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