Astronomy Practice
  • 1. What takes place in the center of the sun?
A) helium is formed
B) nuclear fusion
C) all of the answers are correct
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) Uranus
B) Saturn
C) Jupiter
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, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus
D) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus
  • 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) April
D) March
  • 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 cause tsunamis
B) They are lower than usual
C) They are higher than usual
D) They have no effect on the height of tides
  • 9. What causes the phases of the moon
A) The earth's rotation
B) The moon's orbit
C) The earth'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 week
C) 1 year
D) 2 weeks
  • 11. What is a blue moon?
A) The second full moon of a month
B) when the moon appears blue in color
C) when the man on the moon is sad
D) The first full moon of a month
  • 12. Who was the first person on the moon?
A) John Glenn
B) Neil Armstrong
C) Buzz Aldren
D) Alan Shepard
  • 13. How did the solar system form?
A) From a the gases left over from an exploding star.
B) From the gravitational attraction between molecules.
C) Both of the answers are correct.
D) None of the answers are correct.
  • 14. What causes a lunar eclipse?
A) The moon passes through the earth's shadow.
B) The moon passes through it's own shadow.
C) The earth passes through the sun's shadow.
D) The earth passes through the moon's shadow.
  • 15. What causes a solar eclipse?
A) The sun passes through the earth's 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.
  • 16. What is the name of our galaxy?
A) Snickers
B) Milky Way
C) Milk and Juice
D) One way
  • 17. What type of galaxy is ours?
A) Irregular
B) Elliptical
C) Spiral
D) Regular
  • 18. What is the hottest star?
A) red
B) blue
C) yellow
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) white dwarf
B) red giant
C) super giant
D) main sequence
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