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