The Universe Quiz 25 (20 MCQs)

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1. The Sun is how far away?

Correct Answer: D) All of these are true.

2. All stars form from

Correct Answer: A) A stellular nebula.

3. What percentage of the universe is made up of atoms?

Correct Answer: A) 4%.

4. An icy celestial(space) object

Correct Answer: C) Comet.

5. ..... makes up 74% of the detectable universe.

Correct Answer: A) Hydrogen.

6. What information can we get about stars from their spectral lines?

Correct Answer: C) Chemical composition.

7. The hot, dense ball that contained all matter and energy before the Big Bang was called a(n)

Correct Answer: B) Superatom.

8. A large body made of gas or rock that orbits around a star.

Correct Answer: A) Planet.

9. The electromagnetic spectrum uses different ..... to distinguish from the different forms of radiation.

Correct Answer: C) Wavelength.

10. Which of the following correctly lists the objects of space in order from largest to smallest?

Correct Answer: A) Universe, galaxy, star, planet.

11. Nebular Clouds

Correct Answer: A) An interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium and other ionized gases.

12. What wave is best used to determine if galaxies are moving towards or away from us? TEK 8.8C

Correct Answer: B) Visible light.

13. Stars are classified on the HR diagram by

Correct Answer: B) Temperature & absolute magnitude luminosity.

14. Which field of science studies the origin, evolution and future of the universe?

Correct Answer: C) Cosmology.

15. Which event takes about one year to complete?

Correct Answer: C) Earth revolving completely around the Sun.

16. Which of the following is not a type of galaxy?

Correct Answer: B) Triangular.

17. SPHERICAL OR OVAL DISCS THAT CONSIST OF MAINLY OLD STARS

Correct Answer: A) ELLIPTICAL.

18. A cloud of gas and dust in which new stars form.

Correct Answer: C) Nebula.

19. Clusters and superclusters are areas throughout the universe, where galaxies are .....

Correct Answer: A) Densely concentrated.

20. A large ball of gas that generates energy by fusing hydrogen atoms

Correct Answer: B) Star.