Unit 7 Formative 1 Quiz Review: The Universe

_______ is the word that scientists use to describe space and all the energy and matter in it?

• United States

• Universe

• Galaxy

• Saturn

What is the collection of large and small bodies that orbit our central star, the sun?

• Solar System

• Milky Way

• Ocean Tides

• Spiral Galaxy

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A __________ is a large collection of stars, gas and dust that is held together by gravity.

• Solar System

• Earth

• Geocentric

• Galaxy

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A ___-____ is the distance that light travels through space in one year.

• Light-Year

• Spring-Summer

• Heliocentric

• High-Mass

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A solar system is the _______ of the large-scale structures and consists of at least _____ star.

• smallest, two

• largest, one

• smallest, one

• largest, two

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Galaxies contain ________ to ________ of stars.

• hundreds, thousands

• thousands, milions

• zero, million

• millions, billions

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At the center of most galaxies is a _______ ______

• black hole

• space station

• satellite

• a rocket ship

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What force keeps objects in space in orbit around larger celestial bodies?

• acceleration

• gravity

• black holes

• stars

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What is the name of the theory that states that the universe began with a tremendous expansion about 13-15 billion years ago?

• Spring Tide

• Neap Tide

• Special Relativity

• Big Bang

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Which statement about gravity is true?

• gravity causes objects to pull towards one another

• gravity only takes place between planets

• gravity causes objects to push away from each other

• the moon doesn't have any gravity

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