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WorksheetsAstronomy Final
Total questions: 85
Worksheet time: 44mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the surface temperature of the Sun in Kelvin?
a)
2800
b)
3800
c)
4800
d)
5800
2.
What is the surface temperature of the sun in fahrenheit?
a)
1,000
b)
10,000
c)
100,000
d)
1,000,000
3.
What color are the hottest stars in the sky?
a)
yellow
b)
red
c)
white
d)
blue
4.
What color are the coolest stars in the sky?
a)
Yellow
b)
Blue
c)
White
d)
Red
5.
What color is our sun?
a)
Red
b)
White
c)
Orange
d)
Yellow
6.
What occurs at the core of a star?
a)
Convective Fusion
b)
Nuclear Fusion
c)
Solar Fusion
d)
Radiative Fusion
7.
What is the main source of fuel for a star?
a)
Helium
b)
Neon
c)
Hydrogen
d)
Oxygen
8.
What letter represents the hottest stars in the sky on the spectral code?
a)
B
b)
F
c)
K
d)
O
9.
What letter represents the coolest stars in the sky on the spectral code?
a)
O
b)
K
c)
G
d)
M
10.
What color are O stars?
a)
White
b)
Blue
c)
Red
d)
Yellow
11.
What color are M stars?
a)
Blue
b)
White
c)
Yellow
d)
Red
12.
What letter represents the brightest stars on the spectral code?
a)
O
b)
G
c)
K
d)
M
13.
What letter represents the dimmest stars on the spectral code?
a)
O
b)
B
c)
G
d)
M
14.
What color are the brightest stars?
a)
Yellow
b)
White
c)
Red
d)
Blue
15.
What color are the dimmest stars?
a)
White
b)
Blue
c)
Red
d)
Yellow
16.
What stage is our sun in?
a)
White Dwarf
b)
Red Giant
c)
Main Sequence
d)
Protostar
17.
What is a baby star called?
a)
White Dwarf
b)
Protostar
c)
Black Dwarf
d)
Nebula
18.
Which Diagram represents star temperature and brightness?
a)
HR
b)
MRI
c)
CAT
d)
XRay
19.
What is another term for star brightness?
a)
Glosity
b)
Brightsity
c)
Luminosity
d)
Fusion
20.
Between which 2 planets is the Asteroid Belt?
a)
Earth and Mars
b)
Mars and Jupiter
c)
Jupiter and Saturn
d)
Saturn and Neptune
21.
What is a cloud of gas and dust called?
a)
Moon
b)
Planet
c)
Star
d)
Nebula
22.
How long is one rotation on Jupiter?
a)
36 hours
b)
12 hours
c)
10 hours
d)
6 hours
23.
What % of Venus' atmosphere is Carbon Dioxide?
a)
3%
b)
17%
c)
76%
d)
97%
24.
What is the Hottest planet in our solar system?
a)
Mercury
b)
Earth
c)
Venus
d)
Mars
25.
Why is Venus so hot?
a)
Volcanic Activity
b)
Hydrogen Core
c)
Fast Rotation
d)
Metal Atmoshpere
26.
What Galaxy is Earth in?
a)
Andromeda
b)
Nebula
c)
Milky Way
d)
Centipede
27.
How long across is the Milky Way Galaxy?
a)
100,000 kilometers
b)
100,000 miles
c)
100,000 light years
d)
100,000 parsecs
28.
How did the Milky Way Galaxy form?
a)
Cloud of gas and dust
b)
Black hole birth
c)
Supernova Explosion
d)
Earth Collided with Sun
29.
What is at the Center of the Milky Way Galaxy?
a)
Sun
b)
Black Hole
c)
Earth
d)
Nebula
30.
What is at the center of our solar system?
a)
Earth
b)
Sun
c)
Nebula
d)
Black Hole
31.
Meteorites
a)
are in space
b)
crossed atmosphere
c)
hit the ground
32.
Meteoroids
a)
are in space
b)
crossed the atmosphere
c)
hit the ground
33.
Meteors
a)
are in space
b)
crossed the atmosphere
c)
hit the ground
34.
Name of the most famous comet in our solar system
a)
Cassinni
b)
Halley
c)
Hayakutake
d)
Heavens
35.
Which is not a minor member of our solar system?
a)
Comets
b)
Asteroids
c)
Meteoroids
d)
Stars
36.
What are the inner planets called?
a)
Jovian
b)
Gas Giants
c)
Terrestrial
d)
Ice Giants
37.
What are the inner planets made of?
a)
Rock
b)
Ice
c)
Gas
d)
Ammonia
38.
Which is not a terrestrial planet?
a)
Earth
b)
Mars
c)
Neptune
d)
Venus
39.
What is the closest planet to the Sun?
a)
Venus
b)
Mercury
c)
Earth
d)
Mars
40.
What is the largest planet in the solar system?
a)
Venus
b)
Jupiter
c)
Saturn
d)
Mars
41.
What are the Outer Planets called?
a)
Jovian
b)
Terrestrial
c)
Rocky Giants
d)
Metal Giants
42.
What is the Red planet?
a)
Venus
b)
Neptune
c)
Jupiter
d)
Mars
43.
Which planet has life?
a)
Uranus
b)
Earth
c)
Jupiter
d)
Saturn
44.
Which planet rotates on it's side?
a)
Venus
b)
Jupiter
c)
Saturn
d)
Uranus
45.
Which planet is the "Windy Planet"?
a)
Mars
b)
Saturn
c)
Neptune
d)
Uranus
46.
Which planet rotates in just 10 hours?
a)
Saturn
b)
Earth
c)
Venus
d)
Jupiter
47.
Which planet is known for its rings?
a)
Saturn
b)
Uranus
c)
Jupiter
d)
Venus
48.
What is the smallest planet in the solar system?
a)
Venus
b)
Mars
c)
Uranus
d)
Mercury
49.
Which planet is the largest?
a)
Saturn
b)
Jupiter
c)
Neptune
d)
Uranus
50.
Which is a Gas Giant?
a)
Mars
b)
Venus
c)
Neptun
d)
Saturn
51.
Which is a Ice Giant?
a)
Mars
b)
Jupiter
c)
Saturn
d)
Neptune
52.
How many layers does the Sun have?
a)
2
b)
4
c)
5
d)
6
53.
What is the innermost layer of the Sun?
a)
Chromosphere
b)
Photosphere
c)
Core
d)
Corona
54.
What layer is directly outside of the Core?
a)
Chromosphere
b)
Corona
c)
Radiative Zone
d)
Convective Zone
55.
What layer is directly outside of the Radiation Zone?
a)
Convective Zone
b)
Chromosphere
c)
Corona
d)
Photosphere
56.
What is the visible surface of the Sun called?
a)
Chromosphere
b)
Photosphere
c)
Convective Zone
d)
Radiative Zone
57.
What is the outermost layer of the Sun called?
a)
Chromosphere
b)
Core
c)
Corona
d)
Photosphere
58.
What layer is between the Photosphere and the Corona?
a)
Core
b)
Convective Zone
c)
Radiative Zone
d)
Chromosphere
59.
How many layers are in the Solar Atmosphere?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
60.
Which is not a part of the solar atmosphere?
a)
Corona
b)
Photosphere
c)
Chromosphere
d)
Convective Zone
61.
What is the temperature of the surface of the Sun in kelvin?
a)
3800
b)
4800
c)
5800
d)
6800
62.
What is the temperature of the surface of the Sun in Fahrenheit?
a)
1,000
b)
10,000
c)
100,000
d)
1,000,000
63.
How many complete Earth’s could we fit inside of the Sun?
a)
1,000
b)
10,000
c)
100,000
d)
1,000,000
64.
How old is the Sun?
a)
3.5 Billion Years
b)
4.6 Billion Years
c)
6 Billion Years
d)
8.3 Billion Years
65.
When can we see the Corona of the Sun?
a)
Solar Eclipse
b)
Lunar Eclipse
c)
Night
d)
Day
66.
Jet streams of gas shooting up from the Chromosphere?
a)
Granules
b)
Spicules
c)
Chromatids
d)
Biomes
67.
What is the blurry cell-like pattern of the Sun called?
a)
Pixilation
b)
Granulation
c)
Cellulation
d)
Modification
68.
What causes Granulation?
a)
Convection
b)
Circumnavigation
c)
Centrograde
d)
Centigrade
69.
What is a cloud of gas and dust in space called?
a)
Nomad
b)
Nebula
c)
Nector
d)
Nests
70.
What is needed for a star to be born?
a)
Solar Fusion
b)
Nuclear Fusion
c)
Lunar Fusion
d)
Nebula Fusion
71.
Where does Nuclear Fusion occur?
a)
Core
b)
Chromosphere
c)
Photosphere
d)
Convective Zone
72.
What is the most abundant element in our Sun?
a)
Nitrogen
b)
Oxygen
c)
Carbon
d)
Hydrogen
73.
What % of the Sun is Hydrogen?
a)
8.5%
b)
91%
c)
99%
d)
6%
74.
What is the 2nd most abundant element in our Sun?
a)
Hydrogen
b)
Carbon
c)
Helium
d)
Nitrogen
75.
What % of the Sun is Helium?
a)
8.5%
b)
91%
c)
80%
d)
75%
76.
What stage of life is our Sun currently in?
a)
Medium Stage
b)
Red Giant
c)
Main Sequence
d)
White Dwarf
77.
How long until our Sun runs out of Hydrogen fuel?
a)
4 Billion Years
b)
5 Billion Years
c)
6 Billion Years
d)
7 Billion Years
78.
What stage will our Sun be in after its’ Main Sequence Stage?
a)
Medium Stage
b)
Red Giant
c)
White Dwarf
d)
Main Sequence
79.
What is the final stage our Sun will be in?
a)
Medium Stage
b)
Main Sequence
c)
Red Giant
d)
White Dwarf
80.
As a White Dwarf, our Sun will become a ball of which element?
a)
Hydrogen
b)
Nitrogen
c)
Carbon
d)
Helium
81.
What is a dark cooler region of the Sun called?
a)
Faculae
b)
Granule
c)
Sunspot
d)
Hot Spot
82.
What causes Sunspots?
a)
Solar Wind
b)
Magnetic Activity
c)
Atmospheric Change
d)
Core Temperature
83.
What is an extension of the Solar Corona called?
a)
Solar Wind
b)
Solar Atmosphere
c)
Solar Burst
d)
Nebula
84.
What protects Earth from Solar Flares?
a)
Magnetic Field
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Satellites
d)
Military
85.
How long does it take light to travel from the Sun to the Earth?
a)
4 Minutes
b)
6 Minutes
c)
8 Minutes
d)
10 Minutes
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