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WorksheetsPhy Sci: Nucleosynthesis: The Beginning of Elements
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Which is NOT an evidence that support the Big Bang Theory?
abundance of light elements
cosmic microwave background radiation
continuous creation of matter
redshift
Which is a cosmological model stating that the universe started its expansion about 13.8 billion years ago?
Big Bang Theory
Eternal Inflation
Oscillating Universe
Steady State Theory
Who measured the wavelengths of light from spiral nebulae, which are interstellar clouds of dust and ionized gases in 1910s?
Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton
Edwin Hubble and Charles Darwin
James Hutton and Alfred Wegener
Vesto Slipher and Carl Wilhelm Wirtz
Who used the redshift of light from galaxies to calculate the velocities and distances of these galaxies from the Earth in 1929?
Which are the remains of energy created after the big bang expansion?
Light elements
Infrared
Redshift
Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
Which is the process of producing the light elements during the big bang expansion?
Supernova Nucleosynthesis
Big bang nucleosynthesis
Stellar Nucleosynthesis
Which element is NOT formed in the big bang nucleosynthesis?
Which is the name of the missing element in the figure below?
Lithium
Deuterium
Beryllium
Helium
Which is the process by which elements are formed within stars?
Big bang nucleosynthesis
Supernova Nucleosynthesis
Stellar Nucleosynthesis
Which is a star that blows apart and releases a large amount of energy?
Up to which element can a low mass star like the Sun form through nuclear fusion reactions?
Iron
Helium
Carbon
Hydrogen
Which acts as a catalyst for the CNO cycle?
Oxygen- 15
Nitrogen- 14
Nitrogen- 13
Carbon -12
In Neutron Capture, which happens when there is a small number of neutrons?
r- process
s- process
p- process
Which process is primarily involved in the equation below that features the addition of a proton to a seed nucleus?
Beta Decay
Positron Emission
Proton Capture
Neutron Capture
Which process is primarily involved in the equation below that features the addition of neutrons to a seed nucleus?
Positron Emission
Beta Decay
Neutron Capture
Proton Capture
