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Astronomy 25 - Quiz
Contributed by: Trieu
(Original author: Collins)
  • 1. Billions of stars held together by gravity
A) constellation
B) super nova
C) galaxy
D) solar system
  • 2. All of space and everything in it
A) mega verse
B) solar system
C) galaxy
D) Universe
  • 3. Our sun looks bigger and brighter than other stars because
A) Its closest to earth
B) it's bigger than the other stars
C) The other stars are in another galaxy
D) It's different than all the other stars
  • 4. Name the order of the planets
A) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
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, Neptune, Uranus
  • 5. The theory that explains how the universe began
A) Big Pop
B) Big Bang
C) Supernova
D) Big Daddy
  • 6. A nebula is where
A) black holes form
B) stars are formed
C) comets form
D) galaxies form
  • 7. A planet closer to the sun has a shorter year than one father away because
A) because the inner planets are made of rock
B) because the inner planets are smaller
C) because it has no moon.
D) its orbit is a shorter distance
  • 8. Which planet is farthest from Earth?
A) Jupiter
B) Mercury
C) Venus
D) Uranus
  • 9. Comets are made of
A) clouds
B) rocks
C) real snow balls
D) frozen gas and dust
  • 10. Why is Earth unique in the solar system?
A) All of these
B) It has liquid water
C) It has life
D) It has oxygen to breath
  • 11. Why don't we have any pictures of our own galaxy?
A) It only likes selfies.
B) It's too dark
C) We cannot get far enough away to take a picture of something so big.
D) It is moving too fast, so the picture would be blurry.
  • 12. The time it takes a planet to rotate on its axis once is a _______ on that planet.
A) day
B) decade
C) year
D) month
  • 13. The major force that holds bodies in space together is
A) gravity
B) orbit speed
C) light-years
D) magnetism
  • 14. The motion of one body in space orbiting another body in space
A) retrograde
B) spinning
C) revolution
D) rotation
  • 15. Particles from the sun cause gases to glow in our atmosphere called
A) magnetic storm
B) glow show
C) auroras
D) fireworks
  • 16. The sun has more gravity than the planets because it ...
A) is bigger
B) it is made of gas
C) has the most mass
D) is hot
  • 17. A moon revolves around a
A) nothing
B) planet
C) the asteroid belt
D) a star
  • 18. Earth's rotation time is
A) 1 year
B) 365 days
C) 24 hours
D) causes seasons
  • 19. Large rock-like objects that are too small to be planets
A) exoplanets
B) comets
C) meteorites
D) asteroids
  • 20. The closer a planet is to the sun...
A) the faster it rotates
B) the faster it revolves around the sun
C) the longer the year
  • 21. The Earth's revolution time is
A) 24 hours
B) a light year
C) 24 days
D) 365 days
  • 22. Stars are made mostly of
A) methane
B) hydrogen
C) oxygen
D) carbon
  • 23. Earth's closet star is
A) the sun
B) the asteroid belt
C) Big Dipper
D) the moon
  • 24. The name of our galaxy is
A) Antares
B) Orion
C) Milky Way
D) Andromeda
  • 25. A planet revolves around a
A) galaxy
B) pickle
C) star
D) moon
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