- 1. Which is a tool that astronomers use?
A) optical telescope
B) hammer
C) moon
D) stethascope
- 2. Which is a tool that astronomers use?
A) porsle sight
B) optical probe
C) steth seeker
D) radio telescope
- 3. A light-year is the distance that light travels in:
A) 1 second
B) 1 week
C) 1 year
D) 1 month
- 4. A radio teleschope collects what?
A) radio waves
B) music
C) pictures of outerspace.
D) sound waves
- 5. What is something doing when it circles another object? It is.....
A) rotating
B) orbiting
C) circling
D) day
- 6. What is a force that pulls objects to each other?
A) gravity
B) solar sytem
C) orbit
D) rotate
- 7. What is the time that it takes the Earth to circle the sun once?
A) year
B) day
- 8. What is the time that it takes the Earth to spin around once on its axis?
A) year
B) day
- 9. There are _________ planets in the solar system.
A) nine
B) 365 days
C) 10 (counting the sun)
D) eight
- 10. Every time the Earth orbits the sun, one _________ goes by
A) week
B) year
C) day
D) month
- 11. Which planet is closest to the sun?
A) Venus
B) Mercury
C) Earth
D) Pluto
- 12. Which planet is the largest in our Solar System?
A) Mercury
B) Earth
C) Sun
D) Jupiter
- 13. Which of these suns have the hottest surface temperature?
A) Blue Sun
B) Yellow Sun
C) Red Sun
D) White Sun
- 14. The most accepted theory for the creation of the Universe is called the:
A) Space Theory
B) Steady-State Theory
C) Einstein's Theory
D) Big Bang Theory
- 15. Which of these is not a type of Galaxy
A) Cube
B) Irregular
C) Elliptical
D) Spiral
- 16. A supernova is a large explosion of a:
A) Moon
B) Planet
C) Star
- 17. It takes about one ___________ for the moon to orbit the Earth.
A) week
B) 366 days during a leap year
C) 24 hours
D) month
- 18. The name of our Galaxy is called the:
A) Milk Bar
B) Nebula
C) Andromeda
D) Milky Way
- 19. All electromagnetic waves travel at:
A) The speed of sound.
B) The speed of a bullet.
C) The speed of light.
D) The speed of a Jet.
- 20. The most common landforms on the moon are__________.
A) lakes
B) mountians
C) craters
D) rocks
- 21. A Nebula is a large Interstellar:
A) Planet
B) Neutron Star
C) Blackhole
D) Cloud
- 22. The Ngarrindjeri people who occupy the Coorong and Murray Valley region of South Australia saw the Southern Cross as a:
A) Starfish
B) Crab
C) Prawn
D) Giant Stingray
- 23. What is the name given to stars that are 10 times larger than our own Sun?
A) Giant
B) Megagiants
C) Supergiants
- 24. Which chemical element is the most abundant in the Universe?
A) Oxygen
B) Carbon
C) Iron
D) Hydrogen
- 25. Stars appear very small in the night sky because they are:
A) 1000 kilometres away
B) Microscopic Stars
C) Light-years away
D) 1 kilometre away
- 26. Approximately how long does it take light from the Sun to reach your eyes?
A) 2 days
B) 5 years
C) 8 minutes
D) 1 hour
- 27. Saturday is named after which planet in our Solar System?
A) Jupiter
B) Mars
C) Saturn
D) Mercury
- 28. What do we call a region in spacetime with a strong gravitational effect that nothing—including light—can escape from inside it?
A) Red Giant
B) Blackhole
C) Galaxy
D) Nebula
- 29. Groups of Stars, in our Night Sky, that are shaped like Animals or familiar objects are called:
A) Doodles
B) Galaxies
C) Nebulas
D) Constellations
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