Short Quiz (Universe and the Big Bang Theory)

Examine the words and/or phrases for each question below. Choose the option which DOES NOT fit the pattern.

• Gravitational Force

• Cosmic Force

• Electromagnetic Force

• Nuclear Force

Examine the words and/or phrases for each question below. Choose the option which DOES NOT fit the pattern

• Hubble’s Law

• Gravity

• Age of Stars

• Light Elements

True or False. The weak nuclear force hold protons and neutrons together in the nucleus of the atom.

• True

• False

True or False. An open universe tells us that it has gravity that will eventually halt the expansion and draw everything back to square one.

• True

• False

Theories of the origin of the Universe have to take into account: that light from other galaxies is:

• shifted to the yellow

• shifted to the violet

• shifted to the red

• shifted to the green of the spectrum

Which is not true of the four fundamental forces of nature?

• Strong nuclear forces binds nucleus and holds protons and neutrons together.

• Weak nuclear forces is responsible for nuclear radiation and fission.

• Strong nuclear forces binds atoms together and acts between objects and mass.

• Weak nuclear forces can only be found in radioactive decay.

Cosmological redshift is the result of the

• expansion of the universe

• supermassive black holes

• galaxies speeding away from us

• Tully-Fisher relation

Which of the following causes the expansion of the universe to accelerate or speed up?

• Dark Matter

• Dark Energy

• Gravity

• Inertia

Hubble's law states that galaxies are receding from us at a speed that is proportional to their ___.

• distance

• orientation

• volume

• mass

Who proposed the Big Bang Theory

• Stephen Hawking

• Georges Lemaitre

• Fred Hoyle

• Albert Einstein