 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
|
 |
||||||||
WHAT’S YOUR U-Q (Universe Quotient)? Come back on August 1, 2005 for the answers to this quiz as well the next quiz: What’s Your LE-Q (Life on Earth Earth Quotient)? PLEASE NOTE: For answers to this quiz, follow this link. For updates about future quizzes sign up on our mailing list. 1.
The universe is approximately 8 billion years old. 2.
There are over 100 billion galaxies in the universe. 3.
Our Milky Way galaxy contains about 100 million stars.
4.
Both stars and planets shine at night from the light generated
by their internal, super-hot combustion processes. 5.
Black holes are stars that implode when they die and become
incredibly dense, equivalent to the density that would occur if
the sun were stuffed into a golf ball. 6.
As the universe evolved, dying stars called supernovas
exploded and scattered ordinary matter throughout the universe.
7.
The volatile element hydrogen accounts for only about 10%
of the atoms that make up ordinary matter (the substance that we
and other visible objects are made out of). 8.
A mysterious substance called dark energy accounts for
the majority of the universe’s mass. 9.
At 100,000 miles per second, the speed of light is constant
throughout the universe, regardless of the observer’s speed
of motion through space. 10.
Gravity is the only known force that affects everything
in the universe. For updates about future quizzes sign up on our mailing list. Print this quiz
and keep a record of your answers. What’s Your LE-Q (Life on Earth Quotient)? For a brief overview of the universe’s evolution and spiritual influence on humanity, see Chapter 1 of “The Richest of Fare: Seeking Spiritual Security in the Sonoran Desert” by Phyllis Strupp at Amazon.com
|
