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