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