This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Physics > The Universe – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Universe Quiz 10 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The energy from the sun is created by a process called A) Nuclear fission. B) Nuclear fusion. C) Nuclear reaction. D) Nuclear core. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nuclear fusion. 2. The multiverse theory is popular in what culture A) Jewish culture. B) African culture. C) Science fiction culture. D) Italian culture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Science fiction culture. 3. GALAXY WITH NO DEFINITE SHAPE AND USUALLY FORMS WHEN TO GALAXIES COLLIDE TOGETHER A) ELLIPTICAL. B) SPHERICAL. C) SPIRAL. D) IRREGULAR. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) IRREGULAR. 4. 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. 5. What color is our sun? A) Orange. B) Yellow. C) Yellow white. D) Yellow orange. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yellow. 6. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Distances between stars and galaxies. 7. An observed change in the frequency of a wave when the source or observer is moving A) Doppler Effect. B) Big Bang Theory. C) Fundamental force. D) Galaxy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Doppler Effect. 8. Which of the following techniques can give us the speed of a star relative to us? A) Stellar Parallax. B) Standard Candles. C) Doppler Shift (Red Shift). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Doppler Shift (Red Shift). 9. Is any natural body outside of the Earth's atmosphere. A) CELSTIAL BODIES. B) ASTEROID BODIES. C) METEROIDS. D) COMETS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CELSTIAL BODIES. 10. How does space exploration technology benefit society? A) It is no longer being developed. B) It can only be used in space. C) It is technology that will be used only in the future. D) T can be applied to many aspects of daily life here on Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) T can be applied to many aspects of daily life here on Earth. 11. Which type of star has the following life cycle? Nebula-Protostar-Main Sequence-Red Giant-Planetary Nebula-White Dwarf-Black Dwarf A) Large Mass Star (Massive). B) Small (Low) Mass Star. C) The Moon. D) Jupiter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Small (Low) Mass Star. 12. States that all galaxies are moving away from us. A) Kepler's Laws. B) Law of Thermodynamics. C) Hubble's Law. D) Doppler Effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hubble's Law. 13. A quantitative observation includes ..... A) Physical characteristics. B) Unknown variables. C) Numerical data. D) Predictions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Numerical data. 14. H-R diagrams measure both a star's ..... and ..... A) Mass and color. B) Absolute magnitude and tempurature. C) Brightness and composition. D) Location and type. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Absolute magnitude and tempurature. 15. In which category is our Sun located? A) White Dwarfs. B) Supergiants. C) Main Sequence. D) Giants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Main Sequence. 16. The vast majority of galaxies in our universe are moving away from us. We know this because we observe ..... in the galaxies absorption spectra. A) Redshift. B) Blueshift. C) Turbulance. D) Superposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Redshift. 17. The Belgian priest to whom the big bang theory is attributed A) Edwin Hubble. B) Albert Einstein. C) George Lamaitre. D) Nicolaus Copernicus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) George Lamaitre. 18. Which type of star has the following life cycle:Nebula-Protostar-Main Sequence-Red Supergiant-Supernova-Black Hole / Neutron Star A) Large Mass Star (Massive). B) Small Mass Star. C) The Sun. D) The Moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Large Mass Star (Massive). 19. There are probably more than ..... galaxies in the observable universe A) 170 billion. B) 453 million. C) 562 trillion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 170 billion. 20. As part of the modern theory of the origins of the elements, it is hypothesized that before the formation of the stars, most of the matter in the universe consisted of what atoms? A) Hydrogen and helium. B) Nitrogen and carbon. C) Silicon and lithium. D) Uranium and radium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hydrogen and helium. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesThe Universe Quiz 1The 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