Intro to Our Universe Quiz
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  • 1. The study of our universe is called___
A) geology
B) astronomy
C) space
D) astrology
E) geography
galaxy
  • 2. Our sun is actually a ________
A) star
B) supernova
C) nova
D) planet
E) galaxy
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  • 3. Everything that exists, exists in _________
A) the universe
B) an atom
C) the sun
D) water
E) our cells
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  • 4. Which of these is the largest?
A) Jupiter
B) Earth
C) solar system
D) Sun
E) galaxy
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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) theory
B) hypothesis
C) educated guess
D) law
E) prediction
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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) one
B) millions of
C) three
D) two
E) 100
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  • 9. There are _____ galaxies in our universe
A) 7
B) thousands of
C) 100
D) 10
E) 2
  • 10. Our galaxy is called _____
A) none of these
B) Alpha Centauri
C) the Milky Way
D) the Solar System
E) a super nova
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  • 11. To have gravity, an object must have ____
A) mass
B) height
C) electricity
D) volume
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) you
B) an elephant
C) Jupiter
D) Earth
E) a fly
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  • 14. When one object attracts or pulls on another object
A) the universe
B) gravity
C) pressure
D) supernova
E) none of these
  • 15. Gravity makes objects ____ when they are falling
A) speed up
B) all of these
C) slow down
D) move at a constant speed
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  • 16. What keeps you on the ground?
A) volume
B) density
C) acceleration
D) gravity
E) pressure
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  • 17. Gravity keeps our Earth ____
A) from exploding
B) from shrinking
C) none of these
D) from growing 1000x larger
E) in orbit around the Sun
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  • 18. If you drop a penny and a baseball they fall ___
A) none of these
B) at different speeds
C) so that the baseball hits first
D) so that the penny hits first
E) at the same speed
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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) the Moon's gravity
B) Earth's gravity
C) too much rain
D) tornadoes
E) wind
  • 21. A container with no air is called or creates a ___
A) nebula
B) vacuum
C) sun
D) planet
E) supernova
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  • 22. E.M. stands for___
A) emit motion
B) emergency medical
C) electromagnetic
D) electrical movement
E) Earth's mass
  • 23. Which of these types of waves are NOT on the EM spectrum?
A) ocean waves
B) radio waves
C) x-rays
D) all of these
E) TV broadcast waves
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  • 24. What do scientists use to see the universe's galaxies?
A) telescopes
B) binoculars
C) microscopes
D) all of these
E) none of these
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  • 25. Radiation is always bad.
A) False
B) True
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  • 26. Matter that does not give off radiation that can be detected is _____
A) a supernova
B) a black hole
C) light matter
D) dark matter
E) a nebula
  • 27. Scientists believe that 90% of matter in the galaxies is ______
A) light matter
B) dark matter
C) makes up planets
D) made of oxygen
E) makes up our sun
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  • 28. Objects that heat and light the planets are called____
A) none of these
B) stars
C) wavelengths
D) radiation
E) suns
  • 29. Our Sun is small in comparison to other stars in the universe
A) True
B) our Sun is not a star
C) False
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  • 30. Stars are made of _____
A) liquid
B) iron
C) metals
D) solid
E) plasma
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  • 31. The "light" given off by stars comes from ___
A) fire
B) iron
C) oxygen
D) constant nuclear reactions
E) metal reflections
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  • 32. Stars are usually made of which 2 gases?
A) oxygen and nitrogen
B) helium and hydrogen
C) helium and nitrogen
D) hydrogen and oxygen
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) gases
B) light
C) solids
D) liquids
E) supernovas
  • 35. A ball of gases that has many nuclear reactions is called_______
A) gravity
B) a planet
C) a star
D) a galaxy
E) mass
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  • 36. What color is our Sun?
A) red
B) yellow
C) invisible
D) orange
E) white
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  • 37. The color of a star depends on its _________
A) gravity
B) surface temperature
C) gases
D) distance from s planet
E) size only
  • 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) white
B) yellow
C) blue
D) red
E) orange
  • 40. A star's luminosity means its _______
A) brightness
B) size
C) gas type
D) volume
E) temperature
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  • 41. A star's radius means its ________
A) temperature
B) density
C) orbit
D) size
E) color
  • 42. Our Sun has a _____ temperature compared to others in the universe
A) none of these
B) below zero
C) medium
D) hotter
E) cooler
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  • 43. Like other organisms, stars have a _________
A) nitrogen cycle
B) carbon cycle
C) all of these
D) life cycle
E) water cycle
  • 44. Stars are born from huge clouds of _____
A) oxygen
B) gas and dust
C) hydrogen and water
D) water and dust
E) nitrogen
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  • 45. The "beginning" of a star's life is called a _____
A) supernova
B) white dwarf
C) gamma ray
D) nebula
E) radiation wave
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  • 46. A nebula that condenses and gets smaller is called a _____
A) giant nebula
B) galaxy
C) protostar
D) solar sytem
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) all of these
B) less dense
C) explosive
D) more dense
E) a solid
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  • 49. The star's heavy elements move___
A) out into the atmosphere
B) in straight lines
C) in horizontal lines
D) to the center
  • 50. After a star's main sequence, it becomes a _______
A) blue star
B) supernova
C) red giant
D) green star
E) white dwarf
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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) white dwarf
B) blue dwarf
C) yellow giant
D) red dwarf
E) red giant
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  • 53. What is a super nova?
A) when 2 stars collide
B) when a galaxy explodes
C) when 2 planets collide
D) when a star's reactions speed up and it explodes
E) when a star's reactions stop and it explodes
  • 54. When a star has little or no fuel left, it is in its ______ stage of life
A) first
B) final
C) middle
D) 10th
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  • 55. A star in its final stage becomes a ____
A) white dwarf
B) blue planet
C) red giant
D) yellow 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) all of these
D) light can escape easily
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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) solar system
C) black hole
D) universe
E) galaxy
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