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Astronomy Test
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  • 1. What takes place in the center of the sun?
A) all of the answers are correct
B) hydrogen fuses together
C) nuclear fusion
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) Jupiter
B) Uranus
C) Mercury
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) Both the tilt of the earth's axis and the earth's orbit
B) The earth's orbit
C) How close earth is to the sun
D) The tilt of the earth's axis
  • 6. What month does the 1st day of spring occur?
A) April
B) June
C) May
D) March
  • 7. What causes tides?
A) a tsunami
B) an earthquake
C) The earth's gravity
D) The moon's gravity
  • 8. Neap tides cause what to happen to tides?
A) They have no effect on the height of tides
B) They cause tsunamis
C) They are lower than usual
D) They are higher than usual
  • 9. What causes the phases of the moon
A) The sun's gravity
B) The earth's rotation
C) The earth's orbit
D) The moon's orbit
  • 10. How long does it take for the moon to complete all of its phases?
A) 29 days
B) 2 weeks
C) 1 week
D) 1 year
  • 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) Alan Shepard
B) John Glenn
C) Neil Armstrong
D) Buzz Aldren
  • 13. How did the solar system form?
A) Both of the answers are correct.
B) None of the answers are correct.
C) From a the gases left over from an exploding star.
D) From the gravitational attraction between molecules.
  • 14. What causes a lunar eclipse?
A) The earth passes through the sun's shadow.
B) The moon passes through it's own shadow.
C) The earth passes through the moon's shadow.
D) The moon passes through the earth'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) Snickers
B) Milky Way
C) Milk and Juice
D) One way
  • 17. What type of galaxy is ours?
A) Elliptical
B) Irregular
C) Spiral
D) Regular
  • 18. What is the hottest star?
A) yellow
B) blue
C) super giant
D) red
  • 19. The Big Bang Theory explains.....
A) how long it will take to travel in space
B) how the sound travels through space
C) the formation of the universe
D) how stars explode
  • 20. What type of star is the sun on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram?
A) red giant
B) white dwarf
C) main sequence
D) super giant
  • 21. How far away is the sun from the earth?
A) 93 million miles
B) 93 thousand miles
C) 1 light year
D) 93 billion 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) Mercury
C) Mars
D) Moon
  • 24. Between which two planets are most of the asteroids located?
A) Saturn and Uranus
B) Uranus and Neptune
C) Jupiter and Saturn
D) Mars and Jupiter
  • 25. Which planet is closest to Earth?
A) Mars
B) Venus
C) Moon
D) Mercury
  • 26. Why is Earth unique in the solar system?
A) It has a moon
B) It has life
C) It has volcanoes
D) It is the last inner planet
  • 27. What causes the comet's tail?
A) astronomers aren't sure
B) the asteroids
C) solar wind
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) They travel in the opposite direction around the sun
D) The don't orbit they hit the sun.
  • 29. About what date do the seasons change?
A) 21st
B) the last day of the month
C) 1st
D) 15th
  • 30. What is the 1st day of Fall called?
A) Vernal Solstice
B) Vernal Equinox
C) Autumnal Solstice
D) Autumnal Equinox
  • 31. Spring tides are higher because....
A) The gravity of the sun.
B) The combined gravity of all the planets and the moon
C) The combined gravity of the moon and earth.
D) The combined gravity of the sun and moon
  • 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) Sun, moon, earth
C) moon, earth, sun
D) Sun, earth, moon
  • 34. What is it called as the moon goes from new moon to full moon?
A) waxing
B) waning
C) crescent
D) gibbous
  • 35. What is it called as the moon goes from full to new?
A) gibbous
B) crescent
C) waxing
D) waning
  • 36. What year did the moon walk take place?
A) 1959
B) 1979
C) 1949
D) 1969
  • 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) "Houston, we have a problem."
B) "To go places and do things that have never been done before - that's what living is all about."
C) Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed."
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) 1st quarter
B) Full
C) New
D) Last Quarter
  • 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) They do occur once a month you just can't seem them from all places on the earth
B) It depends on what time of year it is
C) It depends on the earth's orbit
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) 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) Libra
B) Cancer
C) Leo
D) Orion
  • 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 right where it is
B) from a standard distance
C) from 1 light year away
D) from 100,000 miles away
  • 47. Apparent magnitude is the brightness of a star....
A) from 100,000 miles away
B) from a standard distance
C) from 1 light year away
D) from right where it is
  • 48. What is the closest major galaxy to ours?
A) Alpha Centuari
B) Hercules
C) Andromeda
D) Crab Nebula
  • 49. Astronomers think the universe is about...
A) 1 billion years old
B) 1 million years old
C) 14 billion 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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