Quiz about Phy Sci: Nucleosynthesis: The Beginning of Elements

Question 1

Which is NOT an evidence that support the Big Bang Theory?

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continuous creation of matter

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abundance of light elements

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cosmic microwave background radiation

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redshift

Question 2

Which is a cosmological model stating that the universe started its expansion about 13.8 billion years ago?

Accepted Answer

Big Bang Theory

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Eternal Inflation

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Oscillating Universe

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Steady State Theory

Question 3

Who measured the wavelengths of light from spiral nebulae, which are interstellar clouds of dust and ionized gases in 1910s?

Accepted Answer

Vesto Slipher and Carl Wilhelm Wirtz

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Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton

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Edwin Hubble and Charles Darwin

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James Hutton and Alfred Wegener

Question 4

Who used the redshift of light from galaxies to calculate the velocities and distances of these galaxies from the Earth in 1929?

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Option A is correct

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B.

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C.

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D.

Question 5

Which are the remains of energy created after the big bang expansion?

Accepted Answer

Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation

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Light elements

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Infrared

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Redshift

Question 6

Which is the process of producing the light elements during the big bang expansion?

Accepted Answer

Big bang nucleosynthesis

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Supernova Nucleosynthesis

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Stellar Nucleosynthesis

Question 7

Which element is NOT formed in the big bang nucleosynthesis?

Accepted Answer

Option A is correct

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B.

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C.

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D.

Question 8

Which is the name of the missing element in the figure below?

Accepted Answer

Helium

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Lithium

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Deuterium

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Beryllium

Question 9

Which is the process by which elements are formed within stars?

Accepted Answer

Stellar Nucleosynthesis

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Big bang nucleosynthesis

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Supernova Nucleosynthesis

Question 10

Which is a star that blows apart and releases a large amount of energy?

Accepted Answer

Option D is correct

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A.

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B.

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C.

Question 11

Up to which element can a low mass star like the Sun form through nuclear fusion reactions?

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Carbon

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Iron

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Helium

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Hydrogen

Question 12

Which acts as a catalyst for the CNO cycle?

Accepted Answer

Carbon -12

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Oxygen- 15

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Nitrogen- 14

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Nitrogen- 13

Question 13

In Neutron Capture, which happens when there is a small number of neutrons?

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s- process

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r- process

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p- process

Question 14

Which process is primarily involved in the equation below that features the addition of a proton to a seed nucleus?

Accepted Answer

Proton Capture

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Beta Decay

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Positron Emission

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Neutron Capture

Question 15

Which process is primarily involved in the equation below that features the addition of neutrons to a seed nucleus?

Accepted Answer

Neutron Capture

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Positron Emission

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Beta Decay

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Proton Capture

Phy Sci: Nucleosynthesis: The Beginning of Elements

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