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