Earth Space 9 Week Exam

Astrophysics consider the age of the Universe to be:

• 25 Billion years

• 5 Billion years

• 13.5 Billion years

• 100 Billion years

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

What were the very first things that had to be created so that everything else to come could be created?

• Nothing

• Atoms

• Quarks

• The Laws of Nature Ie: Gravity,Strong and Weak Nuclear forces, Electro Magnetic Forces

What process takes tiny regions of space and blows them up into much larger volumes, ironing out any wrinkles in the process.

• Deflation

• Inflation

• Conflagration

• Deceleration

What happened 1 second AFTER the Big Bang?

• Quarks and gluons formed.

• Protons and neutrons formed.

• Nothing.

• Atom's started fusing.

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

What were the first elements to form.

• Hydrogen and Helium

• Chlorine

• Lithium

• Copper

What is the most abundant element in our universe?

• Gold

• Copper

• Hydrogen

• Oxygen

How many years did it take for the first stars to appear?

• 30 Million

• 200 million

• 100,000

• 10 seconds

When sub atomic particles gained mass, and volume what did they become?

• Nothing

• Matter

• Quarks

• Gluons

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Who discovered that other Galaxies were moving away from ours?

• Neils Degrasse Tyson

• Edwin Hubble

• Neils Bohrs

• Albert Einstein

How were we able to discover that the Big Bang occurred?

• We observed electromagnetic waves in every direction of the cosmos

• We haven't observed it. It is all theory.

• We measure how fast galaxies are moving.

• We just guessed.

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2