This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Physics > The Universe – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Universe Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Cosmological model that explains the sudden development of the universe through expansion from a hot, dense state. A) Big Bang Theory. B) Doppler Effect. C) Redshift. D) Blueshift. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Big Bang Theory. 2. In red shift, the wavelengths of light become A) Invisible. B) Easier to see. C) Longer/ more red. D) Shorter/ Bluer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Easier to see. 3. Which belief is the basis of Ptolemy's geocentric model of the solar system? A) The Sun and planets revolve around the Earth. B) Jupiter is the same size as the Earth's moon. C) The Sun is the center of the universe. D) The Earth revolves around the Moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Sun and planets revolve around the Earth. 4. Which is one of Edwin Hubble's findings that supports the big bang theory? A) Visible matter only makes up about 5% of the universe. B) Planetesimals formed in debris disks. C) The Milky Way is the only galaxy in the universe. D) The universe started at a central point. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The universe started at a central point. 5. What happened to the electromagnetic radiation emitted from the Big Bang? A) It is visible in optic telescopes. B) I has moved to the gamma ray part of the spectrum. C) It has stretched out to the microwave part of the spectrum. D) It is too old and no longer exists. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It has stretched out to the microwave part of the spectrum. 6. A shift toward longer wavelengths of the spectral lines emitted by a celestial object that is caused by the object moving away from the earth. A) CONTRACTION. B) BLUE SHIFT. C) RED SHIFT. D) EXPANSION. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) RED SHIFT. 7. A particle accelerator is used to model A) Conditions that existed during the big bang. B) The end of the universe. C) Particle expanding within elements. D) Nuclear fission. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conditions that existed during the big bang. 8. Math does not point towards all galaxies expanding from a center point-starting about 13.7 billion years ago A) True. B) False. C) Hmmmm tacos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. What model is where the earth is in the middle of our universe? A) Moon phases. B) Tidal Phases. C) Heliocentric Model. D) Geocentric Model. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Geocentric Model. 10. The Milky Way Galaxy is a A) Lenticular. B) Spiral. C) Irregular. D) Elliptical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spiral. 11. Earth, along with the other planets, revolves around the Sun. The planets revolve in a counterclockwise direction. The cause of the revolution is mostly due to which forces? A) Mass and inertia. B) Orbital speed and mass. C) Gravity and inertia. D) Gravity and orbital speed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mass and inertia. 12. The explosion associated with the theory and the formation of the universe is inferred to have occurred how many billions of years ago? A) Less than 1. B) 2.5. C) 13.7. D) 4.6. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 13.7. 13. What is the percentage of Hydrogen in the Universe? A) 100%. B) 8%. C) 91.90%. D) 0.10%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 91.90%. 14. We can live on Earth because, UNLIKE the other planets Earth ..... A) Has enough liquid water to support life as we know it today. B) Has lots of carbon dioxide for us to breathe. C) Has a rocky surface. D) Has temperatures that can fall to 100 degrees below zero in the winter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has enough liquid water to support life as we know it today. 15. How long after the Big Bang did our solar system form? A) A bit less than 6 million years ago. B) A little less that 14 millions years ago. C) A little more than 9 billion years ago. D) Around 20 billions years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A little more than 9 billion years ago. 16. How old is the sun A) 17 years. B) About 4.5 Million years. C) 10 million years. D) 2 days. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) About 4.5 Million years. 17. The balancing point of the solar system is the A) Barycenter. B) Focus. C) Equinox. D) Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Barycenter. 18. The color of a star will tell you its ..... A) Temperature. B) Brightness. C) Size. D) Mass. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temperature. 19. Which term would be considered the smallest object? A) Galaxy. B) Universe. C) Supercluster. D) Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sun. 20. What is the collection of large and small bodies that orbit the sun A) The solar system. B) Planets. C) Galaxy. D) Star. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The solar system. 21. What is the name for a large collection of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity? A) Solar system. B) Nebula. C) Galaxy. D) Universe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Galaxy. 22. Describes the universe as an oscillating universe in which a cosmic egg called ....., containing the whole universe expands out of a single concentrated point and will eventually collapse again. A) Brahmanda. B) Rigveda. C) Bindu. D) Brahmandala. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brahmanda. 23. Is the Big Bang Theory completely true forever? A) Yes, we believe it to be so. B) No, it does not fit with data. C) Yes, it fits with current data. D) No, theories evolve with new data. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No, theories evolve with new data. 24. ..... are huge spherical areas where very little matter exists in the universe . A) Voids. B) Clusters. C) Superclusters. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voids. 25. Select the correct order of waves on the EMS A) Vis, Micro, Infra, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma, Radio. B) Radio, Micro, Infra, Visible, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma. C) Gamma, X-ray, Ultra, Vis, Infra, Micro, Radio. D) Micro, Radio, Vis, Infra, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Radio, Micro, Infra, Visible, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma. 26. Which of the following is the smallest? A) The Solar System. B) The Sun. C) The Milky Way Galaxy. D) The Universe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Sun. 27. The space and all the matter and energy in it is called ..... A) Space. B) Sun. C) Solar System. D) Universe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Universe. 28. The initial condition of the big bang theory is unknown and referred to as a singularity A) True. B) False. C) Yummy yummy, I love tacos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 29. A planet is a spherical body that orbits the .....? A) King Kong. B) Universe. C) Sun. D) Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sun. 30. According to scientists and astronomers, how long would a modern jet fighter take to cross our Milky Way galaxy? A) 100, 000 years. B) 10, 000 years. C) 1, 000, 000 years. D) 100 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 100, 000 years. 31. Which type of force holds galaxies together? A) Gravity. B) Friction. C) Magnetic forces. D) Electrostatic forces. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gravity. 32. Which of the following holds all celestial bodies. A) Universe. B) Nebula. C) Planet. D) Stars. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Universe. 33. A spiral galaxy is best described as an extremely large group of stars A) Arranged in arms encircling a dense center. B) All packed into a spherical, dense center. C) Arranged in the shape of a flattened ball. D) And gases arranged in no specific shape. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arranged in arms encircling a dense center. 34. How do we know that the universe is expanding? A) The light from very distant galaxies is redshifted. B) The further away a galaxy is, the faster it's velocity. C) Hubble's telescope allowed us to observe distant galaxies. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 35. Which of the following is the lowest frequency visible light? A) Violet. B) Blue. C) Yellow. D) Red. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red. 36. Doppler shift of an object moving away from us. (Longer wavelengths of visible light are redder) A) Redshift. B) Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation. C) Electromagnetic force. D) Blueshift. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Redshift. 37. Where are stars that are both dim and cool located on the HR diagram? A) Top right. B) Bottom right. C) Top left. D) Bottom left. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bottom right. 38. Our galaxy is called the A) The Milky Way. B) The Snickers. C) Earth Nebula. D) The Hubble Galaxy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Milky Way. 39. What galaxy do we live in? A) The Milky Way Galaxy. B) The Sombrero Galaxy. C) The Andromeda Galaxy. D) The Tadpole Galaxy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Milky Way Galaxy. 40. What is proof of the big bang theory? A) The universe was created 13.7 billion years ago. B) Scientists have found leftover microwave energy. C) There is a big hole called, "the big hole" that left microwave energy. D) We could see matter from an inflation many years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scientists have found leftover microwave energy. 41. Compared to the rest of the stars, our sun is considered ..... A) Extremely Large and Cold. B) Small with a medium temperature. C) Medium size with medium temperature. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medium size with medium temperature. 42. What stage of stellar evolution is the sun experiencing at this time? A) Main-sequence. B) Protostar. C) Giant. D) White dwarf. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Main-sequence. 43. Hot clouds of gaseous elements and compounds that act as nurseries for stars A) Nebulae. B) Black holes. C) Galaxies. D) Star. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nebulae. 44. Galaxies that are moving away from us are ..... shifting? A) Yellow. B) Red. C) Green. D) Blue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red. 45. How would the universe be different if stars never died? A) Hollywood would be overrun with celebrities. B) Stars would run out of energy. C) The universe would be lacking in heavier elements. D) There would be fewer planets. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) There would be fewer planets. 46. Proof of the Big bang Theory A) The Red shifting of all nearby galaxies shows the universe is expanding. B) The universe is old. C) The universe is new. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Red shifting of all nearby galaxies shows the universe is expanding. 47. A force that speeds up the expansion of the universe is called A) Gravity. B) Supernova. C) Dark energy. D) Dark matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dark energy. 48. The stars and all the other matter in a galaxy are held together by which of the following? A) Dark matter. B) Gravity. C) Magnetism. D) Inertia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gravity. 49. An element with five valence electrons is A) Oxygen. B) Phosphorus. C) Rubidium. D) Beryllium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phosphorus. 50. Which theory has CMB radiation as evidence? A) Steady State. B) Big Bang. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Big Bang. 51. What did the sun do in the geocentric model? A) Stay in the center of the solar system. B) Orbit the moon. C) Orbit the Earth. D) Orbit the whole solar system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Orbit the Earth. 52. Planets orbit the Sun in a shape called a(n) A) Perihelion. B) Ellipse. C) Focus. D) Circle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ellipse. 53. What units do we use to measure the distance between galaxies? A) Sound years. B) Kilometers. C) Billometers. D) Light years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Light years. 54. Which distance is the greatest? A) The distance to the nearest galaxy. B) The distance to the nearest star. C) The distance across the solar system. D) The distance across the Milky Way galaxy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The distance to the nearest galaxy. 55. The Moon revolves around the Earth because of a non-contact force. What force of Earth keeps the Moon in orbit? A) Magnetic force. B) Centripetal force. C) Electrical force. D) Gravitational force. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gravitational force. 56. What can be used to determine objects movement relative to the earth A) Electromagnetic spectrum. B) The herzsprong-russel diagram. C) Nebula. D) Luminosity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Electromagnetic spectrum. 57. Earth is a very small part of a much larger system known as ..... A) The Milky Way Galaxy. B) Orion's Belt, part of a constellation. C) Jovian Planets. D) Halley's Comet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Milky Way Galaxy. 58. How old is the Universe? A) 13.7 Billion years old. B) A Gazillion years old. C) 4.6 Billion years old. D) 100 million years old. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 13.7 Billion years old. 59. The space between the stars and galaxies, though largely empty, is also filled with ..... A) Scattered particles of dust, few hydrogen atoms. B) High energy particles. C) Radiation, magnetic fields. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 60. The amount of matter in an object is A) Mass. B) Weight. C) Force. D) Pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mass. Next →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesThe Universe Quiz 2The Universe Quiz 3The Universe Quiz 4The Universe Quiz 5The Universe Quiz 6The Universe Quiz 7The Universe Quiz 8The Universe Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books