Big Bang

Big Bang

​This lesson will allow you to understand how the Big Bang theory was developed to understand how the universe began.

​Quick Quiz

(write your answers in your journal)

Big Bang

a) a star

b) a supercharged black hole

c) a developing planet​

​2. What can we compare the singularity to?

A few ________ wide.

a) km

b) cm

c) mm​

​1. How big was the singularity?

​Quick Quiz

(write your answers in your journal)

Big Bang

a) an atom to a grapefruit

b) a cell to an elephant

c) a planet to a supergiant star

​4. In the inflationary period the universe grew from ___ to a ____?

a) 100 million years ago

b) 13 million years ago

c) 13 billion years ago​

d) 100 billion years ago​

​3. When did the Big Bang happen?

​Quick Quiz

(write your answers in your journal)

Big Bang

a) solar systems

b) galaxies

c) black holes

​6. Hydrogen & Helium made clouds of gases that became the seedlings of ___?

a) Hydrogen

b) Carbon

c) Krypton

d) Helium

​5. What was the first chemical element in the universe?

​Quick Quiz

(write your answers in your journal)

Big Bang

a) planets d) forces

b) energy e) moons

c) stars​ f) everything

​6. These elements were the building blocks of ______. (select ALL that apply)

a) quarks

b) compounds

c) elements​

​7. Fusion in stars helped to create almost all of the ____ in the known universe.

Write down 5 main ideas in your science journal.​

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​Click Here: NASA - What is the Big Bang?

​Click the link & read the article.​

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Open Ended

Write 2 questions you still have about the origins of the universe. What do you want to know more about?