1) Which of the following is not a general difference between a planet and a star?

A) Planets are smaller than stars.

B) Planets are dimmer than stars.
C) All planets are made of rock and all stars are made of gas.
D) Planets orbit stars, while stars orbit the center of the galaxy.
Answer: C

2) Our solar system consists of

A) the Sun and all the objects that orbit it.
B) the Sun and the planets, and nothing else.
C) a few hundred billion stars, bound together by gravity.
D) the Sun and several nearby stars, as well as the planets and other objects that orbit
these stars.
Answer: A

3) A typical galaxy is a
A) collection of a few hundred million to a trillion or more stars, bound together by
gravity.
B) large, glowing ball of gas powered by nuclear energy.
C) nearby object orbiting a planet.
D) relatively small, icy object orbiting a star.
Answer: A

4) Which of the following is largest?

A) size of a typical galaxy
B) size of Pluto's orbit
C) distance to the nearest star (other than our Sun)
D) 1 light-year
Answer: A

5) What is the meaning of the word cosmos?

A) the origin of Earth and life upon it
B) the light from a distant astronomical object
C) the Milky Way
D) the sum total of all matter and energy, that is, everything within and between all
galaxies
Answer: D

6)Which two planets are out of order in this list of our solar system? The planets are
listed in order of distance from the sun.
Mercury-Earth-Venus-Mars-Jupiter-Saturn-Uranus-Neptune
A. Mercury and Earth
B. B. Earth and Venus
C. Saturn and Jupiter
D. Uranus and Neptune
Answer: B
7) How does a telescope help us understand the moon?
A. It tells us how it was formed.
B. It tells us how hot it is there.
C. It helps us see surface features.
D. It can tell us what the moon is made of.

Answer: C

8) What holds the planets in their orbits around the sun?

A. gravity
B. speed
C. string
D. air currents

Answer: A

9) Which object has the most gravity?

A. Earth B. moon C. Jupiter D. sun

Answer: D

10) A probe landed on Mars and did soil tests. What information did it discover?
A. There are no living organisms in Martian soil.
B. Mars is slightly oval in shape.
C. Mars is about one-fourth the size of Earth.
D. The gravity on Mars is much less than on Earth.
Answer: A

11) Which planet, other than Earth, has visible water ice on it?
A) Mercury
B) Venus
C) the Moon
D) Mars
Answer: D

12) Which planet has not a ring in the solar system system?
A) Jupiter
B) Saturn
C) Uranus
D) Mars
Answer: D

13) Which of the following statements is not an observed pattern of motion in our solar
system?
A) Most planets orbit at the same speed.
B) All planets orbit the Sun in the same direction.
C) Most planetary orbits lie nearly in the same plane.
D) Most planets rotate in the same direction in which they orbit.
Answer: A

14) Which is the densest planet in the solar system?

A) Mercury
B) Venus
C) Earth
D) Jupiter
Answer: C

15) The planet closest in size to Earth is

A) Mercury.
B) Venus.
C) the Moon.
D) Mars.
Answer: B

16) Which of the following is not a characteristic of the inner planets?

A) They are relatively smaller than the outer planets.
B) They all have solid, rocky surfaces.
C) They all have substantial atmospheres.
D) They have very few, if any, satellites.
Answer: C

17) Which of the following is not a characteristic of the outer planets?

A) They have very few, if any, satellites.
B) They are all large balls of gas.
C) They are primarily made of hydrogen and helium.
D) They all have rings.
Answer: A

18) Where are most of the known asteroids found?

A) between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
B) in the Kuiper belt
C) in the Oort cloud
D) between the orbits of the jovian planets
Answer: A

19) What is the name of first human-made satellite?

A) MIR
B) VOSTOK
C) Apollo 11
D) Sputnik
Answer: D

20) How many degrees is the axis inclination of Earth?

A) 23.5
B) 24
C) 27
D) 12.5
E) Answer : A

21) Who is the first human in the space?

A) Neil Armstrong
B) Yuri Gagarin
C) Valentina Tereshkova
D) Yorgi Gagorivic
Answer: B

22) Days are shorter in winter cause

A) The Earth spins quicker in winter

B) The tilt of the Earth on its axis

C) The Earth spins slower in winter

D) Days are not shorter in winter

23) If the Earth wasn't tilted

A) There would be no seasons

B) The Earth would rotate faster on its axis

C) Winter would be longer

D) The Earth is not tilted

24) Uranus was discovered by a British Astronomer named

A) Lassee

B) Galilei

C) Hershel

D) Segan
Answer: C

25) What was the first galaxy to be discovered outside of the Milky Way galaxy?

A) the Andromeda Galaxy

B) the Virgo

C) the Sagittarius galaxy

D) the Local Group

Answer: A

26 ) Which of the following best describes what we mean by the universe?

A) the sum total of all matter and energy

B) a vast collection of stars that number as many as the grains of sand on all the beaches on
Earth
C. all the galaxies in all the superclusters
D. The universe is another name for our Milky Way Galaxy.
Answer: A