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