Space Unit: The Big Bang Theory

What is a Scientific Theory?

• A prediction of what will happen in an experiment.

• A summary of what you found in your experiment.

• An explanation of something that happens in nature that is backed up by results of many tests and experiments.

• A statement that can never be proven wrong.

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The Big Bang Theory explains the formation of the...

• Earth

• Sun

• Universe

• Solar System

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The universe is ____________ years old.

• 8.13 billion
• 13.8 billion
• 1.83 billion
• 381 million

The Big Bang:

• is NOT an explosion in space.
• is an expansion OF space.
• is our best explanation for the beginning of the universe.
• All of the above.

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Which description is considered most accurate regarding what actually happened during the Big Bang?

• Two galaxies collided causing an immense explosion as stars crashed into one another

• All of what would become the universe was concentrated in a single small point, or singularity, which rapidly expanded into what is now stars, planets, galaxies, matter, and energy.

• All matter emerged from a massive black hole at the center of the universe.

• Parts of the sun were ripped off by massive internal explosions and were thrown into space where they cooled to become other things, like plants, comets, and other galaxies.

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What were the original two elements in our universe?

• Lithium and Carbon
• Hydrogen and Neon
• Helium and Chlorine
• Hydrogen and Helium

The Universe is comprised of 74% _____________________.

• Oxygen

• Helium

• Hydrogen

• Nitrogen

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The Universe is comprised of 25% _____________________.

• Oxygen

• Helium

• Hydrogen

• Nitrogen

The universe is expanding.  This means that:

• Galaxies are getting bigger.
• Atoms are getting bigger.
• The universe is creating more matter.
• The amount of space between galaxies is increasing.

A wave with a large wavelength will have a ______ frequency and _____ energy

• high, low

• high, high

• low, high

• low, low

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