Big Bang Quiz

A theory that says the universe began as a small point that expanded rapidly about 13.7 billion years ago.

• Big Bang Theory

• Singularity Theory

• Galaxy Theory

A unit of length equal to the distance that light travels through space in one year.

• Leap Year

• Light-Year

• Frequency

A reaction in which two light nuclei combine to produce a nucleus of heavier mass, resulting in the release of a large amount of energy.

• Nuclear Bomb

• Nuclear Fusion

• Nuclear Fission

The change in wavelength that allows us to determine if an object if moving toward us or away from us

• Whiteshift and Blueshift

• Redshift and Greenshift

• Redshift and Blueshift

All space and the matter space contains

• Universe

• Galaxy

• Super Nova

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.

A date that is commonly accepted by Big Bang theorists for the Big Bang is ____ years ago.

• One hundred thousand

• Two hundred and fifty million

• Thirteen point seven billion

• Ten trillion

Observations of space indicate that most matter in the universe is ___.

• hydrogen, helium, and dark matter

• gold and plutonium

• oxygen and water vapor

• carbon

Big Bang theorists believe that there should be energy left over from the Big Bang, and it should be in the form of ___.

• low level microwave energy

• extreme heat

• a swirling vortex

• visible light

What instrument has allowed us to look deep into space to observe things far away that give us hints to the past?

• The Hubble telescope

• The Eiffel Tower

• Binkley's barometer

• The Smith Space Balloon