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