Astronomy Practice
  • 1. What takes place in the center of the sun?
A) all of the answers are correct
B) nuclear fusion
C) hydrogen fuses together
D) helium is formed
  • 2. True or False The sun gives off all parts of the electromagnetic spectrum.
A) False
B) True
  • 3. Which planet is largest?
A) Mercury
B) Saturn
C) Jupiter
D) Uranus
  • 4. Name the order of the planets
A) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus
B) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
C) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
D) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus
  • 5. What causes the seasons?
A) The tilt of the earth's axis
B) The earth's orbit
C) Both the tilt of the earth's axis and the earth's orbit
D) How close earth is to the sun
  • 6. What month does the 1st day of spring occur?
A) April
B) June
C) May
D) March
  • 7. What causes tides?
A) The earth's gravity
B) The moon's gravity
C) a tsunami
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 cause tsunamis
D) They are lower than usual
  • 9. What causes the phases of the moon
A) The moon's orbit
B) The earth's orbit
C) The earth's rotation
D) The sun's gravity
  • 10. How long does it take for the moon to complete all of its phases?
A) 2 weeks
B) 29 days
C) 1 year
D) 1 week
  • 11. What is a blue moon?
A) when the man on the moon is sad
B) when the moon appears blue in color
C) The second full moon of a month
D) The first full moon of a month
  • 12. Who was the first person on the moon?
A) John Glenn
B) Alan Shepard
C) Neil Armstrong
D) Buzz Aldren
  • 13. How did the solar system form?
A) Both of the answers are correct.
B) From the gravitational attraction between molecules.
C) From a the gases left over from an exploding star.
D) None of the answers are correct.
  • 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 earth passes through the sun's shadow.
B) The earth passes through the moon's shadow.
C) The moon passes through the earth's shadow.
D) The sun passes through the earth's shadow.
  • 16. What is the name of our galaxy?
A) Milk and Juice
B) One way
C) Milky Way
D) Snickers
  • 17. What type of galaxy is ours?
A) Elliptical
B) Spiral
C) Irregular
D) Regular
  • 18. What is the hottest star?
A) super giant
B) red
C) yellow
D) blue
  • 19. The Big Bang Theory explains.....
A) the formation of the universe
B) how the sound travels through space
C) how long it will take to travel in space
D) how stars explode
  • 20. What type of star is the sun on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram?
A) white dwarf
B) main sequence
C) super giant
D) red giant
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