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