FORMATION OF HEAVY ELEMENTS

The following are light elements EXCEPT

• Helium

• Hydrogen

• Lithium

• Iron

The process of forming elements is known as

• generation

• genesis

• nucleosynthesis

• synthesis

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Light elements such as hydrogen and helium are formed through the process of __________ nucleosynthesis.

• Bigbang

• Fusion

• Stellar

• Supernova

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Which element is the lightest and at the same time the most abundant in outer space?

• Hydrogen

• Helium

• Lithium

• Iron

A reaction in which two or more nuclei combine to form heavier nuclei.

• combustion

• nuclear fission

• nuclear Fusion

• nuclear synthesis

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What element can be formed when three atoms of helium are fused?

• carbon

• Oxygen

• Hydrogen

• Silicon

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Which of the following elements DOES NOT belong to the group?

• beryllium

• silicon

• Iron

• Oxygen

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The process in which elements are formed at the center of a star.

• big bang nucleosynthesis

• nuclear fusion

• stellar nucleosynthesis

• supernova nucleosynthesis

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Our sun is in what phase of its life cycle?

• main sequence star

• planetary nebula

• red giant

• white dwarf

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The most accepted theory about the formation of the universe which explains that it continues to expand

• Bigbang Theory

• Divine Creation Theory

• Steady State Theory

• Oscillating Theory

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