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8-4 Asssessment 4. the Objects People Refer to As Shooting Stars Are Often Meteors Burning up in Earth's Atmosphere. If A 8-4 Asssessment 8-4.1 _______ 8. (8-4.1) Which of the following planets is always 1. (8-4.1) Which bodies are composed primarily of closer to the Sun than it is to Earth? rock and metal? a. Jupiter a. asteroids and meteors b. Mars b. comets and asteroids c. Mercury c. comets and stars d. Uranus d. stars and meteors 9. (8-4.1) Which of the following drawings below 2. (8-4.1) The planets close to the sun are… best represents the motion of a planet and its a. large and gaseous. moon around the Sun? Correct Answer: C b. large and rocky. c. small and gaseous. d. small and rocky. 3. (8-4.1) The motion of Earth is responsible for several celestial events. Which of the following events is caused by Earth revolving around the sun? a. the days in a year b. the hours in a day c. the changes in the atmosphere of Earth 10. (8-4.1)The diagram on the d. the position of the constellations in right is a picture of a _______ space a. Asteroid b. Comet 4. The objects people refer to as shooting stars c. Meteorite are often meteors burning up in Earth’s d. Meteoroid atmosphere. If a meteor does not burn up but strikes Earth, it is called ____. 11. (8-4.1) Which statement is true of both a. An asteroid asteroids and meteoroids? b. A meteorite a. They are made of frozen gases and c. A meteoroid dust. d. A satellite b. They are rocky objects that vary widely in size and orbit the Sun. 5. Name the planets in order starting with the c. They are pieces of debris that orbit the one closet to the sun. Earth. d. Most of them are grouped together in a 6. The asteroid belt lies between ____. belt between the Earth and the Moon. a. Mars and Saturn 12. (8-4.1) Which of the following planets will have b. Jupiter and Venus the colder temperature? c. Venus and Mars a. Jupiter d. Mars and Jupiter b. Mars c. Mercury 7. Complete the chart explaining at least 4 d. Uranus differences between inner and outer planets. 13. (8-4.1) Which of the following planets will have Inner Planets Outer Planets the greatest gravitational pull? a. Jupiter b. Venus c. Earth d. Neptune 8-4.2: _______ Use the diagram to answer #14-15. 8-4.3: ________ 20. (8-4.3) The feature of the Earth that protects the planet from Solar Wind is the atmosphere and the ___________. a. Aurora Borealis b. Magnetic Field c. O-Zone Layer d. Rotation 14. (8-4.2) The Sunspot is labeled with the 21. (8-4.3) Sunspots are areas of the sun that number… produce a magnetic field 2500 times the a. 2 strength of the magnetic field produced by b. 3 Earth. When sunspots are at their maximum, c. 4 which of these would be MOST affected on d. 5 Earth? 15. (8-4.2) The Corona is labeled with the number… a. earth's rotation e. 2 b. electronics f. 3 c. gravity g. 4 d. temperature h. 5 16. (8-4.2) The Sun surface feature responsible for 22. The ___________ sends out electrically charged the light we see on Earth is labeled with particles, called solar wind. number… a. Photosphere a. 1 b. Corona b. 3 c. Solar Flares c. 4 d. Chromosphere d. 5 17. (8-4.2) The photo shows a 23. They are near the poles and can form when bright, looping projection charged particles cause gases in the which extends from the atmosphere to glow. surface of the sun. Some a. Solar Flares of these can last for b. Solar Wind several months. This c. Auroras projection is called the d. Magnetic Storms a. corona. b. photosphere. 24. _____________ often disrupt radio, telephone, c. solar prominence. and television signals. d. solar flares. a. Solar Flares 18. The outer region of the Sun’s ______ stretches b. Solar Wind far into space. c. Auroras a. Mantle d. Magnetic Storms b. Photosphere c. Corona d. Core 19. _____ are explosions of hot gas that occur when prominences connect. They shoot from the Sun’s surface releasing tremendous amounts of energy into space. e. corona. f. photosphere. g. solar prominence. h. solar flares. 8-4.4: ______ 28. (8-4.4) Which of the following pictures shows the appearance of the Moon when a lunar 25. (8-4.4) Which statement best explains the cause eclipse occurs? Correct Answer: C of the phases of the moon? a. The sun hides part of the surface of the moon. b. The sun, the moon, and Earth are in a straight line in space. c. Only part of the illuminated moon is visible from Earth. Use the diagram to answer #23. d. Only the light from the back side of the sun is reflected by the moon. Use the diagram to answer #20-21. 29. (8-4.4) Which location of the moon relative to the sun and earth may produce a solar eclipse? a. A b. B c. C d. D The diagram below shows a polar projection of Earth and four positions of the Moon. 26. (8-4.4) As seen from Earth, at which position would the moon appear to be a Gibbous? a. Position A b. Position B c. Position D d. Position E 30. (8-4.4) The higher high tides and lower low tides are called spring tides. 27. Use the diagram to name and illustrate the Which positions of the Moon produce spring moon phases. Make sure you label them as tides in Earth’s oceans? well (A-H). a. 1 and 2 b. 1 and 3 c. 2 and 4 d. 3 and 4 31. Give the alignment for the solar and lunar eclipse and tell what moon phase each eclipse deals with. 32. Complete the following chart. 8-4.5: _________ Rotation Revolution Earth 39. (8-4.5) Dave read that on January 1, Earth is slightly closer to the sun than on July 1. Why, Moon then, is it colder in Illinois in January than in July? a. The greenhouse effect is stronger in the 33. Complete the following chart. Northern Hemisphere in July. Moon Phase Moon Phase b. The moon pulls the heat away from Spring Tides Earth in January. c. The Northern Hemisphere is tilted Neap Tides away from the sun in January. d. The snow on the ground lowers the air temperature in January. 34. (8-4.4) The Sun rises in the _____________ and sets in the _______________. a. West, east Position C b. East, west c. North, south d. South north Position B 35. (8-4.4) The Earth rotates counterclockwise from __________ to ___________. Position D a. West, east b. East, west c. North, south Position C d. South north Position A 36. When the Sun and the Moon are aligned the high tides are higher and the low tides are lower; these are called __________ tides. When the Sun and the Moon are at right angles to each other, the high and low tides, there is 40. (8-4.5) The Fall Equinox is represented by… the least difference in the tidal range at the a. Position A shore; these tides are called ________ tides. b. Position B a. Low, high c. Position C b. Neap, spring d. Position D c. Spring, neap 41. (8-4.5) The Position of the Earth when the days d. High, low are the shortest is… 37. (8-4.4) A student observed the Moon on a a. Position A Tuesday. She drew a picture of its shape in her b. Position B journal, as shown below. Approximately how c. Position C long will the student have to wait before she d. Position D can see the Moon with this same shape and 42. Summer occurs on the hemisphere of Earth that position again? is ___. a. 7 days a. Turned away from the Sun b. 14 days b. Tilted toward the Sun c. 28 days c. Titled away from the sun d. 365 days d. Turned toward the sun 38. (8-4.4) Planets ________________ on their axis 43. What is the difference between solstice and and ___________________ around the Sun. equinox? a. Revolve, Orbit b. Revolve, Rotate 44. What seasons go along with solstice and c. Rotate, Revolve equinox? d. Spin, Rotate 8-4.6: ________ 8-4.7: _________ 45. The size of the gravitational force between two objects depends on their ____. 51. (8-4.7) The Sun’s gravity and a planet’s inertia a. Frictional forces a. Allows the planets to continually b. Inertia rotate c. Speed and direction b. Creates the high and low tides d. Masses and the distance between c. Forces the planets to move in an ellipse them d. Propels meteoroids in the solar system 46. Which object has greater gravitational effect on Earth’s tides? 52. The gravitational pull of the Moon has a greater a. The moon effect than the gravitational pull of the Sun on b. The sun Earth’s tides. This is because ________. c. Venus a. The sun is closer to Earth d. The space station b. The Moon is closer to Earth c. The Sun is larger than the Moon 47. What kind of force has the most influence in d. Earth is larger than the Moon causing iron and nickel to form the core of Earth? 53.
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