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