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