why there is a lunar eclipse every new moon
b. why there is a solar eclipse every new moon
c. why there is not a lunar eclipse every new moon
d. why there is not a solar eclipse every new moon

Grade 7Planetary Motion

Manuel is viewing a solar eclipse using a pinhole camera. He is located in the
penumbra of the Moon's shadow. Which type of the eclipse is Manuel
experiencing?
a. total solar eclipse
b. partial solar eclipse

Grade 7Planetary Motion

During a lunar eclipse, the Sun passes between Earth and the Moon.
a. True
b. False

Grade 7Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets

The asteroid belt is located between which two objects on the solar system
diagram?

a. A and B
b. C and D
c. E and F
d. H and I

Grade 7Planetary Motion

What must happen for a solar eclipse to occur?
a. The Moon must be directly behind the Sun.
b. Earth must be directly between the Sun and the Moon.
c. The Moon must be directly between Earth and the Sun.
d. The Sun must be directly between Earth and the Moon.

Grade 7Solar System

This is a large body in space that orbits a star and does not produce light.
a. moon
b. planet
c. comet
d. satellite

Grade 7Planetary Motion

The Sun reaches its highest point in the sky in the Northern Hemisphere
during .
 a. June
b. December
c. March

Grade 7The Moon

Flat areas of the Moon's surface
a. Maria
b. Crater
c. Highlands
d. Umbra
e. Penumbra

Grade 7Sun
The 3 main layers of the Sun are the photosphere ,
chromosphere , and corona .

Grade 7Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets

A comet is an icy rock that has a bright tail when it comes
close to the Sun.

Grade 7The Moon

Large round impressions on the Moon's surface caused by impacts
a. Maria
b. Crater
c. Highlands
d. Umbra
e. Penumbra

Grade 7Planetary Motion

What is the model of the solar system in which the Sun and other planets
revolve around Earth?
a. geocentric
b. equatorcentric
c. heliocentric
d. gaseouscentric

Grade 7Sun
Which is the outer layer of the Sun's atmosphere?
a. photosphere
b. chromosphere
c. corona
d. core

Grade 7Planetary Motion

The model of the solar system in which Earth and the other planets revolve
around the Sun.
a. geocentric
b. equatorcentric
c. heliocentric
d. gaseouscentric

Grade 7The Moon

The phase of the Moon that follows the waning gibbous is called the
.
a. first quarter
b. new moon
c. third quarter
d. full moon

Grade 7The Moon

Mountains of the Moon's surface
a. Maria
b. Crater
c. Highlands
d. Umbra
e. Penumbra

Grade 7Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets

What is a meteorite?
a. a bright streak of light that passes through Earth's atmosphere
b. large clouds of gas and dust in space
c. an object from which no light can escape
d. a piece of a meteoroid that lands on Earth after passing through the
atmosphere
Grade 7Stars
Apparent magnitude is
a. a measure of the amount of light a star actually gives off.
b. a light year.
c. a measure of the amount of a star's light received on Earth.
d. a temporary features that comes and goes.

Grade 7Solar System

Tia creates a model of the solar system. She uses a bowling ball to represent
the Sun. Which best describes the relative sizes of the objects she should
use for the planets in her model?
a. Tia should use four small objects for the inner planets and four tiny
objects for the outer planets.
b. Tia should use four tiny objects for the inner planets and four small
objects for the outer planets.
c. Tia should use eight same-sized objects for the planets, but all objects
should be much smaller than the bowling ball.
d. Tia should use eight same-sized objects for the planets, but all objects
should be slightly smaller than the bowling ball.

Grade 7Inner Planets

Which is NOT a characteristic of Mercury?
a. smallest planet
b. closest planet to the Sun
c. dwarf planet
d. named after the Roman messenger god

Grade 7Planetary Motion

The line joining the planet to the Sun and sweeps out equal areas in equal
times as the planet travels around the ellipse is known as Kepler's
Law.
a. 3rd
b. 2nd
c. 1st

Grade 7Space Exploration

This type of telescope never has problems seeing through Earth's
atmosphere. It uses lenses to enlarge an object.
a. Earth-based telescope
b. Reflecting telescope
c. Refracting telescope
d. Space-based telescope

Grade 7Outer Planets

How would the force of gravity between Neptune and the Sun be affected if
Neptune were closer to the Sun?
a. The force between the two would be less.
b. The force between the two would be greater.
c. The force between the two would disappear.
d. The force between the two would not change.

Grade 7Sun
This is the inner layer of the Sun's atmosphere that gives off its visible light;
the Sun's surface.
a. photosphere
b. chromosphere
c. corona
d. core

Grade 7The Moon

Flat, lowland areas on the Moon are called .
a. maria
b. highlands
c. volcanoes

Grade 7Space Exploration

Why was Galileo put under house arrest by the Roman Catholic Church?
a. He supported the idea that Earth was flat.
b. He supported the idea that Earth orbited the Sun.
c. He supported the idea that Mars orbited Earth.
d. He was divorced.

Grade 7Sun
Which is the middle layer of the Sun's atmosphere?
a. photosphere
b. chromosphere
c. corona
d. core

Grade 7Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets

This body once was, but no longer is considered to be a planet in our solar
system.
a. Neptune
b. Pluto
c. Sun
d. Mars

Grade 7Sun
The lowest layer of the Sun's atmosphere is the
photosphere .

Grade 7The Moon

The current theory for the origin of Earth's moon is that a large,
Mars-sized object collided with Earth while Earth was still
forming . The collision was so violent that part of Earth's
mantle was blasted into orbit around Earth to form the Moon.
This theory is consistent with the composition of the lunar rocks
brought back by the Apollo missions.

Grade 7Planetary Motion

Imagine that gravitational force suddenly disappeared. Which best describes
what Earth's path through space would look like?
a. Earth would stop moving.
b. Earth would move in a straight line through space.
c. Earth would stop orbiting the Sun and start orbiting the other planets.
d. There would be no change in Earth's path through space.

Grade 7Planetary Motion

An imaginary line that goes through the middle of the Earth is known as the
Earth's . (Hint: This is what the Earth internally spins around)
 a. Latitude
b. Equator
c. Axis
d. Prime Meridian

Select All Questions

Grade 7Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets

In 2006, astronomers reclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet.

Grade 7Sun
The Sun has a strong magnetic field that reaches far out beyond Pluto.
a. True
b. False

Grade 7Planetary Motion

Path an object follows as it revolves around another object.
a. revolution
b. rotation
c. orbit
d. ellipse

Grade 7Space Exploration

When was Sputnik 1 launched?
a. 1956
b. 1961
c. 1962
d. 1957

Grade 7Planetary Motion

The Earth ROTATES on its axis once every hours.
a. 23
b. 27
c. 24
d. 28

Grade 7Planetary Motion

 was an astronomer who maintained that Earth rotates on its axis
and revolves around the Sun.
a. Ptolemy
b. Galileo
c. Aristarchus
d. Aristotle

Grade 7Inner Planets

Which is NOT true for Mars?
a. Nicknamed 'The Red Planet'
b. Outer Planet
c. Named after Roman god of war
d. Inner Planet

Grade 7Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets

Pluto a "Dwarf Planet."
a. True
b. False

Grade 7Space Exploration

What was the name of the first manned NASA space program?
a. Apollo
b. Gemini
c. Mercury
d. Challenger

Grade 7Sun
The Sun rotates as a solid mass.
a. True
b. False

Grade 7Sun
The Sun does not rotate as a solid mass.
a. True
b. False

Grade 7Stars
Pulsars are a kind of star.
a. neutron
b. supergiant
c. white dwarf
d. main sequence

Grade 7Stars
What color are the coolest stars?
a. Red
b. Blue
c. Orange
d. Yellow

Grade 7Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets

Select the term that best completes the sentence below.

The weather satellite was damaged when a collided with it.

a. meteor
b. meteorite
c. meteoroid
d. constellation

Grade 7Universe
Complete the sentence.

Gravitational forces cause to orbit planets, planets to orbit

, and stars to orbit the centers of .
a. moons; stars; galaxies
b. galaxies; stars; moons
c. moons; galaxies; stars
d. stars; moons; galaxies

Grade 7Planetary Motion

Which is the best estimate of how frequently a total solar eclipse can be
viewed from somewhere on Earth?
a. once every 18 days
b. once every 18 months
 c. once every 18 years
d. once every 18 centuries

Grade 7Planetary Motion

Which is the best estimate for how long totality lasts during a total solar
eclipse?
a. a few minutes
b. a few hours
c. a few days
d. a few months

Grade 7Inner Planets

This planet is second from the Sun. It is named after the Roman god of
beauty. Considered for a long time as Earth's "twin". It is covered in clouds.
What is it?
a. Mars
b. Mercury
c. Venus
d. Jupiter

Grade 7Planetary Motion

Replaced circles with ellipses in heliocentric model of the universe
a. Kepler
b. Copernicus
c. Galileo
d. Ptolemy

Grade 7Planetary Motion

There will be about 12 hours of daylight on the day of an equinox.
a. True
b. False

Grade 7Planetary Motion

Geocentric Model of the solar system was accepted for 1,400 years
a. Copernicus
b. Galileo
c. Ptolemy
 d. Kepler

Grade 7Universe
There are three main types of galaxies.
a. True
b. False

Grade 7Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets

Meteor showers are named after .
a. comets
b. meteorites
c. meteoroids
d. constellations

Grade 7Planetary Motion

How many days does it take for Earth to travel around the Sun?
a. 365 1/4

Grade 7The Moon

A solar eclipse can only occur during a which lunar phase?
a. Waxing crescent
b. New moon
c. Waning gibbous
d. First or third quarter

Grade 7Planetary Motion

The position of the axis on Earth is important for which reason?
a. night and day
b. length of a year
c. seasons
d. position in the solar system

Grade 7Planetary Motion

The ratio of the squares of the revolutionary periods for two planets is equal
to the ratio of the cubes of their semi-major axes.
a. Kepler 1st Law
b. Kepler 2nd Law
 c. Kepler 3rd Law

Grade 7Outer Planets

Jupiter's Great Red Spot is a giant .

a. storm
b. crater
c. ocean
d. volcano

Grade 7Stars
What characteristics are used to classify stars?
a. size, brightness, and temperature
b. color, brightness, and distance
c. temperature, color, and brightness
d. size, distance, brightness

Grade 7Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets

Pluto is considered what type of celestial body?
a. moon
b. gas giant
c. dwarf planet
d. terrestrial planet

Grade 7Space Exploration

Observed the phases of Venus
a. Galileo
b. Aristarchus
c. Ptolemy
 d. Copernicus

Grade 7Inner Planets

Which planet is known as the "Red Planet"?
a. Earth
b. Mars
c. Uranus
d. Venus

Grade 7The Moon

During what phase can a lunar eclipse occur?
a. new moon
b. first quarter
c. waxing gibbous
d. full moon

Grade 7Stars
Using the graph, what is the color, spectral type, and temperature of our
Sun?

a. yellow, F, and 5,500 C

Grade 7Solar System
Name the 8 planets of the solar system in order from closest to the sun to
farthest away.
a. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Grade 7The Moon

Tides that occur during full moon phases are called .
a. neap tides
b. spring tides
c. full tides

Grade 7Universe
What types of electromagnetic radiations have given proof to the possibility
of the Big Bang Theory?
a. infrared and dark matter and microwave
b. dark matter
c. infrared and microwave

Grade 7Stars
Oxygen is the most common element found in stars.
a. True
b. False

Grade 7Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets

What is a loose collection of ice, dust, and small rocky particles, typically
with a long, narrow orbit?
a. comet
b. asteroid
c. meteor
d. meteorite

Grade 7Planetary Motion

Exactly how long does it take for Earth to complete its orbit of the Sun?
a. 365 1/4 days
Grade 7Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
The Perseids meteor shower occurs in January.
a. True
b. False

Grade 7Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets

A small rock in space is called a .
a. meteor
b. meteoroid

Grade 7Inner Planets

Which of these planets does not have any moons?
a. Mercury
b. Mars
c. Uranus
d. none of the above

Grade 7Solar System

List the names of the planets in the order they orbit the Sun.

Word Bank: Earth, Saturn, Venus, Neptune, Jupiter, Mercury, Mars, Uranus
a. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus Neptune

Grade 7Stars
List the color of stars from hottest to coolest.
a. blue, blue/white, white, white/yellow, yellow, orange, red

Grade 7Inner Planets

Earth's axis is tilted with respect to Earth's orbit at an angle of .
a. 90 degrees
b. 45 degrees
c. 23.5 degrees

Grade 7Planetary Motion

Earth's orbital path around the Sun is not a perfect circle.
a. True
b. False
Grade 7Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
Where do we find most asteroids in our solar system?
a. Between Mars and Earth
b. Between Mars and Jupiter
c. Between Mars and Saturn
d. Between Mars and Pluto

Grade 7Sun
The Sun blows a huge "bubble" in space, known as the .
a. solar wind
b. heliosphere
c. corona
d. hemisphere

Grade 7Inner Planets

What gives Mar's its reddish color?
a. Sunlight
b. Iron Oxide
c. Glass
d. Water

Grade 7Planetary Motion

found that objects that orbit the sun follow elliptical orbits.
a. Kepler
b. Copernicus
c. Galileo
d. Aristotle

Grade 7Planetary Motion

A lunar eclipse can only occur during the .
a. new moon
b. waxing crescent
c. full moon

Grade 7Stars
A solar system where one star blocks the light from another is called a(n)
.
a. quasar
b. pulsar
c. binary star
d. eclipsing binary

Grade 7Outer Planets

What color is Uranus?
a. Red
b. White
c. Blue
d. Black

Grade 7Outer Planets

What planet appears to be a blue-green due to the methane in its
atmosphere?
a. Uranus
b. Mars
c. Jupiter
d. Saturn

Grade 7Outer Planets

How fast are the winds on Neptune?
a. 0 km/hr
b. 2400 km/hr
c. 55 km/hr
d. 10 km/hr

Grade 7Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets

The inner part of a comet is called its coma.
a. True
b. False

Grade 7Universe
Who developed three important laws of astronomy?
a. Tycho Brahe
 b. Albert Einstein
c. Johannes Kepler
d. Daniel Young

Grade 7Solar System

Describe three ways in which the inner and outer planets are different from
each other.

The inner planets are more closely spaced than the outer
planets. The inner planets are like Earth because they're small,
dense, and rocky. The outer planets are much larger and made mostly of
gases .

Grade 7The Moon

How many days is it from one full moon to the next full moon?
a. 29 1/2

Grade 7Planetary Motion

The speed at which a planet orbits the Sun is its
a. orbital velocity.
b. asteroid belt.
c. perihelion.
d. ellipse.

Grade 7Outer Planets

Name the 4 gaseous planets in our solar system.
a. Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus

Grade 7Sun
Sunspots are cooler than their surroundings.
a. True
b. False

Grade 7The Moon

Waxing means to get bigger .
Grade 7Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
Every August Earth travels through a band of dust, which is material from a
comet.
a. True
b. False

Grade 7Planetary Motion

Equinox
a. means equal night.
b. happens when the noon Sun is directly over the equator.
c. all of Earth has 12 hours of day and 12 hours of night.
d. all of the above

Grade 7Stars
Sailors use what star to navigate on long voyages? It is the brightest star in
the night sky and it does not move its position in the sky throughout the
course of the night.
a. The Big Dipper
b. The North Star
c. The Sun
d. Venus

Grade 7Planetary Motion

Solstice is when
a. day is shorter than night.
b. night is shorter than day.
c. two days a year when the Sun is directly overhead.
d. all of the above.

Grade 7Sun
A prominence is an eruption of above the Sun's visible surface.
a. matter
b. water
c. gas
d. rocks

Grade 7Inner Planets

What is the atmosphere like on Mercury?
a. very thin and variable atmosphere

Grade 7Stars
Which is a method of measuring the distance to stars?
a. parallax
b. radar
c. ultrasound

Grade 7The Moon

Waning means to get smaller .

Grade 7Universe
Albert Einstein is most famous for his Theory of .
a. Relationships
b. Archaeology
c. Philosophy
d. Mind Over Matter
e. Relativity
f. Laws of Motion

Grade 7Universe
State the Big Bang Theory.
a. the universe expanded from an extremely hot and dense state

Grade 7Planetary Motion

It takes the Earth 24 hours to rotate about its axis once. Why do we have
day and night?
a. it is day on the side of the Earth facing the sun and night on the
side facing away

Grade 7The Moon

Explain what a crescent moon is and draw an example.
a. When the sun lights less than half of the side of the moon that we
see.

Grade 7Solar System

Name the planets in order.
a. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Grade 7Universe
Who proved that galaxies exist?
a. Edwin Hubble
b. Isaac Newton
c. Tyro Brahe
d. Charles Messier

Grade 7The Moon

Explain what a gibbous moon is and draw an example.
a. When the sun lights more than half of the side of the moon that we
see.

Grade 7Planetary Motion

Why and how often do we have a Leap Year?
a. Every 4 years to keep our calendar in alignment with the Earth's
revolutions around the Sun

Grade 7 Stars
Polaris is the name of the North Star .

Grade 7 Stars
What is the main element found in stars?
 Hydrogen

Grade 7 Inner Planets

List some facts about Mars.
 iron rich soil, 2 moons, high mountains, deserts, ice caps, volcanoes,very
cold, very windy, martian bacteria

Grade 7 Astronomy
Why was it important for the ancients (people who lived long ago) to study astronomy?
 Farming, understanding seasons, religion

Grade 7 Space Exploration

The ISS has been partially constructed by the Canadian Space Agency.
a. True
b. False