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  • 1. What takes place in the center of the sun?
A) helium is formed
B) all of the answers are correct
C) hydrogen fuses together
D) nuclear fusion
  • 2. True or False The sun gives off all parts of the electromagnetic spectrum.
A) True
B) False
  • 3. Which planet is largest?
A) Uranus
B) Saturn
C) Jupiter
D) Mercury
  • 4. Name the order of the planets
A) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus
B) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
C) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
D) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus
  • 5. What causes the seasons?
A) How close earth is to the sun
B) The earth's orbit
C) Both the tilt of the earth's axis and the earth's orbit
D) The tilt of the earth's axis
  • 6. What month does the 1st day of spring occur?
A) March
B) June
C) May
D) April
  • 7. What causes tides?
A) The moon's gravity
B) an earthquake
C) The earth's gravity
D) a tsunami
  • 8. Neap tides cause what to happen to tides?
A) They are lower than usual
B) They cause tsunamis
C) They have no effect on the height of tides
D) They are higher than usual
  • 9. What causes the phases of the moon
A) The earth's rotation
B) The earth's orbit
C) The moon's orbit
D) The sun's gravity
  • 10. How long does it take for the moon to complete all of its phases?
A) 1 week
B) 29 days
C) 1 year
D) 2 weeks
  • 11. What is a blue moon?
A) The second full moon of a month
B) when the man on the moon is sad
C) The first full moon of a month
D) when the moon appears blue in color
  • 12. Who was the first person on the moon?
A) Buzz Aldren
B) Alan Shepard
C) John Glenn
D) Neil Armstrong
  • 13. How did the solar system form?
A) From the gravitational attraction between molecules.
B) From a the gases left over from an exploding star.
C) None of the answers are correct.
D) Both of the answers are correct.
  • 14. What causes a lunar eclipse?
A) The moon passes through it's own shadow.
B) The moon passes through the earth's shadow.
C) The earth passes through the sun's shadow.
D) The earth passes through the moon's shadow.
  • 15. What causes a solar eclipse?
A) The moon passes through the earth's shadow.
B) The sun passes through the earth's shadow.
C) The earth passes through the moon's shadow.
D) The earth passes through the sun's shadow.
  • 16. What is the name of our galaxy?
A) One way
B) Milky Way
C) Milk and Juice
D) Snickers
  • 17. What type of galaxy is ours?
A) Spiral
B) Regular
C) Irregular
D) Elliptical
  • 18. What is the hottest star?
A) red
B) yellow
C) super giant
D) blue
  • 19. The Big Bang Theory explains.....
A) how the sound travels through space
B) how long it will take to travel in space
C) how stars explode
D) the formation of the universe
  • 20. What type of star is the sun on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram?
A) white dwarf
B) main sequence
C) super giant
D) red giant
  • 21. How far away is the sun from the earth?
A) 93 thousand miles
B) 93 billion miles
C) 1 light year
D) 93 million miles
  • 22. What causes the aurora borealis?
A) the moon
B) northern lights
C) sunset
D) solar wind
  • 23. Which planet is smallest?
A) Earth
B) Mars
C) Moon
D) Mercury
  • 24. Between which two planets are most of the asteroids located?
A) Saturn and Uranus
B) Uranus and Neptune
C) Mars and Jupiter
D) Jupiter and Saturn
  • 25. Which planet is closest to Earth?
A) Venus
B) Mars
C) Moon
D) Mercury
  • 26. Why is Earth unique in the solar system?
A) It has volcanoes
B) It has a moon
C) It has life
D) It is the last inner planet
  • 27. What causes the comet's tail?
A) astronomers aren't sure
B) solar wind
C) the gravity of the sun
D) the asteroids
  • 28. What is unusual about most comets orbits?
A) They travel in the opposite direction around the sun
B) The don't orbit they hit the sun.
C) It is highly elliptical
D) They are perfectly circular
  • 29. About what date do the seasons change?
A) 15th
B) the last day of the month
C) 1st
D) 21st
  • 30. What is the 1st day of Fall called?
A) Autumnal Solstice
B) Vernal Equinox
C) Vernal Solstice
D) Autumnal Equinox
  • 31. Spring tides are higher because....
A) The combined gravity of the sun and moon
B) The combined gravity of the moon and earth.
C) The combined gravity of all the planets and the moon
D) The gravity of the sun.
  • 32. Where do the world's highest tides occur?
A) In the Indian Ocean
B) Canada
C) Sweden
D) United States
  • 33. What is the postion of the sun, moon and earth for a new moon?
A) earth, sun, moon
B) moon, earth, sun
C) Sun, earth, moon
D) Sun, moon, earth
  • 34. What is it called as the moon goes from new moon to full moon?
A) gibbous
B) crescent
C) waxing
D) waning
  • 35. What is it called as the moon goes from full to new?
A) waning
B) waxing
C) gibbous
D) crescent
  • 36. What year did the moon walk take place?
A) 1959
B) 1969
C) 1949
D) 1979
  • 37. What was the name of the first satellite in space?
A) Cosmo 1
B) Explorer 1
C) Sputnik
D) Apollo 1
  • 38. Who was the first man in space?
A) Yuri Gargarin
B) Neil Armstrong
C) John Glenn
D) Alan Shepard
  • 39. What is the famous quote from the first moon walk?
A) "To go places and do things that have never been done before - that's what living is all about."
B) "That's one small step for man. One giant leap for mankind."
C) "Houston, we have a problem."
D) Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed."
  • 40. During what phase of the moon does a lunar eclipse take place?
A) Last Quarter
B) New
C) 1st quarter
D) Full
  • 41. During what moon phase does a solar eclipse take place?
A) 1st quarter
B) Last Quarter
C) Full
D) New
  • 42. Why doesn't each eclipse happen every month?
A) It depends on the earth's orbit
B) It depends on what time of year it is
C) They do occur once a month you just can't seem them from all places on the earth
D) The moon doesn't revolve around the earth in the same plane as the earth
  • 43. About how far away is the nearest star besides the sun?
A) 400 light years
B) 4 light years
C) 40 light years
D) 40,000,000 miles
  • 44. Which of the following is not a constellation of the zodiac?
A) Libra
B) Cancer
C) Orion
D) Leo
  • 45. Which is not a circumpolar constellation?
A) Ursa Minor
B) Both of the answers are circumpolar
C) Neither of the answers are circumpolar
D) Ursa Major
  • 46. Absolute magnitude is the brightness of a star...
A) from 1 light year away
B) from a standard distance
C) from right where it is
D) from 100,000 miles away
  • 47. Apparent magnitude is the brightness of a star....
A) from 1 light year away
B) from 100,000 miles away
C) from right where it is
D) from a standard distance
  • 48. What is the closest major galaxy to ours?
A) Crab Nebula
B) Andromeda
C) Alpha Centuari
D) Hercules
  • 49. Astronomers think the universe is about...
A) 14 billion years old
B) 1 billion years old
C) 1 million years old
D) 4 billion years old
  • 50. Astronomers think the universe is...
A) None of the answers are correct
B) astronomers aren't sure if it is open or closed
C) an open universe
D) a closed universe
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