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Astronomy Test
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  • 1. What takes place in the center of the sun?
A) helium is formed
B) all of the answers are correct
C) hydrogen fuses together
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) Jupiter
B) Mercury
C) Saturn
D) Uranus
  • 4. Name the order of the planets
A) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
B) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus
C) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus
D) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
  • 5. What causes the seasons?
A) How close earth is to the sun
B) The tilt of the earth's axis
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) April
B) May
C) March
D) June
  • 7. What causes tides?
A) a tsunami
B) The moon's gravity
C) The earth's gravity
D) an earthquake
  • 8. Neap tides cause what to happen to tides?
A) They are higher than usual
B) They have no effect on the height of tides
C) They are lower than usual
D) They cause tsunamis
  • 9. What causes the phases of the moon
A) The earth's rotation
B) The sun's gravity
C) The moon's orbit
D) The earth's orbit
  • 10. How long does it take for the moon to complete all of its phases?
A) 1 week
B) 2 weeks
C) 1 year
D) 29 days
  • 11. What is a blue moon?
A) when the man on the moon is sad
B) The second full moon of a month
C) The first full moon of a month
D) when the moon appears blue in color
  • 12. Who was the first person on the moon?
A) Neil Armstrong
B) Buzz Aldren
C) Alan Shepard
D) John Glenn
  • 13. How did the solar system form?
A) From the gravitational attraction between molecules.
B) None of the answers are correct.
C) Both of the answers are correct.
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 earth passes through the moon's shadow.
D) The moon passes through the earth's shadow.
  • 15. What causes a solar eclipse?
A) The moon passes through the earth's shadow.
B) The sun passes through the earth's shadow.
C) The earth passes through the moon's shadow.
D) The earth passes through the sun's shadow.
  • 16. What is the name of our galaxy?
A) One way
B) Milk and Juice
C) Snickers
D) Milky Way
  • 17. What type of galaxy is ours?
A) Irregular
B) Elliptical
C) Regular
D) Spiral
  • 18. What is the hottest star?
A) blue
B) super giant
C) red
D) yellow
  • 19. The Big Bang Theory explains.....
A) how stars explode
B) how the sound travels through space
C) how long it will take to travel in space
D) the formation of the universe
  • 20. What type of star is the sun on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram?
A) super giant
B) red giant
C) main sequence
D) white dwarf
  • 21. How far away is the sun from the earth?
A) 93 thousand miles
B) 93 billion miles
C) 1 light year
D) 93 million miles
  • 22. What causes the aurora borealis?
A) solar wind
B) the moon
C) northern lights
D) sunset
  • 23. Which planet is smallest?
A) Mars
B) Moon
C) Earth
D) Mercury
  • 24. Between which two planets are most of the asteroids located?
A) Saturn and Uranus
B) Mars and Jupiter
C) Uranus and Neptune
D) Jupiter and Saturn
  • 25. Which planet is closest to Earth?
A) Moon
B) Venus
C) Mercury
D) Mars
  • 26. Why is Earth unique in the solar system?
A) It has life
B) It is the last inner planet
C) It has a moon
D) It has volcanoes
  • 27. What causes the comet's tail?
A) the asteroids
B) solar wind
C) the gravity of the sun
D) astronomers aren't sure
  • 28. What is unusual about most comets orbits?
A) It is highly elliptical
B) They are perfectly circular
C) The don't orbit they hit the sun.
D) They travel in the opposite direction around the sun
  • 29. About what date do the seasons change?
A) 15th
B) 21st
C) the last day of the month
D) 1st
  • 30. What is the 1st day of Fall called?
A) Vernal Equinox
B) Autumnal Solstice
C) Vernal Solstice
D) Autumnal Equinox
  • 31. Spring tides are higher because....
A) The gravity of the sun.
B) The combined gravity of all the planets and the moon
C) The combined gravity of the sun and moon
D) The combined gravity of the moon and earth.
  • 32. Where do the world's highest tides occur?
A) Canada
B) Sweden
C) In the Indian Ocean
D) United States
  • 33. What is the postion of the sun, moon and earth for a new moon?
A) earth, sun, moon
B) Sun, moon, earth
C) moon, earth, sun
D) Sun, earth, moon
  • 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) waning
C) crescent
D) waxing
  • 36. What year did the moon walk take place?
A) 1959
B) 1979
C) 1949
D) 1969
  • 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) John Glenn
B) Neil Armstrong
C) Yuri Gargarin
D) Alan Shepard
  • 39. What is the famous quote from the first moon walk?
A) "Houston, we have a problem."
B) "To go places and do things that have never been done before - that's what living is all about."
C) Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed."
D) "That's one small step for man. One giant leap for mankind."
  • 40. During what phase of the moon does a lunar eclipse take place?
A) Last Quarter
B) Full
C) 1st quarter
D) New
  • 41. During what moon phase does a solar eclipse take place?
A) Full
B) Last Quarter
C) New
D) 1st quarter
  • 42. Why doesn't each eclipse happen every month?
A) They do occur once a month you just can't seem them from all places on the earth
B) It depends on what time of year it is
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) 4 light years
B) 400 light years
C) 40 light years
D) 40,000,000 miles
  • 44. Which of the following is not a constellation of the zodiac?
A) Cancer
B) Orion
C) Leo
D) Libra
  • 45. Which is not a circumpolar constellation?
A) Ursa Minor
B) Ursa Major
C) Neither of the answers are circumpolar
D) Both of the answers are circumpolar
  • 46. Absolute magnitude is the brightness of a star...
A) from right where it is
B) from 1 light year away
C) from 100,000 miles away
D) from a standard distance
  • 47. Apparent magnitude is the brightness of a star....
A) from right where it is
B) from 100,000 miles away
C) from 1 light year away
D) from a standard distance
  • 48. What is the closest major galaxy to ours?
A) Andromeda
B) Crab Nebula
C) Alpha Centuari
D) Hercules
  • 49. Astronomers think the universe is about...
A) 1 million years old
B) 4 billion years old
C) 14 billion years old
D) 1 billion years old
  • 50. Astronomers think the universe is...
A) None of the answers are correct
B) a closed universe
C) astronomers aren't sure if it is open or closed
D) an open universe
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