Exploring the Universe's Dark Ages

Exploring the Universe's Dark Ages

Assessment

Interactive Video

Physics

11th - 12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Jennifer Brown

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5 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the significance of looking through a telescope in terms of time?

It allows us to see the future.

It helps us understand the present.

It shows us parallel universes.

It enables us to look back in time.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why is detecting ancient hydrogen signals challenging?

Due to the interference from the Milky Way and human activities.

Because hydrogen is completely invisible.

Due to the lack of advanced technology.

Because hydrogen does not emit any radiation.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the Era of Reionization?

The era when the universe began expanding.

A period when the universe was completely dark.

A time when hydrogen started emitting 21 cm waves due to UV radiation.

The moment when the first galaxies formed.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What do neat uniform bubbles in the universe suggest?

That the universe is shrinking.

That early stars were responsible for reionization.

The presence of black holes.

The existence of multiple universes.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What could signals from the Era of Reionization reveal about dark matter?

Whether dark matter is made of cold or warm particles.

The speed of light in a vacuum.

The exact age of the universe.

The existence of alien life.