Geography Topic 2
The Universe
Question 1: What is the study of the Universe called?
a) Geology
b) Astronomy
c) Cosmology
d) Meteorology
Answer: c) Cosmology
Question 2: What is the study of heavenly bodies known as?
a) Geology
b) Botany
c) Meteorology
d) Astronomy
Answer: d) Astronomy
Question 3: What is the name of our nearest galaxy?
a) Milky Way
b) Andromeda
c) Orion
d) Vega
Answer: b) Andromeda
Question 4: What is the name of our galaxy?
a) Andromeda
b) Orion
c) Milky Way
d) Vega
Answer: c) Milky Way
Question 5: Who proposed that the Earth is the center of the Universe, and other heavenly bodies revolve around it?
a) Galileo Galilei
b) Kepler
c) Ptolemy
d) Copernicus
Answer: c) Ptolemy
Question 6: Who suggested that the sun is the center of the Universe and not the Earth?
a) Kepler
b) Ptolemy
c) Copernicus
d) Galileo Galilei
Answer: c) Copernicus
Question 7: Who proposed that the sun is the center of the Solar System and not the entire Universe?
a) Ptolemy
b) Copernicus
c) Kepler
d) Galileo Galilei
Answer: c) Kepler
Question 8: In what forms are galaxies found structurally?
a) Circular and oval
b) Spherical and cubic
c) Spiral, Elliptical, and irregular
d) Hexagonal and pentagonal
Answer: c) Spiral, Elliptical, and irregular
Question 9: What is the shape of both the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies?
a) Elliptical
b) Irregular
c) Spiral
d) Rectangular
Answer: c) Spiral
Question 10: What are the three main theories regarding the origin and evolution of the Universe?
a) Geocentrism, Heliocentrism, and Steady State
b) Big Bang theory, Steady state, and The pulsating theory
c) Ptolemaic model, Copernican model, and Newton's theory
d) Plate tectonics, Evolution, and Quantum mechanics
Answer: b) Big Bang theory, Steady state, and The pulsating theory
Question 11: Who proposed the Big Bang Theory?
a) Isaac Newton
b) Albert Einstein
c) Georges Lemaître
d) Stephen Hawking
Answer: c) Georges Lemaître
Question 12: What are electrically charged gases called?
a) Neutrons
b) Electrons
c) Plasma
d) Protons
Answer: c) Plasma
Question 13: What does SSSB stand for in the context of space science?
a) Stellar Systems and Solar Bodies
b) Solar System Science Bureau
c) Small Solar System Bodies
d) Space Shuttle System Base
Answer: c) Small Solar System Bodies
Question 14: Who is credited with discovering the structure of the solar system?
a) Johannes Kepler
b) Galileo Galilei
c) Isaac Newton
d) Nicolaus Copernicus
Answer: d) Nicolaus Copernicus
Question 15: What does our solar system consist of?
a) The Sun and eight planets
b) The Sun and its satellites
c) The Sun, eight planets, satellites, five dwarf planets, asteroids, comets, dust, and gas
d) The Sun and the Moon
Answer: c) The Sun, eight planets, satellites, five dwarf planets, asteroids, comets, dust, and gas
Question 16: Approximately, what is the estimated size of our solar system in Astronomical Units (AU)?
a) About 1 AU
b) About 25 AU
c) About 50 AU
d) About 10'5 AU
Answer: d) About 10 to the power 5 AU
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