WorksheetsThe Universe
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
The Milky Way is what type of a galaxy?
Spiral
Spherical
Elliptical
Irregular
Which is the closest galaxy to the Milky Way?
Magellanic clouds
Andromeda
Sagittarius
Canis major
What is in the centre of our Milky Way galaxy?
Nothing
A star
A super massive black hole
A planet
What is the explosion of a star called?
A Catastrophe
A Black Hole
A Supernova
A Grand Explosion
A cloud of gas and dust in space is called?
A Galaxy
A Cloud
A Nebula
A planet
If a star doesn't have enough mass to create a black hole what does it create?
A proton star
A neutron star
A brown dwarf
A gas giant
The objects which are made of ice, gas and dust and orbit our sun are called:
Asteroids
Comets
Meteoroids
Jupiter
A collection of hundreds of stars around a common centre is called a:
Solar System
Galaxy
Light year
Andromeda
The name of the galaxy in which our solar system is situated is the:
Andromeda
Milky Way
Black eye
Sombrero
The name of the galaxy in which our solar system is situated is the:
Andromeda
Milky Way
Black eye
Sombrero
What type of galaxy is the Milky Way galaxy?
Irregular
Elliptical
Spiral
None of these
The distance that light travels in one year is called:
A light year
A light ray
An astronomical unit
AU
The centre of the solar system is a:
Star
Planet
Asteroids
Comets
The natural satellite that orbits a planet is a:
Meteor
Moon
Comet
None of these
The asteroid belt in our solar system is between the planets of:
Mars and Jupiter
Mars and Earth
Earth and Mercury
Jupiter and Saturn
The theory that the universe originated from a gigantic explosion of a central large and dense mass is the:
Organic Evolution Theory
Steady State Theory
Big Bang Theory
Theory of tectonic plates
The moon...
is a star.
gives us light and heat.
is the Earth's satellite and reflects the light from the Sun.
is a planet.
In the Solar System...
the Earth is in the centre.
the Sun is in the centre.
the Moon goes around the Sun.
the Sun orbits the Moon.
What are the Earth's movements called?
Jumping and rotation.
Spinning and revolution.
High speed and low speed.
Rotation and revolution.
The Moon moves...
in zig zag.
orbiting the Earth.
around other stars.
with other satellites.
How much time does the Moon need to turn around the Earth?
One year
One day
Twelve hours
One month
Planets are...
round.
square.
triangular.
changing their shape.
What is the Sun?
A planet made of fire.
A satellite that reflects light from a bigger star, the Super Sun.
A galaxy.
A star that gives us light and heat.
How much time does the Earth need to rotate?
One month.
One day.
One year.
One minute.
Which planet has got a ring?
Venus
the Earth
Mars
Saturn
All the things that exist in space.
universe
galaxy
sun
planet
A very large group of stars and planets.
universe
galaxy
star
Earth
Any star that is the center of a system of planets.
sun
solar system
planet
Milky Way
The initial explosion that resulted in the formation and expansion of the universe is called __________________.
the Big Bang
the start of the universe
the beginning
the formation of space
When did the big bang occur?
5000 year ago
13.7 billion years ago
2 million years ago
unknown
The farther away galaxies are from us, the _______________ it is that they moving away from us.
more uncertain
slower
faster
more unpredictable
In which direction are nearly all galaxies moving?
toward each other
away from each other
colliding into one another
in the direction of Earth
a force that is causing the expansion of the universe to accelerate
dark energy
the big bang
planetesimals
solar nebula
the asteroid-like bodies that formed the building blocks of planets
cosmic background radiation
big bang
solar nebula
planetesimal
leftover thermal energy from the big bang
solar nebula
cosmic background radiation
planetesimal
dark matter
matter that does not give off electromagnetic radiation
solar nebula
big bang event
dark matter
planetary enbula
a large cloud of gas and dust, such as the one that formed our solar system
dark energy
big bang
dark matter
solar nebula
a theory that the universe formed in a huge expansion
big bang
planetesimal
solar nebula
dark energy
Select a possibility of what will happen to the universe in the future.
The universe will stay the way it is now.
Scientist don't have any hypothesis.
The universe will contract and all matter return to a single point.
Humans will destroy the universe before we find out.
Select a possibility of what will happen to the universe in the future.
The universe will be destroyed by aliens.
The universe may expand forever, therefore galaxies will continue to get further away from each other.
The universe will explode.
We don't have any hypothesis.
