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Astronomy Practice
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  • 1. What takes place in the center of the sun?
A) helium is formed
B) hydrogen fuses together
C) all of the answers are correct
D) nuclear fusion
  • 2. True or False The sun gives off all parts of the electromagnetic spectrum.
A) True
B) False
  • 3. Which planet is largest?
A) Jupiter
B) Uranus
C) Saturn
D) Mercury
  • 4. Name the order of the planets
A) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
B) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
C) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus
D) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus
  • 5. What causes the seasons?
A) The tilt of the earth's axis
B) The earth's orbit
C) Both the tilt of the earth's axis and the earth's orbit
D) How close earth is to the sun
  • 6. What month does the 1st day of spring occur?
A) June
B) May
C) April
D) March
  • 7. What causes tides?
A) The moon's gravity
B) The earth's gravity
C) an earthquake
D) a tsunami
  • 8. Neap tides cause what to happen to tides?
A) They cause tsunamis
B) They have no effect on the height of tides
C) They are higher than usual
D) They are lower than usual
  • 9. What causes the phases of the moon
A) The earth's rotation
B) The moon's orbit
C) The earth's orbit
D) The sun's gravity
  • 10. How long does it take for the moon to complete all of its phases?
A) 2 weeks
B) 1 week
C) 29 days
D) 1 year
  • 11. What is a blue moon?
A) The first full moon of a month
B) The second full moon of a month
C) when the moon appears blue in color
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) Both of the answers are correct.
B) From a the gases left over from an exploding star.
C) None of the answers are correct.
D) From the gravitational attraction between molecules.
  • 14. What causes a lunar eclipse?
A) The moon passes through it's own shadow.
B) The earth passes through the sun's 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 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 sun passes through the earth's shadow.
  • 16. What is the name of our galaxy?
A) Snickers
B) Milky Way
C) One way
D) Milk and Juice
  • 17. What type of galaxy is ours?
A) Regular
B) Spiral
C) Irregular
D) Elliptical
  • 18. What is the hottest star?
A) super giant
B) yellow
C) blue
D) red
  • 19. The Big Bang Theory explains.....
A) how stars explode
B) the formation of the universe
C) how long it will take to travel in space
D) how the sound travels through space
  • 20. What type of star is the sun on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram?
A) super giant
B) red giant
C) white dwarf
D) main sequence
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