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