<p> Name: Date: Block:</p><p>Astronomy Study Guide 2017</p><p>Answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper. You may also type your answers. Use complete sentences. </p><p>1. What is the difference between rotation and revolution? </p><p>2. How long is Earth’s rotation and revolution?</p><p>3. What causes day and night?</p><p>4. What causes the seasons?</p><p>5. What is the shape of the Earth’s orbit around the Sun? </p><p>6. When is the Earth closest to the Sun? </p><p>7. What is leap year? </p><p>8. How often does the leap year occur? Why?</p><p>9. What is the difference between the equinox and solstice? </p><p>10. When does the equinox and solstice occur?</p><p>11. What is a lunar eclipse? </p><p>12. What is a solar eclipse?</p><p>13. What causes tides? </p><p>14. When do tides occur? </p><p>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? </p><p>17. Why do we only see one side of the Moon?</p><p>18. Review the moon phases and the location of the sun, Earth, and moon that create each phase. </p><p>19. What are constellations? </p><p>20. Why do constellations appear to change in the sky?</p><p>21. What is a galaxy? </p><p>22. What galaxy do we live in? </p><p>23. Name the 3 types of galaxies and describe their shape.</p><p>24. What is the difference between comets, asteroids, meteoroids, meteors, and meteorites?</p><p>25. What is the asteroid belt? Where is it located?</p><p>26. Explain the relationship between mass, gravity, and weight.</p><p>* Don’t forget to review your vocabulary!</p>