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