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SLR Quiz on Lesson 1: The Universe

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The ________ is a collection of large and small bodies that orbit our central star.
a)
Universe 
b)
Solar System
c)
Planet
d)
Moon
2.
This is a large collection of stars, gas, and dust that is held together by gravity.
a)
Galaxy
b)
Spiral Arms
c)
Earth
d)
Star
3.
A planet is a spherical body that orbits the ____?
a)
Earth
b)
Universe 
c)
Sun
d)
King Kong
4.
A celestial body that is composed of Gas and emits light. 
a)
Venus
b)
magellanic cloud
c)
milky way
d)
star
5.
Space and all the matter and energy in it. 
a)
Clusters
b)
Universe
c)
voids
d)
Light Year
6.
What is a light year?
a)
The distance that light travels in 10 seconds
b)
The time it takes light to travel to the moon
c)
The distance that light travels in 1 year
d)
The distance around the Earth
7.
What galaxy do you live in?
a)
Earth
b)
Andromeda
c)
Hersey
d)
Milky Way
8.

These are natural satellites that orbit planets and asteroids.

a)

dwarf planets

b)

moons

c)

meteoroids

d)

comets

9.

How old is the Universe?

a)

100 million years old

b)

4.6 Billion years old

c)

13.7 Billion years old

d)

A Gazillion years old

10.

Stars are made mostly of which two elements?

a)

hydrogen and helium

b)

mercury and strontium

c)

iron and potassium

d)

krypton and bismuth

11.
The sun and everything that revolves around it.
a)
solar system
b)
galaxy
c)
universe
d)
rotation
12.

Arrange from smallest to largest.

a)

universe, solar system, galaxy

b)

galaxy, solar system, universe

c)

solar system, universe, galaxy

d)

solar system, galaxy, universe

13.

What is the big bang theory?

a)

A theory that states that the universe started in a large mass and then imploded to form everything.

b)

A theory that states that the universe was there, will be and is there. Is homogeneous and isotropic.

c)

A theory that states that the universe is slowly coming back to a center.

d)

A theory that states that the universe started in a small mass and then expanded, the expansion cooled down the temperature and that resulted in the formation of matter, energy, space and time.

14.

What were the original two elements in our universe?

a)

Hydrogen and Lithium

b)

Helium and Oxygen

c)

Helium and Hydrogen

d)

None of the above

15.

The red-shift in the spectral lines of light, reaching us from other galaxies implies that these galaxies ____________.

a)

Are moving closer to one another

b)

Are moving farther apart from one another

c)

Are in rapid rotation

d)

Redshift doesn´t exist

16.

The Belgian priest to whom the big bang theory is attributed

a)

Edwin Hubble

b)

Albert Einstein

c)

George Lemaitre

d)

Nicolaus Copernicus

17.

States that the universe expands but does not change its density.

a)

Multiverse Theory

b)

Big Bang Theory

c)

Steady State Theory

d)

Cosmic Inflation Theory

18.

When did the big bang occur?

a)

5000 year ago

b)

13.7 billion years ago

c)

2 million years ago

d)

unknown

19.

How is the universe analogous to a rising raisin bread dough (or, like a balloon with dots on it)?

a)

As the dough sits there, the raisins becomes smaller and smaller.

b)

As the dough expands, the raisins bunch up together.

c)

As the dough contracts, it becomes ready for the oven.

d)

As the dough expands, the raisins move further apart from each other.

20.

This is leftover thermal energy, or an echo, from the big bang.

a)

red shifting

b)

cosmic microwave background radiation

c)

expansion

d)

dark matter

21.

What is the universe?

a)

Everything you can see

b)

Everything that exists

c)

My crush

d)

Watching KDrama

22.

The steady state theory holds that the universe:____

a)

Looks essentially the same from every spot in it and at every time. It is homogenous and isotropic in space and time. It has uniform density so matter is continuously created.

b)

Is homogeneous and its density is uniformly distributed. At the beginning the tiny dot expanded and spread out all the universe´s density.

c)

Is a black dot that expanded to form all space, matter, time and energy. It is continously changing and it probably is going to crush.

d)

None of the above

23.

The arguments supporting the Big Bang theory mostly contradicts some of the Steady State theory. Matter is created out of nothing and the neverchanging universe is refuted by: _____

a)

Light from distant galaxies will get red-shifted, the wavelengths of light they're releasing will get longer, and thus redder.

b)

Light from distant galaxies will get blueshifted, the wavelengths of light they're releasing will get shorter.

c)

The law of conservation of matter states that matter is never created or destroyed, it is only transformed from one state to another.

d)

None of the above

24.

The term big bang refers to _______________.

a)

The origin of the universe

b)

The ultimate fate of the universe

c)

A supernova explosion

d)

The formation of a quasar

25.

The universe is mostly made up of

a)

dark energy

b)

dark matter

c)

ordinary matter

d)

forces