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Astronomy Test
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  • 1. What takes place in the center of the sun?
A) nuclear fusion
B) all of the answers are correct
C) hydrogen fuses together
D) helium is formed
  • 2. True or False The sun gives off all parts of the electromagnetic spectrum.
A) False
B) True
  • 3. Which planet is largest?
A) Mercury
B) Jupiter
C) Uranus
D) Saturn
  • 4. Name the order of the planets
A) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus
B) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
C) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus
D) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
  • 5. What causes the seasons?
A) How close earth is to the sun
B) The tilt of the earth's axis
C) Both the tilt of the earth's axis and the earth's orbit
D) The earth's orbit
  • 6. What month does the 1st day of spring occur?
A) June
B) April
C) March
D) May
  • 7. What causes tides?
A) The moon's gravity
B) a tsunami
C) an earthquake
D) The earth's gravity
  • 8. Neap tides cause what to happen to tides?
A) They have no effect on the height of tides
B) They are lower than usual
C) They are higher than usual
D) They cause tsunamis
  • 9. What causes the phases of the moon
A) The sun's gravity
B) The moon's orbit
C) The earth's orbit
D) The earth's rotation
  • 10. How long does it take for the moon to complete all of its phases?
A) 1 year
B) 1 week
C) 29 days
D) 2 weeks
  • 11. What is a blue moon?
A) The second full moon of a month
B) when the moon appears blue in color
C) The first full moon of a month
D) when the man on the moon is sad
  • 12. Who was the first person on the moon?
A) Buzz Aldren
B) John Glenn
C) Alan Shepard
D) Neil Armstrong
  • 13. How did the solar system form?
A) From the gravitational attraction between molecules.
B) None of the answers are correct.
C) From a the gases left over from an exploding star.
D) Both of the answers are correct.
  • 14. What causes a lunar eclipse?
A) The earth passes through the moon's shadow.
B) The moon passes through the earth's shadow.
C) The earth passes through the sun's shadow.
D) The moon passes through it's own shadow.
  • 15. What causes a solar eclipse?
A) The earth passes through the moon's shadow.
B) The earth passes through the sun's shadow.
C) The moon passes through the earth's shadow.
D) The sun passes through the earth's shadow.
  • 16. What is the name of our galaxy?
A) Milk and Juice
B) Snickers
C) One way
D) Milky Way
  • 17. What type of galaxy is ours?
A) Regular
B) Spiral
C) Elliptical
D) Irregular
  • 18. What is the hottest star?
A) red
B) super giant
C) blue
D) yellow
  • 19. The Big Bang Theory explains.....
A) how stars explode
B) how long it will take to travel in space
C) the formation of the universe
D) how the sound travels through space
  • 20. What type of star is the sun on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram?
A) white dwarf
B) red giant
C) main sequence
D) super giant
  • 21. How far away is the sun from the earth?
A) 1 light year
B) 93 thousand miles
C) 93 million miles
D) 93 billion miles
  • 22. What causes the aurora borealis?
A) solar wind
B) sunset
C) northern lights
D) the moon
  • 23. Which planet is smallest?
A) Earth
B) Mercury
C) Moon
D) Mars
  • 24. Between which two planets are most of the asteroids located?
A) Uranus and Neptune
B) Jupiter and Saturn
C) Saturn and Uranus
D) Mars and Jupiter
  • 25. Which planet is closest to Earth?
A) Venus
B) Moon
C) Mercury
D) Mars
  • 26. Why is Earth unique in the solar system?
A) It is the last inner planet
B) It has volcanoes
C) It has a moon
D) It has life
  • 27. What causes the comet's tail?
A) astronomers aren't sure
B) solar wind
C) the asteroids
D) the gravity of the sun
  • 28. What is unusual about most comets orbits?
A) It is highly elliptical
B) They are perfectly circular
C) The don't orbit they hit the sun.
D) They travel in the opposite direction around the sun
  • 29. About what date do the seasons change?
A) the last day of the month
B) 15th
C) 1st
D) 21st
  • 30. What is the 1st day of Fall called?
A) Autumnal Solstice
B) Vernal Solstice
C) Vernal Equinox
D) Autumnal Equinox
  • 31. Spring tides are higher because....
A) The combined gravity of the moon and earth.
B) The gravity of the sun.
C) The combined gravity of all the planets and the moon
D) The combined gravity of the sun and moon
  • 32. Where do the world's highest tides occur?
A) In the Indian Ocean
B) United States
C) Canada
D) Sweden
  • 33. What is the postion of the sun, moon and earth for a new moon?
A) moon, earth, sun
B) earth, sun, moon
C) Sun, earth, moon
D) Sun, moon, earth
  • 34. What is it called as the moon goes from new moon to full moon?
A) waning
B) gibbous
C) crescent
D) waxing
  • 35. What is it called as the moon goes from full to new?
A) waxing
B) crescent
C) waning
D) gibbous
  • 36. What year did the moon walk take place?
A) 1979
B) 1969
C) 1949
D) 1959
  • 37. What was the name of the first satellite in space?
A) Sputnik
B) Explorer 1
C) Cosmo 1
D) Apollo 1
  • 38. Who was the first man in space?
A) Neil Armstrong
B) Yuri Gargarin
C) Alan Shepard
D) John Glenn
  • 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, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed."
D) "Houston, we have a problem."
  • 40. During what phase of the moon does a lunar eclipse take place?
A) 1st quarter
B) New
C) Last Quarter
D) Full
  • 41. During what moon phase does a solar eclipse take place?
A) Full
B) 1st quarter
C) New
D) Last Quarter
  • 42. Why doesn't each eclipse happen every month?
A) The moon doesn't revolve around the earth in the same plane as the earth
B) It depends on the earth's orbit
C) It depends on what time of year it is
D) They do occur once a month you just can't seem them from all places on the earth
  • 43. About how far away is the nearest star besides the sun?
A) 4 light years
B) 40,000,000 miles
C) 400 light years
D) 40 light years
  • 44. Which of the following is not a constellation of the zodiac?
A) Cancer
B) Orion
C) Libra
D) Leo
  • 45. Which is not a circumpolar constellation?
A) Both of the answers are circumpolar
B) Ursa Major
C) Ursa Minor
D) Neither of the answers are circumpolar
  • 46. Absolute magnitude is the brightness of a star...
A) from right where it is
B) from 1 light year away
C) from a standard distance
D) from 100,000 miles away
  • 47. Apparent magnitude is the brightness of a star....
A) from right where it is
B) from 1 light year away
C) from a standard distance
D) from 100,000 miles away
  • 48. What is the closest major galaxy to ours?
A) Alpha Centuari
B) Crab Nebula
C) Andromeda
D) Hercules
  • 49. Astronomers think the universe is about...
A) 14 billion years old
B) 1 million years old
C) 4 billion years old
D) 1 billion years old
  • 50. Astronomers think the universe is...
A) astronomers aren't sure if it is open or closed
B) None of the answers are correct
C) a closed universe
D) an open universe
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