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