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