Astronomy Post Test Quiz

What is a difference between spring and neap tides?

• Spring tides occur when the earth and sun are IN LINE with the new or full moon.

• Spring tides occur when moon in 3rd or 1st quarter phases

• Spring tides are LOWER than neap tides

• Spring tides occur in Spring and neap tides can occur in any season

Which star is the coldest?

• Yellow Star
• Red Star
• Orange Star
• Blue Star

What are comets made of?

• Metals like iron and nickel
• Gas
• Hydrogen Gas
• Ice and rock

The first element formed in our universe were...

• Oxygen and Iron

• Nickel and Gold

• Hydrogen and Helium

• Sodium and Zinc

As a whole, Giants are considered hotter than White Dwarfs.

• True
• False

A[n] ___________ tide occurs when the sun, Earth, and the moon are nearly in a line. 

• spring
• high
• low
• neap

Red stars are the _____________.

• hottest
• coolest
• biggest
• brightest

What type of tide would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?

• full moon tide
• new moon tide
• neap tide
• spring tide

Earth is tilted at _____________ degrees.

• 23.5

• 90

• 0

• 25.3

When it is spring in Northern hemisphere, the southern hemisphere has ___________.

• Summer

• Spring

• Winter

• Autumn