ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE

What is the big bang theory?

• A theory that states that the universe started in a large mass and then imploded to form everything.

• A theory that states that the universe was there, will be and is there. Is homogeneous and isotropic.

• A theory that states that the universe is slowly coming back to a center.

• A theory that states that the universe started in a small mass and then expanded, the expansion cooled down the temperature and that resulted in the formation of matter, energy, space and time.

What were the original two elements in our universe?

• Hydrogen and Lithium

• Helium and Oxygen

• Helium and Hydrogen

• None of the above

The galaxy we are a part of is called:

• Milky Way

• Andromeda

• Whirlpool

• Sombrero

Space and all the matter & energy in it

• Space

• Universe

• Earth

• Milky Way

What is the best evidence for the Big Bang theory?

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

The sun and everything that revolves around it.

• solar system
• galaxy
• universe
• rotation

Weak radiation in space that is left over from the first stages of the Big Bang that theoretically created the universe.

• Cosmic Background Radiation

• Static

• Singularity

Edwin Hubble discovered that the universe is expanding from his observation of __________

• Photons

• Red Shifts

• Conservation of Momentum

• Gravitational Pul

States that the universe expands but did not change its density

• Multiverse Theory

• Steady State Theory

• Atomic Universe

• Primordial Universe

A star is born when:

• nuclear fusion starts

• a nebula becomes a protostar

• gases in a nebula condense

• hydrogen is used up in fusion processes