Intro to Our Universe Quiz
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  • 1. The study of our universe is called___
A) astrology
B) geology
C) geography
D) astronomy
E) space
galaxy
  • 2. Our sun is actually a ________
A) supernova
B) planet
C) star
D) galaxy
E) nova
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  • 3. Everything that exists, exists in _________
A) the universe
B) our cells
C) water
D) the sun
E) an atom
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  • 4. Which of these is the largest?
A) Sun
B) Earth
C) galaxy
D) solar system
E) Jupiter
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  • 5. An idea that has lots of evidence to back it up but that can not be proven is a(n) ___
A) prediction
B) law
C) hypothesis
D) theory
E) educated guess
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  • 6. True or False.... A scientific theory can be proven
A) True
B) False
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  • 7. True or False... A scientific law can be proven
A) True
B) False
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  • 8. There are/is _____ Sun(s) in our galaxy
A) 100
B) three
C) two
D) one
E) millions of
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  • 9. There are _____ galaxies in our universe
A) 7
B) 100
C) thousands of
D) 10
E) 2
  • 10. Our galaxy is called _____
A) Alpha Centauri
B) none of these
C) a super nova
D) the Solar System
E) the Milky Way
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  • 11. To have gravity, an object must have ____
A) mass
B) volume
C) height
D) electricity
E) all of these
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  • 12. Your body exerts or has its own gravity.
A) True
B) False
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  • 13. Which of these would exert or have the most gravity?
A) Earth
B) you
C) Jupiter
D) a fly
E) an elephant
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  • 14. When one object attracts or pulls on another object
A) the universe
B) gravity
C) none of these
D) supernova
E) pressure
  • 15. Gravity makes objects ____ when they are falling
A) all of these
B) speed up
C) slow down
D) move at a constant speed
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  • 16. What keeps you on the ground?
A) volume
B) gravity
C) acceleration
D) density
E) pressure
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  • 17. Gravity keeps our Earth ____
A) none of these
B) from exploding
C) from growing 1000x larger
D) in orbit around the Sun
E) from shrinking
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  • 18. If you drop a penny and a baseball they fall ___
A) none of these
B) so that the baseball hits first
C) at different speeds
D) at the same speed
E) so that the penny hits first
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  • 19. Gravity can pull on clouds to affect weather.
A) True
B) False
C) Never
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  • 20. What makes our ocean tides rise and fall?
A) Earth's gravity
B) too much rain
C) the Moon's gravity
D) wind
E) tornadoes
  • 21. A container with no air is called or creates a ___
A) planet
B) nebula
C) vacuum
D) supernova
E) sun
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  • 22. E.M. stands for___
A) electrical movement
B) electromagnetic
C) emergency medical
D) emit motion
E) Earth's mass
  • 23. Which of these types of waves are NOT on the EM spectrum?
A) ocean waves
B) all of these
C) x-rays
D) radio waves
E) TV broadcast waves
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  • 24. What do scientists use to see the universe's galaxies?
A) all of these
B) binoculars
C) telescopes
D) microscopes
E) none of these
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  • 25. Radiation is always bad.
A) True
B) False
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  • 26. Matter that does not give off radiation that can be detected is _____
A) light matter
B) a nebula
C) a supernova
D) dark matter
E) a black hole
  • 27. Scientists believe that 90% of matter in the galaxies is ______
A) made of oxygen
B) makes up our sun
C) dark matter
D) makes up planets
E) light matter
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  • 28. Objects that heat and light the planets are called____
A) suns
B) none of these
C) wavelengths
D) radiation
E) stars
  • 29. Our Sun is small in comparison to other stars in the universe
A) True
B) False
C) our Sun is not a star
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  • 30. Stars are made of _____
A) iron
B) liquid
C) metals
D) plasma
E) solid
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  • 31. The "light" given off by stars comes from ___
A) metal reflections
B) constant nuclear reactions
C) oxygen
D) fire
E) iron
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  • 32. Stars are usually made of which 2 gases?
A) oxygen and nitrogen
B) hydrogen and oxygen
C) helium and hydrogen
D) helium and nitrogen
E) iron and oxygen
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  • 33. There are many different kinds of light in our universe.
A) True
B) False
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  • 34. Infrared, ultraviolet and x-rays are all forms of _____
A) liquids
B) light
C) supernovas
D) gases
E) solids
  • 35. A ball of gases that has many nuclear reactions is called_______
A) gravity
B) a galaxy
C) a star
D) a planet
E) mass
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  • 36. What color is our Sun?
A) white
B) invisible
C) orange
D) red
E) yellow
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  • 37. The color of a star depends on its _________
A) surface temperature
B) gases
C) gravity
D) size only
E) distance from s planet
  • 38. Higher temperatures create a__________star
A) orange
B) white
C) red
D) blue
E) yellow
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  • 39. Lower temperatures create a ______ star
A) blue
B) yellow
C) red
D) white
E) orange
  • 40. A star's luminosity means its _______
A) temperature
B) brightness
C) gas type
D) volume
E) size
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  • 41. A star's radius means its ________
A) color
B) density
C) orbit
D) temperature
E) size
  • 42. Our Sun has a _____ temperature compared to others in the universe
A) below zero
B) none of these
C) medium
D) cooler
E) hotter
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  • 43. Like other organisms, stars have a _________
A) water cycle
B) life cycle
C) carbon cycle
D) nitrogen cycle
E) all of these
  • 44. Stars are born from huge clouds of _____
A) nitrogen
B) oxygen
C) gas and dust
D) water and dust
E) hydrogen and water
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  • 45. The "beginning" of a star's life is called a _____
A) nebula
B) radiation wave
C) white dwarf
D) gamma ray
E) supernova
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  • 46. A nebula that condenses and gets smaller is called a _____
A) solar sytem
B) giant nebula
C) protostar
D) galaxy
E) supernova
  • 47. The prefix "proto" means ____
A) older or after
B) none of these
C) early or before
D) middle of a cycle
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  • 48. Right at the end of the protostar phase, a star becomes _____
A) less dense
B) all of these
C) a solid
D) more dense
E) explosive
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  • 49. The star's heavy elements move___
A) in straight lines
B) in horizontal lines
C) to the center
D) out into the atmosphere
  • 50. After a star's main sequence, it becomes a _______
A) green star
B) red giant
C) white dwarf
D) supernova
E) blue star
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  • 51. As a star cools it starts to ____
A) all of these
B) disappear
C) shrink
D) grow
  • 52. As a star begins to die, it becomes a _________
A) red dwarf
B) white dwarf
C) blue dwarf
D) red giant
E) yellow giant
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  • 53. What is a super nova?
A) when a galaxy explodes
B) when 2 planets collide
C) when a star's reactions stop and it explodes
D) when 2 stars collide
E) when a star's reactions speed up and it explodes
  • 54. When a star has little or no fuel left, it is in its ______ stage of life
A) middle
B) first
C) final
D) 10th
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  • 55. A star in its final stage becomes a ____
A) blue planet
B) yellow dwarf
C) red giant
D) white dwarf
E) none of these
  • 56. A black hole has so much gravity that ______
A) even light can not get out
B) it explodes into a supernova
C) light can escape easily
D) all of these
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  • 57. No object can escape the gravity of a black hole.
A) False
B) True
solarsystem
  • 58. A huge amount of mass in a very small space produces a ___
A) universe
B) black hole
C) supernova
D) galaxy
E) solar system
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