Origin of the Universe/Solar System Quiz

Most scientists believe the Big Bang Theory explains which of the following questions?

• How our planets and moons formed

• How our universe began

• How the sun turns hydrogen into helium

• How fast light travels through space

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What 2 things make up everything in the Universe?

• Matter and Heat
• Energy and Matter
• Energy and Dust
• Mass and Volume

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What is the best evidence for the Big Bang theory?

• How fast light can travel
• The expansion of the Universe
• Creation of new planets

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Red Shift means

• galaxies are moving towards each other
• galaxies are moving away from each other

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Which 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.

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The Milky Way Galaxy

• an increase (or decrease) in the frequency of sound, light, or other waves

• is the galaxy that contains our Solar System

• a particle attracts every other particle in the universe

• an interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium and other ionized gases

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A collection of stars, dust, and gas bound together by gravity.

• Nebula
• Galaxy 
• Universe
• Protostar

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Earth and the other planets closest to the Sun are made mostly of _______

• gas
• metal
• water
• rock

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One of the main differences between the outer and inner planets is __________.

• The inner planets all have water
• the inner planets are much bigger than the outer planets
• the outer planets are gas planets
• the outer planets have rings, and the inner planets don't

The theory that explains the formation of the solar system is called ____.

• Nebulis Theory
• Nebular Theory
• Big Bang Theory
• Big Nebulan Theory

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