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WorksheetsEarth Science Q1 Midterms Practice Test (Universe)
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Matter that has gravity but does not emit light.
a)
Baryonic matter
b)
Dark matter
c)
Dark Energy
d)
Dark Light
2.
a SUPREME BEING created the universe, including man and other living organisms.
a)
Ancient Egyptians
b)
Kuba People
c)
India
d)
Monotheistic Religions
3.
Dark energy in the universe
a)
4.6%
b)
3.4%
c)
24%
d)
71.4%
4.
Gods sacrificed PURUSHA, the primal man whose head, feet, eyes, and mind became the sky, earth, sun, and moon respectively.
a)
Ancient Egyptians
b)
Kuba People
c)
India
d)
Monotheistic Religions
5.
Cold dark matter in the universe
a)
4.6%
b)
3.4%
c)
24%
d)
71.4%
6.
Comprises all space and time and all matter & energy in it.
a)
Earth
b)
Universe
c)
Space
d)
Galaxies
7.
Baryonic matter in the universe
a)
4.6%
b)
3.4%
c)
24%
d)
71.4%
8.
The "ordinary" matter consisting of protons, electrons, and neutrons that comprises atoms, planets, stars, galaxies, and other bodies.
a)
Baryonic matter
b)
Dark matter
c)
Dark Energy
d)
Dark Light
9.
Most abundant elements in the universe
a)
Hydrogen
b)
Helium
c)
Nitrogen
d)
Lithium
10.
Strikingly uniform faint glow in the microwave band coming from all directions
a)
Redshift
b)
Hubble's Law
c)
Cosmic Microwave Background
d)
Big Bang Theory
11.
Believed in many gods and myths which narrate that the world arose from an infinite sea at the first rising of the sun.
a)
Ancient Egyptians
b)
Kuba People
c)
India
d)
Monotheistic Religions
12.
Creator god MBOMBO (BUMBA) who, alone in a dark and water-covered Earth, felt an intense stomach pain and then vomited the stars, sun, and moon.
a)
Ancient Egyptians
b)
Kuba People
c)
India
d)
Monotheistic Religions
13.
a source of anti-gravity; a force that counteracts gravity and causes the universe to expand
a)
Baryonic matter
b)
Dark matter
c)
Dark Energy
d)
Dark Light
14.
New matter is CREATED as the universe expands thereby MAINTAINING its density.
a)
Steady State Model
b)
Big Bang Theory
c)
Redshift
d)
Hubble's Law
15.
These galaxies have an ellipsoidal shape that can be nearly spherical, and they lack spiral arms.
a)
Elliptical
b)
Irregular
c)
Spiral
d)
Milky Way
16.
These galaxies are flat, disk-shaped objects
a)
Elliptical
b)
Irregular
c)
Spiral
d)
Milky Way
17.
Formed when gravity caused matter to accumulate into large “clumps” and “strands” of interstellar matter known as nebulae
a)
Stars
b)
Galaxies
c)
Planets
d)
Satellites
18.
These galaxies have no symmetry.
a)
Elliptical
b)
Irregular
c)
Spiral
d)
Milky Way
19.
About 13.8 billion years ago, a violent explosion occurred, hurling this material in all directions.
a)
Steady State Model
b)
Big Bang Theory
c)
Redshift
d)
Hubble's Law
20.
He came up with the Big Bang Theory
a)
Edwin Hubble
b)
Georges Lemaitre
c)
Theodore Schwann
d)
Sheldon Cooper
21.
Large spiral galaxy that has at least three distinct spiral arms, with some splintering
a)
Elliptical
b)
Irregular
c)
Spiral
d)
Milky Way
22.
Shifting of absorption lines from the light spectrum towards larger wavelength (red)
a)
Redshift
b)
Hubble's Law
c)
Cosmic Microwave Background
d)
Big Bang Theory
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