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