THE BIG BANG THEORY- FIRST QUIZ

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

• How our planets and moons formed?

• How the sun turns hydrogen into helium?

• How our universe began?

• How fast light travel through space?

Which among the following items shows the correct chronological order of events in the Big Bang Theory?

• Big Bang explosion, formation of galaxy, first star appeared, formation of planets, birth of our moon, birth of our sun, first ocean appeared, birth of volcanoes

• Big Bang explosion, formation of galaxy, first star appeared, birth of our sun, birth of our moon, formation of planets, birth of volcanoes, first ocean appeared

• Big Bang explosion, first star appeared, formation of galaxy, birth of our sun, formation of planets, birth of our moon, birth of volcanoes, first ocean appeared

• Big Bang explosion, first star appeared, first sun appeared, formation of galaxy, formation of planets, birth of our moon, birth of volcanoes, first ocean appeared

A Belgian priest named ___________________ first suggested the Big Bang Theory in the 1920s, when he theorized that the universe began from a single primordial atom

• George Lemeter

• Georges Lemoiter

• Georges Lemaitre

• Georges Lemetre

About ______________________ billion years ago, there was a violent explosion of energy: the Big Bang.

• 13.8

• 14.2

• 13.6

• 14.8

We belong to a galaxy called (a)   .

A star is called "sun" if it is the center of a planetary system.

• True

• False

What is the biggest star in the universe?

(a)  

A (a)   is a large explosion that takes place at the end of a star's life cycle.

What is the largest galaxy in the universe?

• Andromeda

• Messier 81

• Large Megallanic Cloud

• IC 1101

Soon after Earth formed, while it was still hot soft rock, a smaller planet called (a)   struck it.