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Astronomy Practice
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  • 1. What takes place in the center of the sun?
A) nuclear fusion
B) helium is formed
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) Mercury
C) Saturn
D) Jupiter
  • 4. Name the order of the planets
A) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus
B) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
C) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus
D) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
  • 5. What causes the seasons?
A) The tilt of the earth's axis
B) How close earth is to the sun
C) Both the tilt of the earth's axis and the earth's orbit
D) The earth's orbit
  • 6. What month does the 1st day of spring occur?
A) March
B) May
C) June
D) April
  • 7. What causes tides?
A) The earth's gravity
B) The moon's gravity
C) an earthquake
D) a tsunami
  • 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 earth's orbit
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) 1 week
B) 1 year
C) 29 days
D) 2 weeks
  • 11. What is a blue moon?
A) when the moon appears blue in color
B) The second full moon of a month
C) The first full moon of a month
D) when the man on the moon is sad
  • 12. Who was the first person on the moon?
A) Neil Armstrong
B) Buzz Aldren
C) John Glenn
D) Alan Shepard
  • 13. How did the solar system form?
A) None of the answers are correct.
B) From the gravitational attraction between molecules.
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 earth passes through the moon's shadow.
B) The earth passes through the sun's shadow.
C) The moon passes through it's own shadow.
D) The moon passes through the earth'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) Milky Way
B) Snickers
C) One way
D) Milk and Juice
  • 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) super giant
D) blue
  • 19. The Big Bang Theory explains.....
A) the formation of the universe
B) how long it will take to travel in space
C) how the sound travels through space
D) how stars explode
  • 20. What type of star is the sun on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram?
A) white dwarf
B) super giant
C) main sequence
D) red giant
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