Astronomy Practice
  • 1. What takes place in the center of the sun?
A) helium is formed
B) all of the answers are correct
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) Uranus
C) Saturn
D) Mercury
  • 4. Name the order of the planets
A) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
B) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
C) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus
D) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus
  • 5. What causes the seasons?
A) How close earth is to the sun
B) Both the tilt of the earth's axis and the earth's orbit
C) The tilt of the earth's axis
D) The earth's orbit
  • 6. What month does the 1st day of spring occur?
A) March
B) May
C) April
D) June
  • 7. What causes tides?
A) The moon's gravity
B) The earth's gravity
C) an earthquake
D) a tsunami
  • 8. Neap tides cause what to happen to tides?
A) They are higher than usual
B) They cause tsunamis
C) They have no effect on the height of tides
D) They are lower than usual
  • 9. What causes the phases of the moon
A) The earth's orbit
B) The earth's rotation
C) The moon's orbit
D) The sun's gravity
  • 10. How long does it take for the moon to complete all of its phases?
A) 29 days
B) 1 year
C) 2 weeks
D) 1 week
  • 11. What is a blue moon?
A) The first full moon of a month
B) when the moon appears blue in color
C) when the man on the moon is sad
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 moon passes through the earth's shadow.
B) The earth passes through the sun'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 moon'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 sun's shadow.
  • 16. What is the name of our galaxy?
A) Milk and Juice
B) One way
C) Snickers
D) Milky Way
  • 17. What type of galaxy is ours?
A) Elliptical
B) Irregular
C) Spiral
D) Regular
  • 18. What is the hottest star?
A) blue
B) yellow
C) red
D) super giant
  • 19. The Big Bang Theory explains.....
A) how the sound travels through space
B) the formation of the universe
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) super giant
B) red giant
C) white dwarf
D) main sequence
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