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Astronomy Test
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  • 1. What takes place in the center of the sun?
A) all of the answers are correct
B) helium is formed
C) nuclear fusion
D) hydrogen fuses together
  • 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) Mercury
C) Saturn
D) Uranus
  • 4. Name the order of the planets
A) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus
B) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
C) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus
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) The tilt of the earth's axis
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) April
C) May
D) March
  • 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 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 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) 1 year
B) 1 week
C) 29 days
D) 2 weeks
  • 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) Neil Armstrong
B) Alan Shepard
C) John Glenn
D) Buzz Aldren
  • 13. How did the solar system form?
A) From the gravitational attraction between molecules.
B) None of the answers are correct.
C) From a the gases left over from an exploding star.
D) Both of the answers are correct.
  • 14. What causes a lunar eclipse?
A) The earth passes through the sun's shadow.
B) The moon passes through the earth's shadow.
C) The moon passes through it's own shadow.
D) The earth passes through the moon's shadow.
  • 15. What causes a solar eclipse?
A) The earth passes through the sun's shadow.
B) The moon passes through the earth's shadow.
C) The sun 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) Snickers
C) Milk and Juice
D) One way
  • 17. What type of galaxy is ours?
A) Elliptical
B) Irregular
C) Spiral
D) Regular
  • 18. What is the hottest star?
A) yellow
B) red
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) main sequence
B) red giant
C) super giant
D) white dwarf
  • 21. How far away is the sun from the earth?
A) 1 light year
B) 93 billion miles
C) 93 thousand miles
D) 93 million miles
  • 22. What causes the aurora borealis?
A) northern lights
B) sunset
C) the moon
D) solar wind
  • 23. Which planet is smallest?
A) Moon
B) Mars
C) Mercury
D) Earth
  • 24. Between which two planets are most of the asteroids located?
A) Uranus and Neptune
B) Mars and Jupiter
C) Saturn and Uranus
D) Jupiter and Saturn
  • 25. Which planet is closest to Earth?
A) Venus
B) Mars
C) Moon
D) Mercury
  • 26. Why is Earth unique in the solar system?
A) It has volcanoes
B) It has life
C) It is the last inner planet
D) It has a moon
  • 27. What causes the comet's tail?
A) astronomers aren't sure
B) solar wind
C) the gravity of the sun
D) the asteroids
  • 28. What is unusual about most comets orbits?
A) They are perfectly circular
B) It is highly elliptical
C) They travel in the opposite direction around the sun
D) The don't orbit they hit the sun.
  • 29. About what date do the seasons change?
A) 21st
B) 15th
C) the last day of the month
D) 1st
  • 30. What is the 1st day of Fall called?
A) Vernal Solstice
B) Vernal Equinox
C) Autumnal Solstice
D) Autumnal Equinox
  • 31. Spring tides are higher because....
A) The combined gravity of the sun and moon
B) The gravity of the sun.
C) The combined gravity of all the planets and the moon
D) The combined gravity of the moon and earth.
  • 32. Where do the world's highest tides occur?
A) Sweden
B) United States
C) Canada
D) In the Indian Ocean
  • 33. What is the postion of the sun, moon and earth for a new moon?
A) Sun, moon, earth
B) Sun, earth, moon
C) moon, earth, sun
D) earth, sun, moon
  • 34. What is it called as the moon goes from new moon to full moon?
A) waxing
B) gibbous
C) crescent
D) waning
  • 35. What is it called as the moon goes from full to new?
A) crescent
B) waning
C) gibbous
D) waxing
  • 36. What year did the moon walk take place?
A) 1949
B) 1969
C) 1959
D) 1979
  • 37. What was the name of the first satellite in space?
A) Sputnik
B) Explorer 1
C) Cosmo 1
D) Apollo 1
  • 38. Who was the first man in space?
A) Alan Shepard
B) John Glenn
C) Yuri Gargarin
D) Neil Armstrong
  • 39. What is the famous quote from the first moon walk?
A) "Houston, we have a problem."
B) "That's one small step for man. One giant leap for mankind."
C) "To go places and do things that have never been done before - that's what living is all about."
D) Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed."
  • 40. During what phase of the moon does a lunar eclipse take place?
A) New
B) 1st quarter
C) Full
D) Last Quarter
  • 41. During what moon phase does a solar eclipse take place?
A) 1st quarter
B) Last Quarter
C) New
D) Full
  • 42. Why doesn't each eclipse happen every month?
A) It depends on what time of year it is
B) They do occur once a month you just can't seem them from all places on the earth
C) The moon doesn't revolve around the earth in the same plane as the earth
D) It depends on the earth's orbit
  • 43. About how far away is the nearest star besides the sun?
A) 40,000,000 miles
B) 40 light years
C) 400 light years
D) 4 light years
  • 44. Which of the following is not a constellation of the zodiac?
A) Cancer
B) Leo
C) Libra
D) Orion
  • 45. Which is not a circumpolar constellation?
A) Neither of the answers are circumpolar
B) Both of the answers are circumpolar
C) Ursa Minor
D) Ursa Major
  • 46. Absolute magnitude is the brightness of a star...
A) from 100,000 miles away
B) from right where it is
C) from a standard distance
D) from 1 light year away
  • 47. Apparent magnitude is the brightness of a star....
A) from 100,000 miles away
B) from 1 light year away
C) from a standard distance
D) from right where it is
  • 48. What is the closest major galaxy to ours?
A) Hercules
B) Crab Nebula
C) Andromeda
D) Alpha Centuari
  • 49. Astronomers think the universe is about...
A) 14 billion years old
B) 4 billion years old
C) 1 billion years old
D) 1 million years old
  • 50. Astronomers think the universe is...
A) a closed universe
B) None of the answers are correct
C) an open universe
D) astronomers aren't sure if it is open or closed
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