Astronomy Test
  • 1. What takes place in the center of the sun?
A) hydrogen fuses together
B) helium is formed
C) nuclear fusion
D) all of the answers are correct
  • 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, Uranus, Neptune
B) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus
C) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
D) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus
  • 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) June
C) May
D) April
  • 7. What causes tides?
A) a tsunami
B) The earth's gravity
C) an earthquake
D) The moon's gravity
  • 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 moon's orbit
B) The earth's orbit
C) The sun's gravity
D) The earth's rotation
  • 10. How long does it take for the moon to complete all of its phases?
A) 1 year
B) 29 days
C) 1 week
D) 2 weeks
  • 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) Alan Shepard
B) John Glenn
C) Buzz Aldren
D) Neil Armstrong
  • 13. How did the solar system form?
A) Both of the answers are correct.
B) From a the gases left over from an exploding star.
C) None of the answers are correct.
D) From the gravitational attraction between molecules.
  • 14. What causes a lunar eclipse?
A) The moon passes through it's own 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.
  • 15. What causes a solar eclipse?
A) The sun passes through the earth's shadow.
B) The moon passes through the earth's shadow.
C) The earth passes through the sun's shadow.
D) The earth passes through the moon's shadow.
  • 16. What is the name of our galaxy?
A) One way
B) Snickers
C) Milk and Juice
D) Milky Way
  • 17. What type of galaxy is ours?
A) Spiral
B) Elliptical
C) Regular
D) Irregular
  • 18. What is the hottest star?
A) red
B) super giant
C) blue
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) main sequence
C) red giant
D) white dwarf
  • 21. How far away is the sun from the earth?
A) 1 light year
B) 93 billion miles
C) 93 million miles
D) 93 thousand miles
  • 22. What causes the aurora borealis?
A) solar wind
B) the moon
C) northern lights
D) sunset
  • 23. Which planet is smallest?
A) Earth
B) Mars
C) Moon
D) Mercury
  • 24. Between which two planets are most of the asteroids located?
A) Saturn and Uranus
B) Uranus and Neptune
C) Jupiter and Saturn
D) Mars and Jupiter
  • 25. Which planet is closest to Earth?
A) Mercury
B) Venus
C) Mars
D) Moon
  • 26. Why is Earth unique in the solar system?
A) It is the last inner planet
B) It has a moon
C) It has life
D) It has volcanoes
  • 27. What causes the comet's tail?
A) the asteroids
B) the gravity of the sun
C) solar wind
D) astronomers aren't sure
  • 28. What is unusual about most comets orbits?
A) They travel in the opposite direction around the sun
B) The don't orbit they hit the sun.
C) It is highly elliptical
D) They are perfectly circular
  • 29. About what date do the seasons change?
A) the last day of the month
B) 1st
C) 15th
D) 21st
  • 30. What is the 1st day of Fall called?
A) Vernal Equinox
B) Autumnal Equinox
C) Autumnal Solstice
D) Vernal Solstice
  • 31. Spring tides are higher because....
A) The combined gravity of the moon and earth.
B) The gravity of the sun.
C) The combined gravity of the sun and moon
D) The combined gravity of all the planets and the moon
  • 32. Where do the world's highest tides occur?
A) In the Indian Ocean
B) Sweden
C) United States
D) Canada
  • 33. What is the postion of the sun, moon and earth for a new moon?
A) Sun, earth, moon
B) earth, sun, moon
C) Sun, moon, earth
D) moon, earth, sun
  • 34. What is it called as the moon goes from new moon to full moon?
A) crescent
B) gibbous
C) waxing
D) waning
  • 35. What is it called as the moon goes from full to new?
A) waning
B) waxing
C) gibbous
D) crescent
  • 36. What year did the moon walk take place?
A) 1979
B) 1959
C) 1969
D) 1949
  • 37. What was the name of the first satellite in space?
A) Cosmo 1
B) Apollo 1
C) Explorer 1
D) Sputnik
  • 38. Who was the first man in space?
A) Yuri Gargarin
B) John Glenn
C) Alan Shepard
D) Neil Armstrong
  • 39. What is the famous quote from the first moon walk?
A) "Houston, we have a problem."
B) "That's one small step for man. One giant leap for mankind."
C) Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed."
D) "To go places and do things that have never been done before - that's what living is all about."
  • 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) New
C) 1st quarter
D) Last Quarter
  • 42. Why doesn't each eclipse happen every month?
A) The moon doesn't revolve around the earth in the same plane as the earth
B) They do occur once a month you just can't seem them from all places on the earth
C) It depends on the earth's orbit
D) It depends on what time of year it is
  • 43. About how far away is the nearest star besides the sun?
A) 40,000,000 miles
B) 40 light years
C) 4 light years
D) 400 light years
  • 44. Which of the following is not a constellation of the zodiac?
A) Cancer
B) Orion
C) Libra
D) Leo
  • 45. Which is not a circumpolar constellation?
A) Ursa Major
B) Neither of the answers are circumpolar
C) Ursa Minor
D) Both of the answers are circumpolar
  • 46. Absolute magnitude is the brightness of a star...
A) from right where it is
B) from a standard distance
C) from 100,000 miles away
D) from 1 light year away
  • 47. Apparent magnitude is the brightness of a star....
A) from 100,000 miles away
B) from right where it is
C) from 1 light year away
D) from a standard distance
  • 48. What is the closest major galaxy to ours?
A) Crab Nebula
B) Hercules
C) Alpha Centuari
D) Andromeda
  • 49. Astronomers think the universe is about...
A) 4 billion years old
B) 14 billion years old
C) 1 billion years old
D) 1 million years old
  • 50. Astronomers think the universe is...
A) an open universe
B) None of the answers are correct
C) a closed universe
D) astronomers aren't sure if it is open or closed
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