WorksheetsELS LA#3
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
Who proposed the theory of the expanding universe?
George Lemaitre
Edwin Hubble
Isaac Newton
Galileo Galilei
A nebula was formed from cloud of gasses and dust that resulted to the formation of the Solar System.
It was then modified and added the explanation of rotational origin. Which hypothesis best suits the situation?
Nebular
Protoplanet
Infinitesimal/Planetesimal
Encounter
The distance of the Earth from the Sun makes the life on Earth possible.
Which sphere best suits this situation?
Geosphere
Atmosphere
Hydrosphere
Biosphere
Why is it the Big Bang theory is the most accepted theory in the origin of the universe? Because of the evidences ___________ and _________.
Blue shift; Cosmic Background Radiation
Red shift; Atomic Background Radiation
Blue shift; Atomic Background Radiation
Red shift; Cosmic Background Radiation
The ancient greeks once believed that the universe is just like a Giant Living Body. What is the reason behind this belief?
The universe was creative.
Interconnected universe
The universe came from a cosmic egg.
There was a God that created everything.
Complete the statement:
Rocks are naturally occurring and ____________.
have definite composition
organic
liquid
in crystalline structure
Which statement DOES NOT show weathering?
Exfoliation
Frost-wedging
Hydrolysis
Forest Fire
Which DOES show erosion?
Frost-wedging
Root-wedging
Solution
Exfoliation
A star passed through a nebula and brought them together that later created the Solar System.
Which hypothesis in the origin of the Solar System best describes the situation?
Planetesimal
Protoplanet
Nebular
Turbulence
Which best describes Frost-wedging?
Water continually seeps into cracks, freezes and expands, eventually breaking the rock apart.
Cracks develop parallel to the land surface.
Air dissolves in rainwater and becomes weakly acidic.
Acid rain reacts with rock-forming minerals.
