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