This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Physics > The Universe – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Universe Quiz 13 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which theory explained the flatness of the universe? A) Oscillating Universe. B) Steady-State Universe. C) Big Bang Theory. D) Inflationary Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inflationary Theory. 2. The sun is a glowing ball of ..... A) Water. B) Liquid. C) Gases. D) Rocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gases. 3. How many stars are in a galaxy. A) Millions or billions. B) Thousands. C) Hundreds. D) Ten. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Millions or billions. 4. What is a spherical body that orbits the sun A) Star. B) Asteroid. C) Planets. D) Universe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Planets. 5. A meteoroid that penetrates Earth's atmosphere is called a A) Meteorite. B) Astroid. C) Moon. D) Meteor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meteor. 6. What is the existence of cosmic background radiation evidence for? A) Energy left over from the big bang. B) Nuclear power plants. C) Remnants of radiation from nuclear tests during the Cold War. D) The formation of black holes caused by the collapse of very hot, dense, massive stars. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Energy left over from the big bang. 7. What existed one second after the Big Bang? A) Hydrogen. B) Stars. C) Elementary Particles. D) Galaxies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elementary Particles. 8. In the Big Bang model, which describes a universe that will stop expanding and begin to contract? A) Flat. B) Open. C) Closed. D) Elliptical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Closed. 9. 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. 10. What is the main difference between an asteroid and a meteoroid? A) Their effect on Earth. B) The size of the body. C) Their density. D) The shape of the orbits. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The size of the body. 11. Is all of time and space and its contents. It includes planets, moons, minor planets, stars, galaxies, and other celestial bodies. A) Galaxy. B) Space. C) Universe. D) Solar System. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Universe. 12. 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. 13. What is the term used for the extremely tiny starting point where the universe started before the Big Bang? A) Pinhole. B) Singularity. C) Quark. D) Atom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Singularity. 14. 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. 15. What is a branch of astronomy that deals with the origin, structure, and space-time relationship of the universe? A) Kosmology. B) Cosmology. C) Big Bang. D) Newtonian Physics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cosmology. 16. The farthest planet from the sun is A) Mars. B) Mercury. C) Neptune. D) Jupiter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neptune. 17. 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. 18. Are made up of gas, dust, and billions of stars and have different shapes A) Universe. B) Nebula. C) Galaxy. D) Star. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Galaxy. 19. Why do we have different phases of the moon? A) Because the moon revolves around the earth. B) Because the moon revolves around the sun. C) Because the earth rotates. D) Because the moon rotates. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because the moon revolves around the earth. 20. As galaxies move away from our galaxya shift on the electromagnetic spectrum(EMS) is noticed. This phenomena iscalled ..... A) Redshift. B) Blueshift. C) Unshift. D) Blackshift. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Redshift. ← 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