Cosmology Quiz

Who discovered that galaxies exist and are very far away from us?

• Galileo Galilei

• Albert Einstein

• Isaac Newton

• Edwin Hubble

What is the name of the mysterious particle that makes up dark matter?

• Muon

• Axion

• Quark

• Neutrino

When did modern cosmology get its start?

• 500 years ago

• 200 years ago

• 100 years ago

• 50 years ago

What percentage of the mass energy in the entire cosmos is dark energy?

• 75.0%

• 66.2%

• 50.5%

• 33.8%

What did the PANTHEON+ survey measure the precise positions of?

• Black Holes

• Supernovae

• Comets

• Asteroids

What is the age of the universe according to modern cosmology?

• 20 billion years old

• 15.2 billion years old

• 13.77 billion years old

• 10.5 billion years old

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

What did the late 1990s astronomers discover about the expansion of the universe?

• It is shrinking

• It is accelerating

• It is constant

• It is decelerating

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

What is the study of the whole entire universe as a single physical object called?

• Geology

• Cosmology

• Astrophysics

• Astronomy