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The Universe

Total questions: 50

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.
What is the most useful unit for measuring distances within the solar system?
a)
the kilometer
b)
the astronomical unit
c)
the light-year
d)
he parsec
9.
Venus appears very bright in the night sky because it ...
a)
is the largest planet.
b)
is the closest planet to Earth.
c)
has a gravitational field.
d)
has a high surface temperature.
10.
Where would scientists find a meteoroid?
a)
Space
b)
Earth's Atmosphere
c)
Earth's surface
d)
None of these
11.

The Milky Way is what type of a galaxy?

a)

Spiral

b)

Spherical

c)

Elliptical

d)

Irregular

12.

Which is the closest galaxy to the Milky Way?

a)

Magellanic clouds

b)

Andromeda

c)

Sagittarius

d)

Canis major

13.

What is in the centre of our Milky Way galaxy?

a)

Nothing

b)

A star

c)

A super massive black hole

d)

A planet

14.

What is the explosion of a star called?

a)

A Catastrophe

b)

A Black Hole

c)

A Supernova

d)

A Grand Explosion

15.

A cloud of gas and dust in space is called?

a)

A Galaxy

b)

A Cloud

c)

A Nebula

d)

A planet

16.

If a star doesn't have enough mass to create a black hole what does it create?

a)

A proton star

b)

A neutron star

c)

A brown dwarf

d)

A gas giant

17.

The objects which are made of ice, gas and dust and orbit our sun are called:

a)

Asteroids

b)

Comets

c)

Meteoroids

d)

Jupiter

18.

A collection of hundreds of stars around a common centre is called a:

a)

Solar System

b)

Galaxy

c)

Light year

d)

Andromeda

19.

The name of the galaxy in which our solar system is situated is the:

a)

Andromeda

b)

Milky Way

c)

Black eye

d)

Sombrero

20.

The name of the galaxy in which our solar system is situated is the:

a)

Andromeda

b)

Milky Way

c)

Black eye

d)

Sombrero

21.

What type of galaxy is the Milky Way galaxy?

a)

Irregular

b)

Elliptical

c)

Spiral

d)

None of these

22.

The distance that light travels in one year is called:

a)

A light year

b)

A light ray

c)

An astronomical unit

d)

AU

23.

The centre of the solar system is a:

a)

Star

b)

Planet

c)

Asteroids

d)

Comets

24.

The natural satellite that orbits a planet is a:

a)

Meteor

b)

Moon

c)

Comet

d)

None of these

25.

The asteroid belt in our solar system is between the planets of:

a)

Mars and Jupiter

b)

Mars and Earth

c)

Earth and Mercury

d)

Jupiter and Saturn

26.

The theory that the universe originated from a gigantic explosion of a central large and dense mass is the:

a)

Organic Evolution Theory

b)

Steady State Theory

c)

Big Bang Theory

d)

Theory of tectonic plates

27.

The moon...

a)

is a star.

b)

gives us light and heat.

c)

is the Earth's satellite and reflects the light from the Sun.

d)

is a planet.

28.

In the Solar System...

a)

the Earth is in the centre.

b)

the Sun is in the centre.

c)

the Moon goes around the Sun.

d)

the Sun orbits the Moon.

29.

What are the Earth's movements called?

a)

Jumping and rotation.

b)

Spinning and revolution.

c)

High speed and low speed.

d)

Rotation and revolution.

30.

The Moon moves...

a)

in zig zag.

b)

orbiting the Earth.

c)

around other stars.

d)

with other satellites.

31.

How much time does the Moon need to turn around the Earth?

a)

One year

b)

One day

c)

Twelve hours

d)

One month

32.

Planets are...

a)

round.

b)

square.

c)

triangular.

d)

changing their shape.

33.

What is the Sun?

a)

A planet made of fire.

b)

A satellite that reflects light from a bigger star, the Super Sun.

c)

A galaxy.

d)

A star that gives us light and heat.

34.

How much time does the Earth need to rotate?

a)

One month.

b)

One day.

c)

One year.

d)

One minute.

35.

Which planet has got a ring?

a)

Venus

b)

the Earth

c)

Mars

d)

Saturn

36.

All the things that exist in space.

a)

universe

b)

galaxy

c)

sun

d)

planet

37.

A very large group of stars and planets.

a)

universe

b)

galaxy

c)

star

d)

Earth

38.

Any star that is the center of a system of planets.

a)

sun

b)

solar system

c)

planet

d)

Milky Way

39.

The initial explosion that resulted in the formation and expansion of the universe is called __________________.

a)

the Big Bang

b)

the start of the universe

c)

the beginning

d)

the formation of space

40.

When did the big bang occur?

a)

5000 year ago

b)

13.7 billion years ago

c)

2 million years ago

d)

unknown

41.

The farther away galaxies are from us, the _______________ it is that they moving away from us.

a)

more uncertain

b)

slower

c)

faster

d)

more unpredictable

42.

In which direction are nearly all galaxies moving?

a)

toward each other

b)

away from each other

c)

colliding into one another

d)

in the direction of Earth

43.

a force that is causing the expansion of the universe to accelerate

a)

dark energy

b)

the big bang

c)

planetesimals

d)

solar nebula

44.

the asteroid-like bodies that formed the building blocks of planets

a)

cosmic background radiation

b)

big bang

c)

solar nebula

d)

planetesimal

45.

leftover thermal energy from the big bang

a)

solar nebula

b)

cosmic background radiation

c)

planetesimal

d)

dark matter

46.

matter that does not give off electromagnetic radiation

a)

solar nebula

b)

big bang event

c)

dark matter

d)

planetary enbula

47.

a large cloud of gas and dust, such as the one that formed our solar system

a)

dark energy

b)

big bang

c)

dark matter

d)

solar nebula

48.

a theory that the universe formed in a huge expansion

a)

big bang

b)

planetesimal

c)

solar nebula

d)

dark energy

49.

Select a possibility of what will happen to the universe in the future.

a)

The universe will stay the way it is now.

b)

Scientist don't have any hypothesis.

c)

The universe will contract and all matter return to a single point.

d)

Humans will destroy the universe before we find out.

50.

Select a possibility of what will happen to the universe in the future.

a)

The universe will be destroyed by aliens.

b)

The universe may expand forever, therefore galaxies will continue to get further away from each other.

c)

The universe will explode.

d)

We don't have any hypothesis.