This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Physics > The Universe – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Universe Quiz 16 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Our universe contains A) One star. B) 5 stars. C) 9 planets. D) Billions of stars. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Billions of stars. 2. 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. 3. This object has more mass than a moon but less mass than a star. A) Solar system. B) Nebula. C) Galaxy. D) Planet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Planet. 4. 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. 5. A black hole is an object so dense with so much gravity that even ..... cannot escape. A) Man. B) Bacon. C) Spaceships. D) Light. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Light. 6. What characteristic determines the lifespan of a star? A) Temperature. B) Brightness. C) Size. D) Limonosuty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Size. 7. 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. 8. 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) Nebula. B) Star. C) Galaxy. D) Planet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Star. 9. 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) Fundamental force. D) Electromagnetic force. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation. 10. 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. 11. What type of electromagnetic radiation has the longest wavelength? A) Gamma. B) X-ray. C) Radio. D) Infrared. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Radio. 12. If something that makes light is moving away from you, it spreads the wavelengths of light out. This application of the Doppler effect is known as ..... A) Blue shift. B) Green shift. C) Red shift. D) Black shift. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Red shift. 13. Pinwheel shaped galaxy A) SPIRAL. B) ELLIPTICAL. C) SPHERICAL. D) IRREGULAR. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SPIRAL. 14. What is the gravitational force between two objects most affected by? A) Mass and volume. B) Mass and distance apart. C) Motion and distance apart. D) Motion and volume. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mass and distance apart. 15. A special unit called a light-year is used to describe the relationship between objects in space. How long is a light-year? A) 365 days. B) 950, 000 Km. C) 9.5 trillion days. D) 9.5 trillion Km. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 9.5 trillion Km. 16. Scientist that developed the new theory of general relativity A) Albert Einstein. B) George Gamow. C) Edwin Hubble. D) Sir Issac Newton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Albert Einstein. 17. What are the two most common elements in the universe? A) Hydrogen and carbon. B) Hydrogen and helium. C) Helium and carbon. D) Carbon and oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hydrogen and helium. 18. Where is the center of the universe located? A) There is no center of the universe. B) At the center of the Milky Way galaxy. C) 14.5 billion light years away from Earth. D) In a large singularity near the Andromeda Galaxy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There is no center of the universe. 19. Stars are originally made out of A) Light and dust. B) Dust and gas. C) Dust, gas and gravity. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dust, gas and gravity. 20. Who among the following found in his telescope observations that the farther away the galaxy was, the faster it appeared to be moving away from us? A) George Lemaitre. B) Fred Hoyle. C) Vesto Slipher. D) Edwin Hubble. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Edwin Hubble. ← 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