This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Physics > The Universe – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Universe Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The color of a star depends on its A) Temperature. B) Size. C) Shape. D) Magnitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temperature. 2. Which doomsday hypothesis could be described as a reverse big bang, resulting in a hot dense end to our Universe? A) The big chill. B) The big crunch. C) The big bounce. D) The big bang. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The big crunch. 3. Very massive stars die in a huge explosion called a ..... A) Solar flare. B) Super nova. C) Black hole. D) Neutron star. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Super nova. 4. STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSE FROM LARGEST TO SMALLEST A) Universe, galaxy, planet, star, solar system. B) Universe, galaxy, solar system, star, planet. C) Universe, star, galaxy, solar system, planet. D) Planet, star, galaxy, star, universe, solar system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Universe, galaxy, solar system, star, planet. 5. It Takes Our Solar System ..... Years to Rotate Around the Milky Way. A) 400 billion. B) 225 billion. C) 400 million. D) 225 million. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 225 million. 6. Which of the following best describes the position of the Sun in the geocentric model? A) It orbits another star. B) It orbits Earth. C) It is at the center of the Universe. D) It is at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It orbits Earth. 7. Very massive stars eventually collapse into what final star remnant? A) Neutron stars. B) White dwarfs. C) Black holes. D) Protostars. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Black holes. 8. A(n) ..... is so massive that its gravity does not even let light escape. A) Quasar. B) Galaxy. C) Sun. D) Black Hole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Black Hole. 9. The universe contains A) Millions of galaxies. B) One galaxy. C) 3 galaxies. D) Billions of galaxies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Billions of galaxies. 10. Redshift and cosmic background radiation are evidence supporting the ..... A) Big Bang Theory. B) Nebula. C) Electromagnetic spectrum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Big Bang Theory. 11. Hubble's law states which of the following? A) We live in an expanding universe. B) The further away a galaxy is, the faster it is receding. C) Galaxies far away look redder through a telescope. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The further away a galaxy is, the faster it is receding. 12. A light year is ..... A) The distance light can travel in a year. B) How long it takes light to get to you from the sun. C) How many years it takes light to be emitted. D) The speed light travels. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The distance light can travel in a year. 13. Earth's rotation takes about ....., whereas its revolution takes about ..... A) One month; one year. B) One day; one eclipse. C) One day; one year. D) One year; one day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One day; one year. 14. The four planets that orbit farthest from the sun are called gas giant planets. They are A) Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Venus. B) Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. C) Jupiter, Saturn, Earth, and Mars. D) Mars, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. 15. One way scientists calculate the age of the universe is to measure the distance ..... A) From the planets to Earth. B) Unheard of. C) From Earth to various galaxies. D) From space to Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) From Earth to various galaxies. 16. The first planet from the sun is A) Mercury. B) Earth. C) Venus. D) Jupiter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mercury. 17. Which of the following is not true of a scientific theory? A) A theory can be based off a model or an explanation. B) You do not need evidence to form a theory. C) A theory is based on results. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You do not need evidence to form a theory. 18. Cosmology is ..... A) The force of attraction between all masses in the universe. B) A galaxy in which the stars and gas clouds are concentrated mainly in one or more spiral arms. C) The science of the origin and development of the universe. D) A scientist who studies the universe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The science of the origin and development of the universe. 19. Which of the following most accurately describes why the Earth receives more energy from the Sun than all of the other billions of stars combined? A) The sun is more dense. B) The sun is much closer. C) The sun is hotter. D) The sun is larger in size. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The sun is much closer. 20. Today's solar system model is called ..... A) Heliocentric. B) Kepler's Law. C) Geocentric. D) Ptolemaic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heliocentric. 21. The age of the universe is probably close to ..... A) 4 1/2 billion years. B) 15 billion years. C) 30 billion years. D) 14 million years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 14 million years. 22. A change in wavelength of a wave due to the source and observer moving closer or farther apart A) Duck Wake. B) Distance Effect. C) Siren Shift. D) Doppler Effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Doppler Effect. 23. What consists of a star and all the bodies in orbit around it? A) Solar system. B) Nebula. C) Galaxy. D) Comet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Solar system. 24. What is the unit used to measure the distance between stars or the size of galaxies A) Kilometers. B) Astronomical Units. C) Light year. D) Parsec. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Light year. 25. Which of the following is a piece of evidence that supports the Big Bang Theory? A) The yellow color of most stars. B) The red-shift of light emitted by stars. C) The blue-shift of light emitted by stars. D) The lack of life on other planets. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The red-shift of light emitted by stars. 26. What is our galaxy? A) The Milky Way. B) The Galaxy S7 Note. C) The Andromeda Galaxy. D) Constellations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Milky Way. 27. Every object is part of a larger system. This is called ..... A) Big bang theory. B) Cosmic repetition. C) Cosmology. D) Cosmic background radiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cosmic repetition. 28. The second planet from the sun is A) Jupiter. B) Venus. C) Mars. D) Saturn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Venus. 29. An average size star, like our sun, will eventually become A) A supergiant. B) A black hole. C) A red giant. D) A neutron star. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A red giant. 30. How can a scientist tell how quickly and object in space is moving and whether or not its moving toward Earth? A) Redshift and blueshift. B) Ultraviolet and infrared. C) Absorption and radiation. D) Absorption and emission. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Redshift and blueshift. 31. About 13.7 billion years ago, there was a rapid ..... in the universe. A) Exploration. B) Exploitation. C) Experiment. D) Expansion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Expansion. 32. A large cloud of gas and dust in interstellar space; the predecessor to stars ..... A) Galaxy. B) Black hole. C) Constellation. D) Nebula. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nebula. 33. Which of the following EM waves has the shortest wavelength? TEK 8.8C A) Microwave. B) Radio. C) X-ray. D) Visible light. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) X-ray. 34. Which of these is the correct order of the structure of the universe from smallest to biggest? A) Solar system-Galaxy-Universe. B) Solar System-Universe-Galaxy. C) Universe-Galaxy-Solar System. D) Galaxy-Solar System-Universe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Solar system-Galaxy-Universe. 35. Why does group number 18 have the least reactive elements? A) They all have an odd number of protons. B) They all have an even number of protons. C) They have the largest masses. D) Their electron shells are the most filled and do not need to be very reactive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Their electron shells are the most filled and do not need to be very reactive. 36. What is the name of the galaxy Earth belongs to? A) Milky Way. B) Betelgeuse. C) Bardnard's Star. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Milky Way. 37. Red Shift, the objects are shorter because the object is moving away from earth A) False. B) True. C) Frue. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 38. Who observed that light from distance galaxies is redshifted? A) Hubble. B) Herschel. C) Oppenheimer. D) Einstein. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hubble. 39. The spiral galaxy containing our solar system A) SPHERICAL. B) MILKLY WAY. C) ADROMENDA. D) CELSA. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) MILKLY WAY. 40. Place the following in order from smallest to largest:Milky Way Galaxy, nebula, Sun, Earth, moon A) Galaxy, Sun, Earth, moon, nebula. B) Galaxy, Sun, Earth, nebula, moon. C) Nebula, galaxy, Sun, Earth, moon. D) Galaxy, nebula, Sun, Earth, moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Galaxy, nebula, Sun, Earth, moon. 41. What is the very first element formed in the Universe? A) Oxygen. B) Helium. C) Carbon. D) Hydrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Helium. 42. This has less mass than the Universe but more mass than nebula. A) Planet. B) Star. C) Moon. D) Galaxy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Galaxy. 43. Who surprised George at the competition? pg 292 A) His father. B) His whole family. C) Cosmos. D) Dr. Reeper. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His father. 44. BONUS QUESTION:what is buzz lightyear's team name A) Command Star. B) Spacy. C) Lightyears. D) Star Command. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Star Command. 45. The Sun is how far away? A) 92 million miles. B) 8 light minutes. C) 150 million kilometers. D) All of these are true. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these are true. 46. All stars form from A) A massive explosion. B) A planetary nebula. C) A black hole. D) A stellular nebula. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A stellular nebula. 47. What percentage of the universe is made up of atoms? A) 4%. B) 456%. C) 87%. D) 50%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4%. 48. An icy celestial(space) object A) Universe. B) Planet. C) Comet. D) Galaxy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comet. 49. ..... makes up 74% of the detectable universe. A) Nitrogen. B) Hydrogen. C) Helium. D) Carbon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hydrogen. 50. What information can we get about stars from their spectral lines? A) Their names. B) The favorite food. C) Chemical composition. D) Their size. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chemical composition. 51. The hot, dense ball that contained all matter and energy before the Big Bang was called a(n) A) Atom. B) Superatom. C) Superb. D) Ball. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Superatom. 52. A large body made of gas or rock that orbits around a star. A) Moon. B) Star. C) Super nova. D) Planet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Planet. 53. The electromagnetic spectrum uses different ..... to distinguish from the different forms of radiation. A) Amplitude of wave. B) Wavelength. C) Intensity. D) Speed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wavelength. 54. Which of the following correctly lists the objects of space in order from largest to smallest? A) Universe, galaxy, star, planet. B) Galaxy, universe, star, planet. C) Universe, galaxy, planet, star. D) Galaxy, universe, planet, star. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Universe, galaxy, star, planet. 55. What wave is best used to determine if galaxies are moving towards or away from us? TEK 8.8C A) Sound. B) Visible light. C) Gamma ray. D) Radio waves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Visible light. 56. Stars are classified on the HR diagram by A) Temperature & absolute magnitude luminosity. B) Luminosity & brightness. C) Temperature & density. D) Temperature & apparent magnitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temperature & absolute magnitude luminosity. 57. Which field of science studies the origin, evolution and future of the universe? A) Aeronautics. B) Astronomy. C) Astrophysics. D) Cosmology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cosmology. 58. Which event takes about one year to complete? A) The Moon making a complete rotation. B) Earth making a complete rotation. C) The Moon revolving completely around Earth. D) Earth revolving completely around the Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Earth revolving completely around the Sun. 59. Which of the following is not a type of galaxy? A) Irregular. B) Triangular. C) Spiral. D) Elliptical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Triangular. 60. SPHERICAL OR OVAL DISCS THAT CONSIST OF MAINLY OLD STARS A) ELLIPTICAL. B) SPHERICAL. C) IRREGULAR. D) SPIRAL. 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