Astronomy Practice
  • 1. What takes place in the center of the sun?
A) helium is formed
B) nuclear fusion
C) hydrogen fuses together
D) all of the answers are correct
  • 2. True or False The sun gives off all parts of the electromagnetic spectrum.
A) False
B) True
  • 3. Which planet is largest?
A) Uranus
B) Jupiter
C) Mercury
D) Saturn
  • 4. Name the order of the planets
A) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
B) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and 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) The tilt of the earth's axis
B) The earth's orbit
C) How close earth is to the sun
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) June
B) April
C) May
D) March
  • 7. What causes tides?
A) The moon's gravity
B) The earth's gravity
C) a tsunami
D) an earthquake
  • 8. Neap tides cause what to happen to tides?
A) They have no effect on the height of tides
B) They are lower than usual
C) They are higher than usual
D) They cause tsunamis
  • 9. What causes the phases of the moon
A) The earth's rotation
B) The moon's orbit
C) The sun's gravity
D) The earth's orbit
  • 10. How long does it take for the moon to complete all of its phases?
A) 29 days
B) 1 year
C) 1 week
D) 2 weeks
  • 11. What is a blue moon?
A) when the moon appears blue in color
B) The first full moon of a month
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) Alan Shepard
B) Neil Armstrong
C) Buzz Aldren
D) John Glenn
  • 13. How did the solar system form?
A) None of the answers are correct.
B) Both 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 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 earth passes through the moon's shadow.
B) The sun passes through the earth's shadow.
C) The moon passes through the earth's shadow.
D) The earth passes through the sun's shadow.
  • 16. What is the name of our galaxy?
A) One way
B) Snickers
C) Milky Way
D) Milk and Juice
  • 17. What type of galaxy is ours?
A) Regular
B) Spiral
C) Elliptical
D) Irregular
  • 18. What is the hottest star?
A) red
B) blue
C) super giant
D) yellow
  • 19. The Big Bang Theory explains.....
A) how the sound travels through space
B) how long it will take to travel in space
C) the formation of the universe
D) how stars explode
  • 20. What type of star is the sun on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram?
A) red giant
B) main sequence
C) white dwarf
D) super giant
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