Astronomy Practice
  • 1. What takes place in the center of the sun?
A) hydrogen fuses together
B) all of the answers are correct
C) helium is formed
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) Saturn
C) Uranus
D) Mercury
  • 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, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
D) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
  • 5. What causes the seasons?
A) Both the tilt of the earth's axis and the earth's orbit
B) The tilt of the earth's axis
C) How close earth is to the sun
D) The earth's orbit
  • 6. What month does the 1st day of spring occur?
A) April
B) March
C) May
D) June
  • 7. What causes tides?
A) The moon's gravity
B) a tsunami
C) The earth's gravity
D) an earthquake
  • 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 sun's gravity
B) The earth's rotation
C) The earth's orbit
D) The moon's orbit
  • 10. How long does it take for the moon to complete all of its phases?
A) 1 year
B) 2 weeks
C) 1 week
D) 29 days
  • 11. What is a blue moon?
A) The first full moon of a month
B) when the man on the moon is sad
C) when the moon appears blue in color
D) The second full moon of a month
  • 12. Who was the first person on the moon?
A) Alan Shepard
B) Buzz Aldren
C) Neil Armstrong
D) John Glenn
  • 13. How did the solar system form?
A) Both of the answers are correct.
B) None 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 moon passes through it's own shadow.
B) The earth passes through the sun's shadow.
C) The moon passes through the earth's shadow.
D) The earth passes through the moon's shadow.
  • 15. What causes a solar eclipse?
A) The moon passes through the earth's shadow.
B) The sun passes through the earth's shadow.
C) The earth passes through the moon's shadow.
D) The earth passes through the sun'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) Elliptical
B) Spiral
C) Irregular
D) Regular
  • 18. What is the hottest star?
A) red
B) yellow
C) super giant
D) blue
  • 19. The Big Bang Theory explains.....
A) the formation of the universe
B) how long it will take to travel in space
C) how stars explode
D) how the sound travels through space
  • 20. What type of star is the sun on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram?
A) red giant
B) super giant
C) main sequence
D) white dwarf
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