Astronomy 25
  • 1. Billions of stars held together by gravity
A) solar system
B) constellation
C) super nova
D) galaxy
  • 2. All of space and everything in it
A) mega verse
B) galaxy
C) solar system
D) Universe
  • 3. Our sun looks bigger and brighter than other stars because
A) The other stars are in another galaxy
B) it's bigger than the other stars
C) It's different than all the other stars
D) Its closest to earth
  • 4. Name the order of the planets
A) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
B) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus
C) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
D) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus
  • 5. The theory that explains how the universe began
A) Big Daddy
B) Big Pop
C) Supernova
D) Big Bang
  • 6. A nebula is where
A) comets form
B) stars are formed
C) black holes form
D) galaxies form
  • 7. A planet closer to the sun has a shorter year than one father away because
A) because the inner planets are smaller
B) because it has no moon.
C) its orbit is a shorter distance
D) because the inner planets are made of rock
  • 8. Which planet is farthest from Earth?
A) Uranus
B) Mercury
C) Venus
D) Jupiter
  • 9. Comets are made of
A) rocks
B) real snow balls
C) frozen gas and dust
D) clouds
  • 10. Why is Earth unique in the solar system?
A) It has liquid water
B) It has life
C) All of these
D) It has oxygen to breath
  • 11. Why don't we have any pictures of our own galaxy?
A) We cannot get far enough away to take a picture of something so big.
B) It's too dark
C) It only likes selfies.
D) It is moving too fast, so the picture would be blurry.
  • 12. The time it takes a planet to rotate on its axis once is a _______ on that planet.
A) decade
B) year
C) day
D) month
  • 13. The major force that holds bodies in space together is
A) gravity
B) orbit speed
C) magnetism
D) light-years
  • 14. The motion of one body in space orbiting another body in space
A) retrograde
B) revolution
C) spinning
D) rotation
  • 15. Particles from the sun cause gases to glow in our atmosphere called
A) magnetic storm
B) auroras
C) fireworks
D) glow show
  • 16. The sun has more gravity than the planets because it ...
A) is bigger
B) it is made of gas
C) has the most mass
D) is hot
  • 17. A moon revolves around a
A) nothing
B) a star
C) planet
D) the asteroid belt
  • 18. Earth's rotation time is
A) causes seasons
B) 24 hours
C) 365 days
D) 1 year
  • 19. Large rock-like objects that are too small to be planets
A) comets
B) exoplanets
C) asteroids
D) meteorites
  • 20. The closer a planet is to the sun...
A) the faster it rotates
B) the faster it revolves around the sun
C) the longer the year
  • 21. The Earth's revolution time is
A) 365 days
B) a light year
C) 24 hours
D) 24 days
  • 22. Stars are made mostly of
A) oxygen
B) methane
C) hydrogen
D) carbon
  • 23. Earth's closet star is
A) the moon
B) Big Dipper
C) the sun
D) the asteroid belt
  • 24. The name of our galaxy is
A) Andromeda
B) Milky Way
C) Antares
D) Orion
  • 25. A planet revolves around a
A) moon
B) galaxy
C) star
D) pickle
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