Chapter 11 Study Guide

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Astronomy Study Guide 2017

Answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper. You may also type your answers. Use complete sentences.

1. What is the difference between rotation and revolution?

2. How long is Earth’s rotation and revolution?

3. What causes day and night?

4. What causes the seasons?

5. What is the shape of the Earth’s orbit around the Sun?

6. When is the Earth closest to the Sun?

7. What is leap year?

8. How often does the leap year occur? Why?

9. What is the difference between the equinox and solstice?

10. When does the equinox and solstice occur?

11. What is a lunar eclipse?

12. What is a solar eclipse?

13. What causes tides?

14. When do tides occur?

15. What is the difference between a high tide and a low tide? 16. Why does the moon appear to change shape in a lunar month?

17. Why do we only see one side of the Moon?

18. Review the moon phases and the location of the sun, Earth, and moon that create each phase.

19. What are constellations?

20. Why do constellations appear to change in the sky?

21. What is a galaxy?

22. What galaxy do we live in?

23. Name the 3 types of galaxies and describe their shape.

24. What is the difference between comets, asteroids, meteoroids, meteors, and meteorites?

25. What is the asteroid belt? Where is it located?

26. Explain the relationship between mass, gravity, and weight.

* Don’t forget to review your vocabulary!