This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Physics > The Universe – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Universe Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It is the distance light travels in one year which is about 9, 000, 000, 000 kilometer. A) Year light. B) Light year. C) Lightyear. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Light year. 2. A galaxy, such as the Milky Way Galaxy, is very small compared to A) The Universe. B) The Solar System. C) The planet Jupiter. D) The Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Universe. 3. What do you call the matter that consists protons, electrons and neutrons? A) Dark matter. B) Protostar. C) Dark energy. D) Baryonic matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Baryonic matter. 4. What is the meaning of the vocabulary word compact? A) A glass. B) Not compact, not packed together. C) Not sure . D) Dense, firmly packed together. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dense, firmly packed together. 5. This is a large collection of stars, gas, and dust that is held together by gravity. A) Earth. B) Spiral Arms. C) Galaxy. D) Star. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Galaxy. 6. One star is moving away from the solar system. What color will the shift be? A) Has a red shift. B) Has a blue shift. C) Has a green shift. D) Has a yellow shift. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has a red shift. 7. Which list goes from smallest to largest? A) Solar system, universe, galaxy. B) Solar system, galaxy, universe. C) Galaxy, universe, solar system. D) Universe, galaxy, solar system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Solar system, galaxy, universe. 8. What 2 things make up everything in the Universe? A) Matter and Heat. B) Energy and Matter. C) Energy and Dust. D) Mass and Volume. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Energy and Matter. 9. Which of these is the most recent in the timeline of the universe? A) Gravity. B) Heavy elements. C) Light elements. D) Stars. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heavy elements. 10. When it is Winter in Arizona, what season is Australia experiencing? A) Spring. B) Summer. C) Winter. D) Fall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Summer. 11. What do scientists call the big explosion that started the universe? A) Ground zero. B) Big bang. C) The explosion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Big bang. 12. Cosmic background radiation (microwaves in space) are A) Left over from the initial expansion of the universe. B) Help communication. C) Are created by satellites. D) Are a myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Left over from the initial expansion of the universe. 13. What is a light year? A) The distance around the Earth. B) The time it takes light to travel to the moon. C) The distance that light travels in 1 year. D) The distance that light travels in 10 seconds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The distance that light travels in 1 year. 14. All are true about the universe EXCEPT A) It is expanding. B) Its size is unknown. C) It contains areas where little matter exists called voids. D) It was created by the Big Boom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was created by the Big Boom. 15. Which evidence supports the big bang theory? A) Galaxies spin faster than they should based on visible matter. B) Uniform background radiation is detected in every direction. C) Planetesimals form in debris disks. D) Most galaxies are moving toward us. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Uniform background radiation is detected in every direction. 16. What shape do scientists think the universe is? A) Triangular. B) Flat. C) Sphere. D) Saddle Shaped. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sphere. 17. A solar system model with Earth in the center is known as ..... A) Kepler's Model. B) Heliocentric Model. C) Geocentric Model. D) Galileo's Model. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geocentric Model. 18. Who demonstrated the movement of the celestial objects by putting the sun at the center of the universe? A) Galileo Galilei. B) Nicolaus Copernicus. C) Aristotle. D) Isaac Newton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nicolaus Copernicus. 19. From smallest to the largest A) Galaxy, solar system, universe. B) Solar system, galaxy, universe. C) Solar system, universe, galaxy. D) Universe, solar system, galaxy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Solar system, galaxy, universe. 20. The event that marks the beginning of our known universe A) Big Bang Theory. B) Blackhole theory. C) Cell Theory. D) Theory of Evolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Big Bang Theory. 21. The Milky Way galaxy is classified as A) Irregular. B) Spiral. C) Elliptical. D) Spherical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spiral. 22. Which theory suggest that the universe keeps creating matter and energy from the beginning as it expands up to the present time and will continue to be the same until eternity? A) Oscillating Universe Theory. B) Capture Theory. C) Steady-State Theory. D) Big Bang Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Steady-State Theory. 23. Which of the following lists the planets in correct order from SMALLEST to LARGEST? A) Earth, Mercury, Neptune, Jupiter. B) Mercury, Earth, Neptune, Jupiter. C) Jupiter, Neptune, Earth, Mercury. D) Saturn, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mercury, Earth, Neptune, Jupiter. 24. Place these objects in order from smallest to largest. A) Galaxy, solar system, planets, universe. B) Planets, solar system, universe, galaxy. C) Solar system, planets, galaxy, universe. D) Planets, solar system, galaxy, universe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Planets, solar system, galaxy, universe. 25. The universe includes A) All the matter known to exist. B) All the space that exists. C) Nearly 200 billion galaxies. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 26. What is the evidence thought to be leftover radiation from the Big Bang, or the time when the universe began. A) Formation of quarks. B) Dark matter and dark energy. C) Cosmic microwave background. D) All of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cosmic microwave background. 27. Billion years ago, scientists believe that the universe started with a ..... A) Large Bang. B) Loud Bang. C) Big Bang. D) Strong Bang. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Big Bang. 28. Where is a meteorite located? A) In the atmosphere. B) In outer space. C) On the ground. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On the ground. 29. The solar nebula that formed our solar system was thought to be put in motion by a ..... A) Black hole. B) Condensation nucleus. C) Nearby supernova. D) Creative intelligence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nearby supernova. 30. Which of these correctly identifies different objects in the universe according to their size and composition? A) A galaxy is bigger than a universe. B) A nebula is larger than a galaxy. C) A solar system contains many stars. D) A galaxy contains many solar systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A galaxy contains many solar systems. 31. Our Milky way is in a Group Called ..... A) Andromeda Constellation. B) Saturn. C) The Local Group. D) Kepler 452b. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Local Group. 32. This scientist discovered that the Universe is expanding A) Ptolemy. B) Newton. C) Hubble. D) Galileo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hubble. 33. Which set of terms is correctly ordered largest to smallest? A) Galaxy, star, universe, solar system, planet. B) Planet, star, solar system, galaxy, universe. C) Universe, galaxy, solar system, star, planet. D) Universe, galaxy, star, solar system, planet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Universe, galaxy, solar system, star, planet. 34. At what time point in the Universe's history did all the forces in nature appear along with particles, neutrons, protons, and electrons? A) Three minutes after the Big Bang. B) 1 million years after the Big Bang. C) 500, 000 years after the Big Bang. D) One second after the Big Bang. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) One second after the Big Bang. 35. List the terrestrial planets in our solar system. A) Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. B) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars. C) Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus. D) Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars. 36. The big bang was a rapid ..... A) Unknown. B) Expansion. C) Contraction. D) Recoiling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Expansion. 37. Who is credited with discovering proof that we live in an expanding universe? A) Newton. B) Hubble. C) Einstein. D) Gamow and Alphner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hubble. 38. Brightness of a star as seen from Earth A) Parallax. B) Apparent magnitude. C) Absolute magnitude. D) Spectrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apparent magnitude. 39. What are the three major types of galaxies identified by Edwin Hubble? A) Spiral, triangular, irregular. B) Spiral, triangular, elliptical. C) Triangular, elliptical, irregular. D) Spiral, elliptical, irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spiral, elliptical, irregular. 40. States that the universe expands but did not change its density A) Steady State Theory. B) Multiverse Theory. C) Primordial Universe. D) Atomic Universe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Steady State Theory. 41. The Milky Way Galaxy contains A) Billions of stars and the objects in orbit around them. B) Billions of stars but not the objects in orbit around them. C) All of the stars throughout the Universe. D) Only the objects found in the Solar System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Billions of stars and the objects in orbit around them. 42. A type of energy that opposes gravity and causes the expansion of the universe A) Dark matter. B) Dark energy. C) Electromagnetic. D) Accelerating. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dark energy. 43. The theory that the universe is expanding is supported by the A) Existence of cosmic background radiation. B) Nuclear fusion occurring in the Sun. C) Radioactive decay occurring in the Sun. D) Blue shift of light from distant galaxies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Existence of cosmic background radiation. 44. Which of the following lists the astronomical structures from smallest to largest? A) Universe, planet, galaxy, planetary system. B) Planet, planetary system, galaxy, universe. C) Galaxy, universe, planetary system, planet. D) Planetary system, galaxy, universe, planet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Planet, planetary system, galaxy, universe. 45. Which theory states that the universe is expanding but will eventually come to a halt then return to its original form? A) Steady-State Theory. B) Big Bang Theory. C) Expansion-Halt Theory. D) Oscillating Universe Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oscillating Universe Theory. 46. Light years are used by astronomers to measure what property of celestial bodies? A) Time since formation. B) Distance from Earth. C) Internal temperature. D) Absolute brightness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Distance from Earth. 47. The universe is believed to be at least ..... in diameter and contains a vast number of galaxies. A) 10 billion light years. B) 200 million light year. C) 34 billion light year. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10 billion light years. 48. According to the Big Bang theory, how old is the universe? A) 14.5 billion years. B) 4.5 billion years. C) 6, 000 years. D) 65 million years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 14.5 billion years. 49. The satellite of planet Earth is ..... A) Star. B) Planet. C) Sun. D) Moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Moon. 50. The big bang was a what? A) Expansion. B) Explosion. C) Unknown. D) Contraction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Explosion. 51. All of space and everything in it A) Universe. B) Big bang. C) Position. D) Origin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Universe. 52. A collection of stars, dust, and gas bound together by gravity is ..... A) Planet. B) Universe. C) Galaxy. D) Solar System. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Galaxy. 53. Scientist that developed the law of universal gravitation A) Edwin Hubble. B) Sir Issac Newton. C) Georges Lemaitre. D) Albert Einstein. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sir Issac Newton. 54. Which of the following stars would be seen as the brightest star? A) Alcyone, which has an apparent magnitude of 3. B) Deneb, which has an apparent magnitude of 1. C) Sirius, which has an apparent magnitude of-1. D) Alpheratz, which has an apparent magnitude of 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sirius, which has an apparent magnitude of-1. 55. The energy from the sun is created by a process called A) Nuclear fusion. B) Nuclear reaction. C) Nuclear fission. D) Nuclear core. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nuclear fusion. 56. The multiverse theory is popular in what culture A) Science fiction culture. B) Jewish culture. C) African culture. D) Italian culture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Science fiction culture. 57. GALAXY WITH NO DEFINITE SHAPE AND USUALLY FORMS WHEN TO GALAXIES COLLIDE TOGETHER A) SPIRAL. B) IRREGULAR. C) ELLIPTICAL. D) SPHERICAL. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) IRREGULAR. 58. Stars are made mostly of which two elements? A) Hydrogen and helium. B) Mercury and strontium. C) Iron and potassium. D) Krypton and bismuth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hydrogen and helium. 59. What color is our sun? A) Yellow. B) Orange. C) Yellow orange. D) Yellow white. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yellow. 60. Which of the following would most often be measured in light years? A) Distances between the Sun and objects in our solar system. B) Distances between planets in our solar system. C) Distances between stars and galaxies. D) The distance between Earth and the Moon. 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