This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Physics > The Universe – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Universe Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the collection of large and small bodies that orbit the sun A) Star. B) The solar system. C) Planets. D) Galaxy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The solar system. 2. What is the name for a large collection of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity? A) Solar system. B) Galaxy. C) Universe. D) Nebula. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Galaxy. 3. Describes the universe as an oscillating universe in which a cosmic egg called ....., containing the whole universe expands out of a single concentrated point and will eventually collapse again. A) Brahmanda. B) Rigveda. C) Bindu. D) Brahmandala. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brahmanda. 4. Is the Big Bang Theory completely true forever? A) Yes, it fits with current data. B) Yes, we believe it to be so. C) No, theories evolve with new data. D) No, it does not fit with data. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No, theories evolve with new data. 5. ..... are huge spherical areas where very little matter exists in the universe . A) Voids. B) Clusters. C) Superclusters. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voids. 6. Select the correct order of waves on the EMS A) Radio, Micro, Infra, Visible, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma. B) Gamma, X-ray, Ultra, Vis, Infra, Micro, Radio. C) Vis, Micro, Infra, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma, Radio. D) Micro, Radio, Vis, Infra, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Radio, Micro, Infra, Visible, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma. 7. Which of the following is the smallest? A) The Sun. B) The Universe. C) The Milky Way Galaxy. D) The Solar System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Sun. 8. The space and all the matter and energy in it is called ..... A) Space. B) Solar System. C) Universe. D) Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Universe. 9. The initial condition of the big bang theory is unknown and referred to as a singularity A) True. B) False. C) Yummy yummy, I love tacos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. A planet is a spherical body that orbits the .....? A) Earth. B) Universe. C) Sun. D) King Kong. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sun. 11. According to scientists and astronomers, how long would a modern jet fighter take to cross our Milky Way galaxy? A) 100 years. B) 10, 000 years. C) 100, 000 years. D) 1, 000, 000 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 100, 000 years. 12. Which type of force holds galaxies together? A) Electrostatic forces. B) Magnetic forces. C) Friction. D) Gravity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gravity. 13. Which of the following holds all celestial bodies. A) Nebula. B) Planet. C) Stars. D) Universe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Universe. 14. A spiral galaxy is best described as an extremely large group of stars A) Arranged in arms encircling a dense center. B) All packed into a spherical, dense center. C) Arranged in the shape of a flattened ball. D) And gases arranged in no specific shape. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arranged in arms encircling a dense center. 15. How do we know that the universe is expanding? A) The light from very distant galaxies is redshifted. B) The further away a galaxy is, the faster it's velocity. C) Hubble's telescope allowed us to observe distant galaxies. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 16. Which of the following is the lowest frequency visible light? A) Yellow. B) Blue. C) Violet. D) Red. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red. 17. Doppler shift of an object moving away from us. (Longer wavelengths of visible light are redder) A) Redshift. B) Blueshift. C) Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation. D) Electromagnetic force. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Redshift. 18. Where are stars that are both dim and cool located on the HR diagram? A) Bottom right. B) Bottom left. C) Top right. D) Top left. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bottom right. 19. Our galaxy is called the A) Earth Nebula. B) The Hubble Galaxy. C) The Milky Way. D) The Snickers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Milky Way. 20. What galaxy do we live in? A) The Milky Way Galaxy. B) The Sombrero Galaxy. C) The Andromeda Galaxy. D) The Tadpole Galaxy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Milky Way Galaxy. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesThe Universe Quiz 1The Universe Quiz 3The Universe Quiz 4The Universe Quiz 5The Universe Quiz 6The Universe Quiz 7The Universe Quiz 8The Universe Quiz 9The Universe Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books