This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > The Universe – Quiz 33 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Universe Quiz 33 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When we say an object is in orbit, we mean that it is traveling around another object in space. What do planets in a solar system orbit? A) A star. B) A moon. C) A galaxy. D) A universe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A star. 2. What is the best evidence for the Big Bang theory? A) How fast light can travel. B) The expansion of the Universe. C) Creation of new planets. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The expansion of the Universe. 3. Tides are caused by the gravitational pull from the? A) Moon. B) Sun. C) Earth. D) Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moon. 4. ..... needs heat and light to survive. A) Living things. B) Non-living things. C) Planets. D) Stars. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Living things. 5. What is the term when stars blow up A) Supernova. B) Fashionnova. C) Stellarnova. D) Solar nebula. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Supernova. 6. The universe's eventual fate could be A) Ever expanding-too much mass. B) Expand and then collapse-not enough mass. C) Expand and remain a size-just enough mass. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 7. What does a stars color indicate? A) Color. B) Age. C) Size. D) Temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temperature. 8. Which is a FALSE statement about The Big Bang? A) There is evidence that The Big Bang occurred. B) The universe is constantly changing. C) The universe is never changing; it remains static. D) The theory states that it began as a single point in time and was very small and very hot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The universe is never changing; it remains static. 9. What is dark energy thought to do? A) It causes the universe to expand at an increasing rate. B) It causes the universe to heat up. C) It causes stars and galaxies to form. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It causes the universe to expand at an increasing rate. 10. What causes the Moon to change phases? A) Its small diameter. B) Its rotation on its axis. C) Its movement around Earth. D) Earth's shadow on the Moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Its movement around Earth. 11. Small rocky bodies that orbit around the sun are called A) Asteroids. B) Meteorites. C) Meteors. D) Comets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asteroids. 12. What tool did Galileo use to make his discoveries? A) Satellite. B) Telescope. C) Space Shuttle. D) Ancient buildings like Chicen Itza in Mexico. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Telescope. 13. How do scientists know what stars are made of? A) The Doppler Effect. B) Emission Lines. C) Radio Waves. D) Science!. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emission Lines. 14. Light emitted from a star or galaxy can be separated into a band of colors, called a ..... A) Red Shift. B) Wave Length. C) Spectrum. D) Microwave. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spectrum. 15. Composed of millions of stars as well as interstellar gas and dust A) Galaxies. B) Star. C) Nebulae. D) Black holes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Galaxies. 16. Which galaxy shape is not a part of Hubble's classification system? A) Spherical. B) Spiral. C) Elliptical. D) Irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spherical. 17. Who is the astronomer in 1929 announced the theory that the universe is continually expanding.This astronomer studied light from distant stars and found they are moving away from each other. A) Johannes Kepler. B) Edward Hubble. C) Isaac Newton. D) Aristotle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Edward Hubble. 18. A ..... is a large collection of stars, gas, and dust A) Moon. B) Star. C) Planet. D) Galaxy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Galaxy. 19. Why does Earth get more energy from the sun than from all the other stars in the universe combined? A) The sun is much larger than other stars. B) The sun is much hotter than the other stars. C) The sun is much more dense. D) The sun is much closer than the other stars. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The sun is much closer than the other stars. 20. How do they save Eric from the black hole? pg 269 A) They find the other side of the black hole. B) They reconstruct him with help from Cosmos. C) Cosmos guides him out with directions. D) They send a homing beaker to guide him out. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They reconstruct him with help from Cosmos. ← PreviousNext →Related 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 9The Universe Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books