The Big Bang and the Beginning of the Universe Quiz

What theory became widely accepted in science after the discovery of cosmic background radiation?

• Steady State Theory

• Big Bang Theory

• Multiverse Theory

• String Theory

What did Edwin Hubble discover about galaxies that supported the Big Bang theory?

• Galaxies are stationary

• Galaxies are merging together

• Galaxies are moving closer to each other

• Galaxies are moving apart from each other

What is the temperature of the universe when quarks begin forming new particles, hadrons?

• 10 billion degrees Celsius

• 1 billion degrees Celsius

• 100,000 degrees Celsius

• 1 million degrees Celsius

What is the first atom formed in the universe after the decay of neutrons into protons?

• Helium

• Oxygen

• Hydrogen

• Carbon

What did the radiation from stars and galaxies do to the stable hydrogen gas in the universe?

• Made it invisible

• Turned it into a solid

• Dissolved it into a plasma

• Caused it to evaporate

What do scientists need to develop a theory for in order to understand what happened at the beginning of the Big Bang?

• Quantum mechanics

• General relativity

• String theory

• Dark matter

What is the main unanswered question about the beginning of the Big Bang?

• What started the Big Bang?

• All of the above

• Is this the first and only universe?

• Were there universes before our own?

What is the universe's way of experiencing itself, according to the text?

• Through the creation of stars

• Through the formation of galaxies

• Through the birth of particles

• Through human beings

What is the temperature of the universe when atoms formed out of hadrons and electrons?

• 10 billion degrees Celsius

• 1 billion degrees Celsius

• 1 million degrees Celsius

• 100,000 degrees Celsius

What is the meaning of the Dark Age in the context of the early universe?

• A period without any stars

• A period without any galaxies

• A period without any matter

• A period without any energy