Astronomy Practice
  • 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) Saturn
B) Jupiter
C) Mercury
D) Uranus
  • 4. Name the order of the planets
A) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus
B) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus
C) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
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) How close earth is to the sun
C) The earth's orbit
D) The tilt of the earth's axis
  • 6. What month does the 1st day of spring occur?
A) March
B) April
C) May
D) June
  • 7. What causes tides?
A) The earth's gravity
B) a tsunami
C) The moon's gravity
D) an earthquake
  • 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 orbit
B) The moon's orbit
C) The earth's rotation
D) The sun's gravity
  • 10. How long does it take for the moon to complete all of its phases?
A) 29 days
B) 1 year
C) 2 weeks
D) 1 week
  • 11. What is a blue moon?
A) when the moon appears blue in color
B) when the man on the moon is sad
C) The first full moon of a month
D) The second full moon of a month
  • 12. Who was the first person on the moon?
A) Buzz Aldren
B) Alan Shepard
C) John Glenn
D) Neil Armstrong
  • 13. How did the solar system form?
A) From the gravitational attraction between molecules.
B) From a the gases left over from an exploding star.
C) Both of the answers are correct.
D) None 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 sun's shadow.
D) The earth passes through the moon's shadow.
  • 15. What causes a solar eclipse?
A) The sun passes through the earth's shadow.
B) The earth passes through the moon'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) Milk and Juice
B) Milky Way
C) One way
D) Snickers
  • 17. What type of galaxy is ours?
A) Regular
B) Elliptical
C) Irregular
D) Spiral
  • 18. What is the hottest star?
A) super giant
B) yellow
C) blue
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) white dwarf
B) red giant
C) main sequence
D) super giant
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