Astronomy Test
  • 1. What takes place in the center of the sun?
A) hydrogen fuses together
B) nuclear fusion
C) all of the answers are correct
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) Uranus
B) Saturn
C) Mercury
D) Jupiter
  • 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, 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 earth's orbit
C) The tilt of the earth's axis
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) March
D) April
  • 7. What causes tides?
A) The moon's gravity
B) a tsunami
C) The earth's gravity
D) an earthquake
  • 8. Neap tides cause what to happen to tides?
A) They are lower than usual
B) They are higher than usual
C) They have no effect on the height of tides
D) They cause tsunamis
  • 9. What causes the phases of the moon
A) The moon's orbit
B) The earth's rotation
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 year
C) 1 week
D) 2 weeks
  • 11. What is a blue moon?
A) when the moon appears blue in color
B) when the man on the moon is sad
C) The first full moon of a month
D) The second full moon of a month
  • 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) 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 sun's shadow.
B) The moon passes through it's own 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 earth passes through the moon's shadow.
B) The moon passes through the earth's shadow.
C) The sun passes through the earth's shadow.
D) The earth passes through the sun's shadow.
  • 16. What is the name of our galaxy?
A) Snickers
B) One way
C) Milk and Juice
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) yellow
B) blue
C) super giant
D) red
  • 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) red giant
B) super giant
C) white dwarf
D) main sequence
  • 21. How far away is the sun from the earth?
A) 1 light year
B) 93 thousand miles
C) 93 billion miles
D) 93 million miles
  • 22. What causes the aurora borealis?
A) the moon
B) northern lights
C) sunset
D) solar wind
  • 23. Which planet is smallest?
A) Mercury
B) Mars
C) Moon
D) Earth
  • 24. Between which two planets are most of the asteroids located?
A) Jupiter and Saturn
B) Uranus and Neptune
C) Saturn and Uranus
D) Mars and Jupiter
  • 25. Which planet is closest to Earth?
A) Venus
B) Mercury
C) Moon
D) Mars
  • 26. Why is Earth unique in the solar system?
A) It is the last inner planet
B) It has volcanoes
C) It has a moon
D) It has life
  • 27. What causes the comet's tail?
A) astronomers aren't sure
B) the asteroids
C) the gravity of the sun
D) solar wind
  • 28. What is unusual about most comets orbits?
A) It is highly elliptical
B) They travel in the opposite direction around the sun
C) They are perfectly circular
D) The don't orbit they hit the sun.
  • 29. About what date do the seasons change?
A) 1st
B) the last day of the month
C) 21st
D) 15th
  • 30. What is the 1st day of Fall called?
A) Autumnal Solstice
B) Autumnal Equinox
C) Vernal Solstice
D) Vernal Equinox
  • 31. Spring tides are higher because....
A) The combined gravity of the moon and earth.
B) The combined gravity of all the planets and the moon
C) The gravity of the sun.
D) The combined gravity of the sun and moon
  • 32. Where do the world's highest tides occur?
A) United States
B) In the Indian Ocean
C) Sweden
D) Canada
  • 33. What is the postion of the sun, moon and earth for a new moon?
A) moon, earth, sun
B) earth, sun, moon
C) Sun, earth, moon
D) Sun, moon, earth
  • 34. What is it called as the moon goes from new moon to full moon?
A) crescent
B) waning
C) gibbous
D) waxing
  • 35. What is it called as the moon goes from full to new?
A) crescent
B) waxing
C) waning
D) gibbous
  • 36. What year did the moon walk take place?
A) 1949
B) 1979
C) 1959
D) 1969
  • 37. What was the name of the first satellite in space?
A) Cosmo 1
B) Sputnik
C) Apollo 1
D) Explorer 1
  • 38. Who was the first man in space?
A) Neil Armstrong
B) Alan Shepard
C) Yuri Gargarin
D) John Glenn
  • 39. What is the famous quote from the first moon walk?
A) "To go places and do things that have never been done before - that's what living is all about."
B) "Houston, we have a problem."
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) 1st quarter
B) Last Quarter
C) New
D) Full
  • 41. During what moon phase does a solar eclipse take place?
A) Full
B) 1st quarter
C) Last Quarter
D) New
  • 42. Why doesn't each eclipse happen every month?
A) It depends on the earth's orbit
B) The moon doesn't revolve around the earth in the same plane as the earth
C) They do occur once a month you just can't seem them from all places on the earth
D) It depends on what time of year it is
  • 43. About how far away is the nearest star besides the sun?
A) 4 light years
B) 40 light years
C) 40,000,000 miles
D) 400 light years
  • 44. Which of the following is not a constellation of the zodiac?
A) Orion
B) Leo
C) Libra
D) Cancer
  • 45. Which is not a circumpolar constellation?
A) Both of the answers are circumpolar
B) Ursa Minor
C) Neither of the answers are circumpolar
D) Ursa Major
  • 46. Absolute magnitude is the brightness of a star...
A) from 1 light year away
B) from a standard distance
C) from 100,000 miles away
D) from right where it is
  • 47. Apparent magnitude is the brightness of a star....
A) from a standard distance
B) from 100,000 miles away
C) from right where it is
D) from 1 light year away
  • 48. What is the closest major galaxy to ours?
A) Alpha Centuari
B) Crab Nebula
C) Hercules
D) Andromeda
  • 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) astronomers aren't sure if it is open or closed
C) an open universe
D) a closed universe
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