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Astronomy Practice
Contributed by: Collins
  • 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) True
B) False
  • 3. Which planet is largest?
A) Uranus
B) Mercury
C) Jupiter
D) Saturn
  • 4. Name the order of the planets
A) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
B) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus
C) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, 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 tilt of the earth's axis
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) April
B) June
C) March
D) May
  • 7. What causes tides?
A) a tsunami
B) an earthquake
C) The moon's gravity
D) The earth's gravity
  • 8. Neap tides cause what to happen to tides?
A) They are higher than usual
B) They cause tsunamis
C) They have no effect on the height of tides
D) They are lower than usual
  • 9. What causes the phases of the moon
A) The earth's rotation
B) The sun's gravity
C) The earth's orbit
D) The moon's orbit
  • 10. How long does it take for the moon to complete all of its phases?
A) 1 year
B) 2 weeks
C) 29 days
D) 1 week
  • 11. What is a blue moon?
A) when the moon appears blue in color
B) The first full moon of a month
C) when the man on the moon is sad
D) The second full moon of a month
  • 12. Who was the first person on the moon?
A) Neil Armstrong
B) Alan Shepard
C) John Glenn
D) Buzz Aldren
  • 13. How did the solar system form?
A) From the gravitational attraction between molecules.
B) From a the gases left over from an exploding star.
C) Both of the answers are correct.
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 it's own shadow.
C) The moon passes through the earth's shadow.
D) The earth passes through the sun's shadow.
  • 15. What causes a solar eclipse?
A) The sun passes through the earth's shadow.
B) The earth passes through the sun's shadow.
C) The moon passes through the earth's shadow.
D) The earth passes through the moon's shadow.
  • 16. What is the name of our galaxy?
A) One way
B) Milky Way
C) Snickers
D) Milk and Juice
  • 17. What type of galaxy is ours?
A) Spiral
B) Elliptical
C) Irregular
D) Regular
  • 18. What is the hottest star?
A) blue
B) super giant
C) red
D) yellow
  • 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) super giant
C) red giant
D) main sequence
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