This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Physics > The Universe – Quiz 34 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Universe Quiz 34 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Distance measurement used by astronomers for distant objects. A) Kilometers. B) Light Years. C) Miles. D) Light Seconds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Light Years. 2. What type of galaxy is Earth in? TEK 8.8A A) Elliptical. B) Irregular. C) Spiral. D) Square. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spiral. 3. Kepler's first law states that the orbits of the planets are in the shape of a/an ..... A) Perfect circle. B) Ellipse. C) Spiral. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ellipse. 4. How do new classify galaxies? A) Shapes. B) Age. C) Size. D) Amount of gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shapes. 5. Which star would have the highest temperature? A) A red star. B) A white star. C) A yellow star. D) A blue star. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A white star. 6. The diminishing brightness of a star is balanced by the increasing number of stars seen. A) Olber's paradox. B) Hubble's law. C) Hubble's theory. D) Keebler law. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Olber's paradox. 7. Who discovered the Geocentric method? A) Copernicus. B) The church. C) Ptolemy. D) The Earth its self. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ptolemy. 8. A star is born in a ..... A) Black hole. B) Giant. C) White dwarf. D) Nebula. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nebula. 9. The part of the atom that determines the identity of the atom A) Proton. B) Nucleus. C) Electron. D) Neutron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Proton. 10. After a supernova, the core can collapse into a neutron star, or if massive enough even a ..... A) Black Hole. B) White Dwarf. C) Brown Dwarf. D) Black Dwarf. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Black Hole. 11. Low-mass stars eventually collapse into what final star remnant? A) Black holes. B) Neutron stars. C) White dwarfs. D) Nebulae. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) White dwarfs. 12. Which statement below most accurately describes our universe? A) Thousands of stars around a black hole. B) A system of planets and moons. C) All of the billions of stars and galaxies. D) All of the known galaxies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of the billions of stars and galaxies. 13. The mass-energy density of the Universe is ..... A) 70% dark energy; 29% matter/dark matter; <1% light. B) 70% dark energy; 29% light; <1% matter/dark matter. C) 100% dark energy. D) 70% dark matter; 15% dark matter, 15% light. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 70% dark energy; 29% matter/dark matter; <1% light. 14. The inverse of the rate of expansion of the universe should equal which value? A) The age of the universe. B) The velocity of the galaxies moving away. C) The position of the home galaxy (the Milky Way). D) The rate of the home galaxy's rotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The age of the universe. 15. A Greek philosopher who believed in the primordial universe. A) Democritus. B) Anaxagoras. C) Aristotle. D) Ptolemy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaxagoras. 16. *There are an estimated ..... galaxies in the universe. A) 100 billion. B) 100 million. C) 1 Billion. D) 1 Thousand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1 Billion. 17. What characteristic of Earth makes it a habitable place for life? In other words, what does Earth have that no other planet has? A) A solid surface. B) An atmosphere. C) Carbon. D) Liquid water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Liquid water. 18. The "afterglow" of the energy from the origin of the universe that we see today. A) Cosmic radiation. B) Sunlight. C) Doppler effect. D) Cosmic explosions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cosmic radiation. 19. As part of the Big Bang Theory of the formation of the universe, scientists believe that over time, the universe is continually changing in what characteristic? A) From more dense to less dense. B) From rotating to stationary. C) From cooler to hotter. D) From very large to very small. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) From more dense to less dense. 20. What is the order of the colors in the spectrum? A) Red orange yellow green indigo violet. B) Violet indigo blue green yellow orange red. C) Green yellow orange red violet indigo blue. D) Red orange yellow green blue indigo violet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red orange yellow green blue indigo violet. ← 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