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1) Astronomers measure distances in space using light-years. 2) The order from biggest to smallest is: galaxy, universe, solar system, star. 3) The universe began 14 billion years ago with the Big Bang.

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Discovering The Universe - Quiz

1) Astronomers measure distances in space using light-years. 2) The order from biggest to smallest is: galaxy, universe, solar system, star. 3) The universe began 14 billion years ago with the Big Bang.

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Quick quiz Name_____________________________ Date______________

Discovering the universe


Check or number the boxes to answer each question.

1  stronomers measure
A
distances in space using: 2  umber these things 
N
1 to 4 in order of size,
starting with the biggest:
a. light-days
a. galaxy
b. light-kilometers
b. universe
c. light-years
c. solar system
d. light-miles
d. star

3 The universe began:


4  he universe began in an
T
explosion called the: 5  umber these events 1 to 5,
N
starting with the earliest:

a. 14 thousand years ago a. Universal Explosion a. The universe began with


b. 14 million years ago b. Big Explosion the Big Bang.
c. 14 billion years ago c. Big Crunch b. The oldest stars in the
Milky Way were born.
d. 14 trillion years ago d. Big Bang
c. Our solar system was
formed.
d. The first atoms began to

6  he Italian scientist Galileo


T
used a telescope to discover
the rings of:
7  hich of these is not
W
a good place for an
observatory:
form.
e. Matter clumped together
to form the first galaxies.

a. Mercury a. high in the mountains


b. Mars b. away from populated
c. Saturn areas
d. Uranus c. out in space
d. in a city

8  telescope that focuses


A
light waves is called: 9  heck all the types of rays
C
that can be recorded by
space observatories:
10 A space probe is:

a. a digital telescope a. a thermometer in Earth


a. X-rays orbit
b. an optical telescope
b. sting rays b. a telescope in Earth orbit
c. an X-ray telescope
c. gamma rays c. an unmanned spacecraft
d. a radio telescope
d. ultraviolet rays that investigates space
d. a manned spacecraft

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Quiz Answers
Discovering the universe
1. c
2. a 2, b 1, c 3, d 4
3. c
4. d
5. a 1, b 4, c 5, d 2, e 3
6. c
7. d
8. b
9. a, c, d
10. c

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