This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Physics > The Universe – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Universe Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How are stars DIFFERENT from planets? A) Stars are solid and rocky. B) Stars are made of frozen gases. C) Stars do not move. D) Stars revolve around the Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stars do not move. 2. What is the main difference between an asteroid and a meteoroid? A) The shape of the orbits. B) Their effect on Earth. C) Their density. D) The size of the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The size of the body. 3. Is all of time and space and its contents. It includes planets, moons, minor planets, stars, galaxies, and other celestial bodies. A) Space. B) Solar System. C) Galaxy. D) Universe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Universe. 4. The Milky Way Galaxy A) An increase (or decrease) in the frequency of sound, light, or other waves. B) Is the galaxy that contains our Solar System. C) A particle attracts every other particle in the universe. D) An interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium and other ionized gases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is the galaxy that contains our Solar System. 5. What is the term used for the extremely tiny starting point where the universe started before the Big Bang? A) Quark. B) Singularity. C) Atom. D) Pinhole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Singularity. 6. He Big Bang Theory explains A) How galaxies formed. B) When time began. C) How the universe was created. D) All of these options. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these options. 7. What is a branch of astronomy that deals with the origin, structure, and space-time relationship of the universe? A) Newtonian Physics. B) Big Bang. C) Kosmology. D) Cosmology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cosmology. 8. The farthest planet from the sun is A) Mercury. B) Jupiter. C) Mars. D) Neptune. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neptune. 9. All of the stars that can be observed in the night sky, when compared to the Sun are A) Thousands of times farther away. B) Hundreds of times larger. C) Millions of times more massive. D) Billions of times hotter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thousands of times farther away. 10. Are made up of gas, dust, and billions of stars and have different shapes A) Universe. B) Star. C) Galaxy. D) Nebula. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Galaxy. 11. Why do we have different phases of the moon? A) Because the moon revolves around the sun. B) Because the moon revolves around the earth. C) Because the moon rotates. D) Because the earth rotates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because the moon revolves around the earth. 12. As galaxies move away from our galaxya shift on the electromagnetic spectrum(EMS) is noticed. This phenomena iscalled ..... A) Redshift. B) Blackshift. C) Unshift. D) Blueshift. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Redshift. 13. Which of the following is gravity responsible? A) Tilt of Earth's axis. B) Rotation of a planet on its axis. C) Orbits of the planets around the Sun. D) Phases of the moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Orbits of the planets around the Sun. 14. Our Sun is just one of many millions of stars in a froup of stars called a A) Solar system. B) Cosmos. C) Galaxy. D) Universe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Galaxy. 15. What is the very first element created in the universe? A) Helium. B) Lithium. C) Hydrogen. D) Beryllium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hydrogen. 16. The majority of asteroids in the Solar System are found A) Orbiting very close to the sun. B) In a belt between the inner and outer planets. C) In a belt at the outside edge of the solar system. D) Orbiting the sun at the same distance as Jupiter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In a belt between the inner and outer planets. 17. Place the following in sequence:A) Hubble makes his discoveries; B) Cosmic background radiation is first detected; C) Lemaitre proposes his theory A) B, C, A. B) C, B, A. C) C, A, B. D) A, B, C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C, A, B. 18. What is the term used for a cloud of gas and dust? A) Solar dust. B) Gas giant. C) Solar cloud. D) Nebula. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nebula. 19. Where is a meteoroid located? A) In the atmosphere. B) In outer space. C) On the ground. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In outer space. 20. The number of minutes it takes light to travel from the Sun to Earth A) Astronomical unit. B) 300, 000. C) Eight. D) Light year. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eight. 21. Which of these is an important characteristic of a planet? A) It must be at least 92 million miles from the Sun. B) It must have gravity. C) It must have at least 165 moons. D) It must be massive enough to clear objects from its orbit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It must be massive enough to clear objects from its orbit. 22. What is the meaning of the vocabulary word collide? A) Not sure . B) To crash, to strike violently together. C) A herding dog. D) To put together. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To crash, to strike violently together. 23. What is the word used to describe space and all of the energy and matter in it? A) Outer space. B) Galaxy. C) Solar system. D) Universe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Universe. 24. Theories can change when ..... A) We discover new information and new technology. B) Whenever the scientist decides. C) The decade changes. D) Cows jump over the moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We discover new information and new technology. 25. A large cloud of dust and gas A) Supercluster. B) Galaxy. C) Nebula. D) Black hole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nebula. 26. This has more mass than a moon but less mass than star. A) Nebula. B) Universe. C) Galaxy. D) Planet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Planet. 27. Which planet has the shortest orbit around the sun? A) Earth. B) Jupiter. C) Neptune. D) Mercury. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mercury. 28. Who discovered Pluto? A) Galileo Galilei. B) Clyde Tombaugh. C) Jovanni Skiaparelli. D) William Herschel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clyde Tombaugh. 29. Light and other forms of electromagnetic radiation are given off by stars using energy released during A) Convection. B) Conduction. C) Nuclear fusion. D) Radioactive decay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nuclear fusion. 30. Use the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram to answer the following question. Red colored stars ..... A) Are stars with cool temperatures. B) Are stars with hot temperatures. C) Are all stars with bright luminosity. D) Are all stars with dim luminosity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are stars with cool temperatures. 31. What at in the HR Diagram is the Sun located? A) Top right. B) The middle. C) Top left. D) Bottom left. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The middle. 32. Space and all the matter & energy in it A) Space. B) Earth. C) Milky Way. D) Universe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Universe. 33. There are four seasons in a year. Which reason is most responsible for the changing seasons on Earth? A) The way Earth tilts on its axis. B) The way Earth rotates on its axis. C) Changes in the distance between Earth and the Sun. D) Changes in the amount of energy the Sun produces. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The way Earth tilts on its axis. 34. The term big bang refers to ..... A) A supernova explosion. B) The origin of the universe. C) The ultimate fate of the universe. D) The formation of a quasar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The origin of the universe. 35. What happens if you reverse the galaxy motion and go back in time? A) Everything must have been condensed into one extremely dense point. B) Nobody has a clue. C) Everything would still be where it is today. D) Some things would remain, some would have moved back. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Everything must have been condensed into one extremely dense point. 36. What the center of our universe? A) A star composed of carbon and nitrogen. B) A medium planet with an atmosphere. C) A star composed of hydrogen and helium. D) A black hole that was once a star. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A star composed of hydrogen and helium. 37. Why does our Sun, an average sized star, appear so much brighter than other more massive stars? A) The Sun is made of different elements. B) The Sun is prettier so it shines brighter. C) The Sun is lit. D) The Sun is closer to Earth than other stars. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Sun is closer to Earth than other stars. 38. The oscillating universe theory is on an epic scale of what? A) Creationism. B) Reincarnation. C) Big bang. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reincarnation. 39. Scientist that explained the relationship between distance of galaxies and speed at which those galaxies are moving away from each other A) George Gamow. B) Albert Einstein. C) George Lemaitre. D) Sir Issac Newton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) George Lemaitre. 40. Before the Big Bang theory was presented in 1927, most people believed that the universe was created based on a story they learned from A) Their religion. B) Their teacher. C) Their parents. D) Their imagination. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Their religion. 41. What is a large celestial body that is composed of gas and emits light? A) Planet. B) Moon. C) Star. D) Nebula. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Star. 42. What was contained in the singularity that gave rise to the Big Bang? Choose the best answer. A) Gamma rays. B) Electrons in a highly excited state. C) One atom of every known element in our universe. D) All the mass, energy, and time in our universe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the mass, energy, and time in our universe. 43. All of the matter and everything that exists in space makes up ..... A) Universe. B) Stars. C) Nebulas. D) Galaxy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Universe. 44. What does Annie's mother teach? pg 257 A) Music. B) Science. C) Spanish. D) ELA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Music. 45. What components best define a galaxy? A) Gas, dust, and billions of stars. B) Meteors, comets, and asteroids. C) Planets, moons, and a single star. D) Ice, rock, and dust. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gas, dust, and billions of stars. 46. When a high-mass star's core collapses and its outer portion explodes, a ..... is produced. A) Black hole. B) Supernova. C) Supergiant. D) White dwarf. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Supernova. 47. Invisible matter that slows down the expansion of the universe is called A) Gravity. B) Supernova. C) Dark matter. D) Dark energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dark matter. 48. What is the name of the explosion at the death of a massive star? A) Supergiant. B) Supernova. C) Black Hole. D) Nebula. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Supernova. 49. Which factor is the most influential in Earth's ability to support life? A) The Earth rotates in an elliptical orbit around the sun. B) The Earth has only one moon that orbits around it. C) The Earth has a breathable atmosphere. D) The Earth is exposed to rays from the sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Earth has a breathable atmosphere. 50. What process takes place inside stars? A) Fusion. B) Formation of gasses. C) Formation of plasma. D) Fission. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fusion. 51. Our universe contains A) One star. B) 5 stars. C) Billions of stars. D) 9 planets. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Billions of stars. 52. Scientists think that the universe will ..... A) End someday. B) Eventually shrink. C) Expand forever. D) Expand and shrink on a regular basis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Expand forever. 53. This object has more mass than a moon but less mass than a star. A) Nebula. B) Galaxy. C) Planet. D) Solar system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Planet. 54. Which of the following statements does NOT correctly describe a star A) A star is made of plasma. B) A star has a solid surface. C) A star "burns" hydrogen to produce light. D) A star creates new and heavier elements as it produces light. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A star has a solid surface. 55. A black hole is an object so dense with so much gravity that even ..... cannot escape. A) Spaceships. B) Man. C) Light. D) Bacon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Light. 56. What characteristic determines the lifespan of a star? A) Brightness. B) Limonosuty. C) Size. D) Temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Size. 57. An interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium, and other ionized gases. A) Galaxy. B) Nebula. C) Star. D) Planet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nebula. 58. When a mass of hydrogen has enough density, it begins to fuse the hydrogen atoms together. This produces heat and light. What is this classified as? A) Planet. B) Galaxy. C) Nebula. D) Star. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Star. 59. Electromagnetic radiation (left over from the big bang) that is coming from every direction, and can be detected in all areas of the universe. A) Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation. B) Doppler Effect. C) Electromagnetic force. D) Fundamental force. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation. 60. The sun is in the center of the A) Universe. B) Solar system. C) Milly Way Galaxy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Solar system. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesThe Universe Quiz 1The Universe Quiz 2The Universe Quiz 3The Universe Quiz 4The Universe Quiz 6The Universe Quiz 7The Universe Quiz 8The Universe Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books