Astronomy Quiz: Sun, Earth and Moon

What causes night and day?

• The sun sleeps at night

• The sun is rotating

• The moon is orbiting the Earth

• Earth is rotating

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What is the name of a scientist who studies objects in outer space?

• a geologist

• an astronomer

• a solar scientist

• a biologist

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What are the dark spots on the Sun called?

• hot spots

• promininences

• sunspots

• crescents

What is true about the Sun?

• The Sun is about 500 years old

• The Sun is the closest star to us

• The Sun is made of boiling water and gases

• The Sun is hotter in the summer

What did astronauts find when they traveled to the Moon?

• a liquid similar to water

• a planet with life like ours

• oxygen, which allowed them to remove their spacesuits

• rocks, but no water or life

How long does it take Earth to rotate one time?

• 1 hour

• 24 hours

• 1 month

• 1 year

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What causes seasons?

• The tilt of the Earth and the Earth's orbit

• Earth is rotating

• the Moon

• astronomers

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What does the word "axis" mean?

• It is something that holds car wheels together

• It is an imaginary line through the center of the Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole

• It is an imaginary line around the middle of the Earth

• It is the measure of the distance from Earth to the Sun

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How long does it take for Earth to orbit the Sun once?

• 24 hours

• 24 days

• 365 1/4 days

• 29 1/2 days

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Which word means becoming gradually larger?

• waxing

• eclipse

• gibbous

• full

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