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The universe!

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the universe?

a)

A large place

b)

Outer space

c)

Everything that exists

d)

Stars, galaxies, planets, and moons

e)

None

2.

How did the universe begin according to science?

a)

Invisible atoms assembled over and over to become the universe's current size.

b)

It magically appeared.

c)

Like a rapidly expanding balloon, it swelled from a size smaller than an electron to nearly its current size in a small fraction of a second.

d)

Noe of these. It was a more complex process.

3.

How old is the universe?

a)

138 billion years

b)

13.8 million years

c)

13.8 billion years

d)

13 trillion years

e)

None.

4.

How many stars might be in the universe?

a)

100 trillion

b)

90 zillion

c)

13 billion

d)

I don't know.

5.

Where is the solar system in our galaxy?

a)

Norma arm

b)

Orion arm

c)

Perseus arm

d)

None.

6.

Most galaxies host black holes. What's the name of ours?

a)

Sagittarius A*

b)

Black core

c)

Orionus

d)

Galatia

e)

It's not here.

7.

Which of these galaxies is closer to our galaxy?

a)

Andromeda galaxy

b)

NGC-1300

c)

Pinwheel galaxy

d)

Tadpole galaxy

8.

Andromeda is more like a...

a)

Spiral galaxy

b)

Irregular galaxy

c)

Isotropic

d)

Round

9.

How old is the universe?

a)

138 billion years

b)

13.8 million years

c)

13.8 billion years

d)

13 trillion years

e)

None.

10.

If there is a theory for more than one universe, we call it a...

a)

Polyverse theory

b)

Biverse theory

c)

Monoverse theory

d)

Multiverse theory

11.

How will our universe end according to science?

a)

Invisible atoms will eventually shrink.

b)

Its marked by a black dwarf supernova

c)

It will disappear into thin aoru

d)

It's not here.

12.

"The boundary of the universe is that it has no boundaries."

Which scientist said this about the universe before he shortly died?



(a)  

13.

A black hole that isn't massive is stronger than a massive black hole.

a)

False

b)

True

14.

Small galaxies are called_________.

a)

Toddler galaxy

b)

Minute Galaxy

c)

Dwarf galaxy

d)

Cluster

15.

The universe is at least...

a)

93 million light years across

b)

9.3 billion light years across

c)

93 billion light years across

d)

None. The universe isn't so large.

16.

Which of these specify the length of one light year?

a)

19×114367^23 km

b)

9 461 ×10^15 km

c)

None.

d)

93×245790^76 km

17.

NASA says that they are many earth looking planets in our galaxy. How many are there?

a)

A thousand

b)

A million

c)

A billion

d)

Less than above.

18.

Which planet in our solar system has the fastest solar winds?

(a)  

19.

Why does mars look red?

a)

The dust on its surface

b)

Iron-oxide

c)

The atmosphere

d)

None

20.

Which planet is the densest?

a)

Mars

b)

None.

c)

Venus

d)

Earth

e)

Mercury

21.

The fifth largest moon in the solar system is...

a)

Titan

b)

Luna(our moon)

c)

Galileo

d)

Deimos

e)

None.

22.

The study of all of these is...

a)

Planetology

b)

Astronomy

c)

Zoology

d)

Science