This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Physics > The Universe – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Universe Quiz 19 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which doomsday scenario for our Universe predicts a cold dark death, as a consequence of the second law of thermodynamics? A) The big chill/The heat death. B) The big crunch. C) The big bounce. D) The big bang. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The big chill/The heat death. 2. A LARGE OR SMALL CELESTIAL BODY MOVING IN AN ELLIPTICAL ORBIT AROUND A STAR. A) ROCK. B) MOON. C) PLANETS. D) ASTEROIDS. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) PLANETS. 3. The earth is approximately how old? A) 5 billion years. B) 5 million years. C) 4.5 billion years. D) 4.5 million years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4.5 billion years. 4. Small galaxies are called ..... A) Baby galaxy. B) Small Galaxy. C) Dwarf galaxy. D) Clouds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dwarf galaxy. 5. The Big Bang Theory states that the universe started out ..... A) Very large and Very hot!. B) Large and very cold!. C) As a very large firecracker!. D) Small and Very hot!. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Small and Very hot!. 6. Which is the biggest? A) Solar System. B) Sun. C) Star. D) Galaxy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Galaxy. 7. How bright a star APPEARS FROM EARTH is called what? A) Apparent magnitude. B) Absolute magnitude. C) Size. D) Position in the sky. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apparent magnitude. 8. To express the distance between the Milky Way galaxy and the Andromeda galaxy, the most appropriate unit of measure is the A) Meter. B) Kilometer. C) Light year. D) Astronomical unit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Light year. 9. When passing near the sun, a comet A) Burns up and disintegrates. B) Solidifies. C) Fuses atoms to produce gas, which produces a haze around the comet. D) Spews off gas and dust, producing a tail behind it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Burns up and disintegrates. 10. A ..... is the distance that light travels through space in one year. A) Meter. B) Year. C) Light year. D) Kilometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Light year. 11. The spinning of the Earth on its axis. A) Rotation. B) Revolution. C) Precession. D) Nutation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rotation. 12. What are the the 3 types of galaxies? A) Spiral Galaxies, Regular Galaxies, and Lliptical Galaxies. B) Spiral Galaxies, Irregular Galaxies, and Elliptical Galaxies. C) Milky Way, Elliptical Galaxies, and Spiral Galaxies. D) Milky Way, Elliptical Galaxies, and Irregular Galaxies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spiral Galaxies, Irregular Galaxies, and Elliptical Galaxies. 13. How many independent variables should be tested at a time in a scientific investigation? A) None. B) One. C) Two. D) Three. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One. 14. What type of galaxy has no defined pattern or shape? A) Spiral. B) Elliptical. C) Irregular. D) Constellation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irregular. 15. What is a scientific theory? A) 100%, unimpeachable FACT. B) A possible explanation based on measurable scientific evidence. C) A guess that some people believe. D) A prediction about what you think will happen in an experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A possible explanation based on measurable scientific evidence. 16. Which of these stars is hottest? A) Red Star. B) Yellow Star. C) Orange Star. D) Blue Star. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blue Star. 17. What is the name given to the event that formed the Universe? A) The Big Burst. B) The Big Bang. C) The Loud Explosion. D) The Fizzy Pop. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Big Bang. 18. Stars form in giant clouds of gas and dust. What are these clouds called? A) Black Hole. B) White Dwarf. C) Super Nova. D) Nebula. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nebula. 19. What do we call a cluster of stars, dust, gas, and matter? A) A planet. B) A star system. C) A planetary system. D) A galaxy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A galaxy. 20. Which one is the correct order from smallest to largest. A) Planet, solar system, galaxy, universe. B) Universe, solar system, galaxy, planet. C) Universe, solar system, planet, galaxy. D) Planet, solar system, galaxy, universe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Planet, solar system, galaxy, universe. ← 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