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Astronomy Practice
Contribuição de: Collins
  • 1. What takes place in the center of the sun?
A) hydrogen fuses together
B) all of the answers are correct
C) nuclear fusion
D) helium is formed
  • 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) Uranus
D) Saturn
  • 4. Name the order of the planets
A) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus
B) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
C) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus
D) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
  • 5. What causes the seasons?
A) The tilt of the earth's axis
B) How close earth is to the sun
C) The earth's orbit
D) Both the tilt of the earth's axis and the earth's orbit
  • 6. What month does the 1st day of spring occur?
A) May
B) June
C) March
D) April
  • 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 have no effect on the height of tides
B) They cause tsunamis
C) They are higher than usual
D) They are lower than usual
  • 9. What causes the phases of the moon
A) The earth's rotation
B) The earth's orbit
C) The sun's gravity
D) The moon's orbit
  • 10. How long does it take for the moon to complete all of its phases?
A) 1 year
B) 29 days
C) 1 week
D) 2 weeks
  • 11. What is a blue moon?
A) when the man on the moon is sad
B) when the moon appears blue in color
C) The second full moon of a month
D) The first full moon of a month
  • 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) Both of the answers are correct.
B) None of the answers are correct.
C) From the gravitational attraction between molecules.
D) From a the gases left over from an exploding star.
  • 14. What causes a lunar eclipse?
A) The moon passes through it's own shadow.
B) The earth passes through the moon's shadow.
C) The earth passes through the sun's shadow.
D) The moon passes through the earth's shadow.
  • 15. What causes a solar eclipse?
A) The sun passes through the earth's 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.
  • 16. What is the name of our galaxy?
A) One way
B) Milky Way
C) Snickers
D) Milk and Juice
  • 17. What type of galaxy is ours?
A) Spiral
B) Irregular
C) Elliptical
D) Regular
  • 18. What is the hottest star?
A) super giant
B) blue
C) yellow
D) red
  • 19. The Big Bang Theory explains.....
A) the formation of the universe
B) how the sound travels through space
C) how stars explode
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) white dwarf
C) red giant
D) super giant
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