Astronomy Practice
  • 1. What takes place in the center of the sun?
A) nuclear fusion
B) all of the answers are correct
C) helium is formed
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) Saturn
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, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
D) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus
  • 5. What causes the seasons?
A) The earth's orbit
B) Both the tilt of the earth's axis and 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) June
B) April
C) May
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 are lower than usual
C) They are higher than usual
D) They have no effect on the height of tides
  • 9. What causes the phases of the moon
A) The moon's orbit
B) The earth's rotation
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) when the moon appears blue in color
C) The second full moon of a month
D) when the man on the moon is sad
  • 12. Who was the first person on the moon?
A) John Glenn
B) Buzz Aldren
C) Neil Armstrong
D) Alan Shepard
  • 13. How did the solar system form?
A) From the gravitational attraction between molecules.
B) Both of the answers are correct.
C) From a the gases left over from an exploding star.
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 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 earth passes through the moon'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) Milky Way
B) One way
C) Milk and Juice
D) Snickers
  • 17. What type of galaxy is ours?
A) Irregular
B) Regular
C) Spiral
D) Elliptical
  • 18. What is the hottest star?
A) blue
B) red
C) super giant
D) yellow
  • 19. The Big Bang Theory explains.....
A) how long it will take to travel in space
B) how stars explode
C) how the sound travels through space
D) the formation of the universe
  • 20. What type of star is the sun on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram?
A) main sequence
B) red giant
C) white dwarf
D) super giant
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