The Universe Review

​The Universe 8.9ABC

Multiple Choice

Most scientists believe the Big Bang Theory explains which of the following questions?

• How our planets and moons formed

• How our universe began

• How the sun turns hydrogen into helium

• How fast light travels through space

Multiple Choice

As galaxies move away from our galaxy

a shift on the electromagnetic spectrum

(EMS) is noticed. This phenomena is

called _____________.

• redshift

• blueshift

• unshift

• blackshift

Multiple Choice

The universe is expanding!  This means that:

• all of the galaxies are spreading out.
• the universe must have started from a single point.
• the universe is cooling down.
• all of the above.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is evidence of the Big Bang Theory?

• Cavemen heard a loud bang at the beginning of time.
• The universe isn't moving
• The universe is expanding
• The universe is getting smaller

Multiple Choice

What type of galaxy is this?

• Spiral
• Elliptical
• Irregular
• Irrational

Multiple Choice

What type of galaxy is this?

• Spiral
• Elliptical
• Irregular 
• Irrational

Multiple Choice

What type of galaxy is this?

• Spiral
• Elliptical
• Irregular
• Irrational

Multiple Choice

Low mass stars such as our SUN get swollen and expand into __________ after using up the hydrogen in their core.

• red giants

• supergiants

• white dwarfs

• protostars

Multiple Choice

What is the first stage of the life cycle of a star for all stars?

• nebula
• protostar
• main-sequence
• red giant

Multiple Choice

This is a high mass (LARGE) star that is expanding and using energy at a fantastic rate

• Red giant

• Supergiant

• White dwarf

• Supernova

Multiple Choice

A low mass star ends its life as a 

• Supernova
• Black hole
• White dwarf
• Nebula

Multiple Choice

When a star's gravitational pull is so strong that not even light can escape, it's called a what?

• Black hole
• Supernova
• White dwarf
• Nebula

Multiple Choice

what stage of the life cycle of a star is this? 

• Planetary Nebula
• Black Hole
• Neutron Star
• Giant/Supergiant

Multiple Choice

This is an image of the formation of a star, also known as a .... 

• Main Sequence
• Planetary Nebula
• Supernova
• Stellar Nebula

Multiple Choice

The path a star takes during its life cycle depends solely on its _____.

• temperature
• luminosity
• mass
• location

Multiple Choice

This stage is when a high mass star explodes

• Supergiant
• Red giant
• Supernova
• Black hole

Multiple Choice

What stage fills in the blank. Nebula --> Main sequence --> red giant --> ______________ --> white dwarf --> black dwaft

• supergiant
• planetary nebula
• black hole
• supernova

Multiple Choice

What is the correct order for the life cycle of our star the sun?

• nebula, fusion stage, red giant, black dwarf, white dwarf,
• nebula, fusion stage, red giant, white dwarf, black dwarf
• nebula, fusion stage, super red giant, black dwarf, white dwarf,
• nebula, fusion stage, red giant, super nova, black hole

Multiple Choice

After a small star has used up all of it's hydrogen, it will become a......

• white dwarf

• red giant

• interstellar cloud

• supernova

Multiple Choice

Which star is the coldest?

• Yellow Star
• Red Star
• Orange Star
• Blue Star

Multiple Choice

In the diagram given, what happens as we move to the left?

• Stars Get Larger
• Stars get Colder
• Stars get hotter

Multiple Choice

Red stars are the _____________.

• hottest
• coolest
• biggest

Multiple Choice

Blue stars are the _____________.

• hottest
• coolest
• smallest

Multiple Choice

Look at the H-R diagram. Which star is
sort of cool, dim (not too much light), and red?

• Betelguse
• Sirius B
• Procyon B
• Barnard's star

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of a Main Sequence star?

• Betelgeuse
• our Sun
• Sirius B
• Polaris

Multiple Choice

Which star has the lowest temperature?

• A
• B
• C
• D

Multiple Choice

Which spectral class does our star, the sun, belong to?

• M
• K
• G
• F

Multiple Choice

Where would blue giants be found?

• Quadrant 1

• Quadrant 2

• Quadrant 3

• Quadrant 4

Multiple Choice

Where would our sun be located?

• Quadrant 1

• Quadrant 2

• Quadrant 3

• Quadrant 4

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the stars located in quadrant 2?

• Main Sequence

• White Dwarfs

• Red Giants

• Blue Giants

Multiple Choice

Which quadrant has the hottest, dimmest stars?

• Quadrant 1

• Quadrant 2

• Quadrant 3

• Quadrant 4

Multiple Choice

Which spectral class does our star, the sun, belong to?

• M
• K
• G
• F

Multiple Choice

Which star has the lowest temperature?

• A
• B
• C
• D

Multiple Choice

A group of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity is called

• System

• Circular

• Elliptical

• Galaxy

Multiple Choice

The name of our galaxy is ...

• The Milky Way Galaxy

• The Snickers Galaxy

• The Andromeda Galaxy

• The Triangular Galaxy

Multiple Choice

A galaxy that doesn't have a specific shape

• Elliptical Galaxy

• Milky Way Galaxy

• Triangulum Galaxy

• Irregular Galaxy

Multiple Choice

Which is not a characteristic of an Irregular Galaxy

• No particular shape

• No particular pattern

• Has a central bulge

• May form after 2 galaxies hit each other

Multiple Choice

Which one is not a characteristic of an Elliptical Galaxy?

• Disc-shaped

• Round or football shaped

• Dense collection of stars that are evenly spaced

• What a spiral galaxy may turn into as it ages

Multiple Choice

What type of galaxy is this?

• Spiral

• Elliptical

• Regular

• Irregular

Multiple Choice

What type of galaxy is this?

• Regular

• Spiral

• Elliptical

• Irregular

Multiple Choice

What type of galaxy is this?

• Spiral

• Elliptical

• Regular

• Irregular