Movement in Space
Earth's Movement in Space
Phases & Eclipses
Reasoned Problems
100

Sun rising on the east and setting on the west is an outcome of:

a) Earth's motion

b) Sun's motion

c) Planets Motion

a) Earth's motion

100

It is a motion that determines Day and Night

a) Earth's revolution

b) Moon's rotation

c) Earth's rotation

d) Sun's rotation

c) Earth's rotation

100

It is a part of a Solar Eclipse in which you see the sun covered the most

Umbra

100

A person is having vacation in a place where is 10°C on the morning and 17°C on the afternoon. The date is June 18th. What place fits this description?


a) La Paz, BCS

b) Rome, ITA

c) Sidney, AUS

d) Moscow Russia

c) Sidney, AUS

200

Is a pattern of Stars that people imagine as a figure, animal, etc

Constellation

200

It is the main cause of the Seasons on Earth

Earth's tilt in respect to the sun

200

On which of the following positions would a Solar Eclipse occur?

a) Moon ----> Earth -----> Sun

b) Sun ------> Earth------>Moon

c) Sun ------>Moon ------->Earth

c) Sun ------>Moon ------->Earth

200

The following are High Tides and Low Tides on two different dates at Veracruz, MX. 

                      High Tide      Low Tide

Feb 27, 2022.  123.4 cm      23.45 cm

Mar 7, 2022.    106.5 cm      19.35 cm

Which of these two dates was more likely a First Quarter Moon? 

Mar 7, 2022

300

It is a phenomenon for which an object seems to move while is not moving

Apparent Motion

300

Match the North Hemisphere-South Hemisphere Seasons correctly by Month:

1. North Winter    |  a) June

2. South Spring    |   b) December

3. North Spring     |   c) March 

4. South Winter    |   d) September

1b

2d

3c

4a

300

Complete the remaining phases of the moon (follow the moon cycle): 

Full moon, ________, Third Quarter, Waning Crescent, ________, _________, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous

Full moon, Waning Gibbous, Third Quarter, Waning Crescent, New Moon, Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous

300

Comet AX23 has been spotted visible on Earth in the following dates: 

June, 2013 - Oct, 2016 - Feb, 2020 

Predict: When this comet would be seen again on Earth?

June, 2023

400

The following statements are true about the Geogentric Model. EXCEPT

a) Objects orbit around the earth

b) The Moon revolves around the earth

c) Jupiter's moons revolve aroound Jupiter

c) Jupiter's moons revolve aroound Jupiter

400
As the distance between two large objects increases its Gravity: ________

Decreases

400

Which phenomenom is more likely to happen during a Full moon?

a) Solar Eclipse b) Neap Tide c) Spring Tide d) Partial Solar Eclipse

c) Spring Tide

400

What the apparent weight of an Astronaut would be on a planet that has 1/7 of Earth's gravity. The Astronaut's weight on earth is 85 kg.

The astronaut will feel his weight about 12 kg

500

Match the discovery with the name of the discoverer

1. Copernicus       | a) Precise description of orbits

2. Brahe & Kepler  | b) Proving the Heliocentric Model

3. Galileo              | c) Description of the Heliocentric Model

1c

2a

3b

500
The combinations of these two forces causes Orbital Motion

Inertia and Gravity

500

What causes people on Earth always seeing the same face of the moon?

Moon's rotation and revolution last exactly the same days (28 days)

500

A photography of the stars taken on two different seasons showed little to no difference in the position of the stars. Where this photo has been taken?

a) South Pole

b) Cancer Tropic

c) Capricornius Tropic

d) Equator

a) South Pole

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