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