ASTRONOMY FINAL PAPER TESTED QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY SHEET

ASTRONOMY FINAL PAPER TESTED
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
COMPLETE STUDY SHEET

●● Summer Solstice
Answer: The longest day of the year, occurring around June 21 in the
Northern Hemisphere.


●● Craters
Answer: Bowl-shaped depressions on the surface of a planet or moon
caused by impacts from meteoroids.


●● Waxing Crescent
Answer: The moon phase where a small sliver of the moon is
illuminated, increasing in size.


●● Asteroid Belt
Answer: A region of space between Mars and Jupiter where many
asteroids orbit the Sun.


●● Axis
Answer: An imaginary line around which a body rotates.

, ●● Winter Solstice
Answer: The shortest day of the year, occurring around December 21 in
the Northern Hemisphere.


●● Maria
Answer: Dark, flat areas on the Moon's surface formed by ancient
volcanic eruptions.


●● How long does the phases of the moon take
Answer: 29.5 days


●● Waning Crescent
Answer: The moon phase where a small sliver of the moon is
illuminated, decreasing in size.


●● Retrograde Rotation
Answer: The rotation of a planet in the opposite direction to its orbit
around the Sun.


●● Rotation
Answer: The spinning of a celestial body on its axis.


●● Vernal Equinox