Astronomy Practice - Quiz
  • 1. What takes place in the center of the sun?
A) all of the answers are correct
B) helium is formed
C) hydrogen fuses together
D) nuclear fusion
  • 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, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
D) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus
  • 5. What causes the seasons?
A) The tilt of the earth's axis
B) Both the tilt of the earth's axis and the earth's orbit
C) 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) March
D) April
  • 7. What causes tides?
A) The earth's gravity
B) a tsunami
C) an earthquake
D) The moon's gravity
  • 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 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 orbit
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) 29 days
B) 1 week
C) 1 year
D) 2 weeks
  • 11. What is a blue moon?
A) when the man on the moon is sad
B) The second full moon of a month
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) None of the answers are correct.
B) Both 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 earth passes through the moon's shadow.
C) The moon passes through it's own shadow.
D) The moon passes through the earth's shadow.
  • 15. What causes a solar eclipse?
A) The earth passes through the sun'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 moon's shadow.
  • 16. What is the name of our galaxy?
A) Milky Way
B) One way
C) Snickers
D) Milk and Juice
  • 17. What type of galaxy is ours?
A) Elliptical
B) Spiral
C) Regular
D) Irregular
  • 18. What is the hottest star?
A) red
B) super giant
C) yellow
D) blue
  • 19. The Big Bang Theory explains.....
A) the formation of the universe
B) how stars explode
C) how the sound travels through space
D) how long it will take to travel in space
  • 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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