Quiz 19: Nature of Space and Time

What is the relationship between space and time?

• They are governed by dark matter

• They are wholly separate entities

• They are parts of a connected fabric that can twist or curve

• They are unrelated

What is the relationship between matter and energy?

• They are unrelated

• They are governed by dark energy

• There is energy stored in matter itself

• They are wholly separate quantities

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What does Hubble's Law state?

• All galaxies are stationary

• All galaxies are expanding

• All galaxies are moving towards each other

• All galaxies are moving away from each other

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What does the redshift of light indicate?

• The light is expanding

• The light is moving away from us

• The light is stationary

• The light is moving towards us

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What does the Big Bang theory propose?

• The universe is stationary

• The universe is contracting

• The universe had a violent and rapid expansion in its earliest days

• The universe began with an explosion

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What is the age of the universe according to the Big Bang theory?

• 25 billion years

• 13.7 billion years

• 100 billion years

• 1 trillion years

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What is the analogy used to explain the expansion of the universe?

• A river flowing downstream

• A balloon being inflated

• A tree growing taller

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What is the significance of the cosmic background radiation?

• It is evidence of dark matter

• It marks the beginning of space and time

• It is the afterglow of the Big Bang

• It determines the fate of the universe

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Which doomsday scenario for our Universe predicts a cold dark death, as a consequence of the second law of thermodynamics?

• The big chill/The heat death

• The big crunch.

• The big bounce.

• The big bang.

___________ suggests the our Universe may exist as one of many consecutive birth/death cycles.

• The big bounce.

• The big bang.

• The big chill.

• The big crunch.