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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which description is considered most accurate regarding what actually happened during the Big Bang?
Two galaxies collided causing an immense explosion as stars crashed into one another
All of what would become the universe was concentrated in a single small point, or singularity, which rapidly expanded into what is now stars, planets, galaxies, matter, and energy.
All matter emerged from a massive black hole at the center of the universe.
Parts of the sun were ripped off by massive internal explosions and were thrown into space where they cooled to become other things, like plants, comets, and other galaxies.
- 2. Multiple Choice
The Big Bang Theory is the most widely accepted theory about the origin of the universe.
true
false
- 3. Multiple Choice
A date that is commonly accepted by Big Bang theorists for the Big Bang is ____ years ago.
One hundred thousand
Two hundred and fifty million
Thirteen point seven billion
Ten trillion
- 4. Multiple Choice
Observations of space indicate that most matter in the universe is ___.
hydrogen, helium, and dark matter
gold and plutonium
oxygen and water vapor
carbon
- 5. Multiple Choice
Big Bang theorists believe that there should be energy left over from the Big Bang, and it should be in the form of ___.
low level microwave energy
extreme heat
a swirling vortex
visible light
- 6. Multiple Choice
What instrument has allowed us to look deep into space to observe things far away that give us hints to the past?
The Hubble telescope
The Eiffel Tower
Binkley's barometer
The Smith Space Balloon
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is evidence of the Big Bang Theory?Cavemen heard a loud bang at the beginning of time.The universe isn't movingThe universe is expandingThe universe is getting smaller
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat shape do scientists think the universe is?SphereTriangularSaddle ShapedFlat
- 9. Multiple ChoiceHow did the discovery of Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation support the Big Bang Theory?It suggests that Hydrogen and Helium were the first elements to form.It confirms the age of the Earth to be around 5 billion years old.It supports the idea that the universe used to be hotter.It demonstrates that the universe continues to expand.
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is NOT true about the Big Bang Theory?It is the scientific explanation of how life began on Earth and evolved over time.It is the scientific explanation for the origin of the universe.It states that the universe expanded from a single point and is still expanding today.It states that the universe used to be much hotter and smaller.
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat can we conclude from the observation that nearly all galaxies are moving away from us?Massive black holes are drawing galaxies away from Earth.The Sun and Earth are located at the center of the universe.Everything in the universe is moving the same direction.The once-smaller universe is expanding in all directions.
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is not strong evidence supporting the Big Bang Theory?Presence of cosmic microwave background radiation.The frequency of the light from distant galaxies is shifted slightly towards the redThe estimated age of the Earth matches the estimated age of the universe.Abundance of Hydrogen and Helium in the universe.
- 13. Multiple ChoiceAs part of the modern theory of the origins of the elements, it is hypothesized that before the formation of the stars, most of the matter in the universe consisted of what atoms?hydrogen and heliumnitrogen and carbonsilicon and lithiumuranium and radium
- 14. Multiple Choice
Galaxies that are REDSHIFTED are:
actually BLUE
really NEAR earth
invisible or not visible
moving AWAY from us.
- 15. Multiple Choice
If something that makes light is moving AWAY from you, it spreads the wavelengths of light out. This application of the Doppler effect is known as ___.
blue shift
green shift
red shift
black shift
- 16. Multiple Choice
Most distant galaxies show a RED SHIFT. This is considered EVIDENCE that the universe is ___.
getting cooler
expanding
condensing into a small point
swirling around
- 17. Multiple Choice
A galaxy showing BLUE SHIFT is ___.
very cold
moving TOWARDS OR TO us
dying
about to supernova
- 18. Multiple Choice
The CMB (Cosmic Background Radiation) is:
the remaining energy from the big bang.
incredibly cool.
a cloud of light
only located in certain places in the universe.
- 19. Multiple Choice
Ever since the universe began, the universe has been
expanding
contracting
stays the same size
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