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Astronomy Space Exploration
Test Description: A segment of Astronomy Part 1
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Who was the first human in space?
A
Alan Shephard
B
Yuri Gagarin
C
Michael Collins
D
John Glenn
2) Which of the following events occurred first?
A
US spacecraft visits far side of Moon
B
First Astronaut walks on Moon
C
Skylab is launched
D
the International Space Station is launched
3) __ provides a place to live, work, do experiments and exercise while in space several months.
A
a space station
B
a space probe
C
a helicopter
D
a space shuttle
4) John Glenn was the first American to orbit Earth is this type of vehicle.
A
space probe
B
satellite
C
space station
D
space shuttle
5) Where is our solar sytem located in our galaxy?
A
in the nucleus of the galaxy
B
in the midle of a cluster of galaxies
C
on a bar of our spiral galaxy
D
on a spiral arm of the galaxy
6) Scientific studies have shown that sunspots occur in cycles.
A
Sunspot maxima occur about every 20 years.
B
Sunspot maxima occur about every 11 years.
C
Sunspot maxima occur about every 15 years.
D
Sunspot maxima occur about every 8 years.
7) Hydrogen is fused into helium in the Sun's
A
chromosphere
B
photosphere
C
corona
D
core
8) The Sun's layer, the ___, is visible only during a total solar eclipse.
A
photosphere
B
corona
C
chromosphere
D
core
9) If the light from a star is red-shifted, then it is
A
moving away from us.
B
always a red giant.
C
standing still.
D
moving toward us.
10) We live in which galaxy?
A
the Large Magellanic Cloud Galaxy
B
the Orion Galaxy
C
the Andromeda Galaxy
D
the Milky Way Galaxy
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