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WorksheetsThe Big Bang Quiz #1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What was the Last name of the Catholic priest who first postulated the Big Bang theory?
(a)
What was the last name of the astronomer who HATED the big bang and believed in the Steady State Universe
Hoyle
Hubble
LeMaitre
LeForge
Who discovered that other galaxies are not a part of our milky way and that most galaxies are moving away from us.
Hoyle
Hubble
LeMaitre
LeForge
Who postulated a the theory of relativity and that matter and energy can change from one to the other.
Hoyle
Hubble
LeMaitre
Einstein
What is the last name of one of the scientists who accidentally discovered the cosmic microwave background radiation? (you can type either of the two names and it will be correct)
(a)
The Cosmic ______________ background radiation is one of the evidences for the big bang theory.
microwave
gamma ray
inferred
beta decay
The cosmic elemental abundance is an evidence of the Big Bang that states the majority of the elements and atoms in the universe is...
Hydrogen
Carbon
Iron
Silicon
When galaxies are moving away from us they are ________ shifted
Red
Blue
Green
T/F Galaxies that are further away from us are LESS red shifted and therefore they are SLOWING down as they move away from us.
True
False
Which of the following is not a problem with the big bang
Edges of universe are wider than they should be, therefore couldn't have interacted
The universe is "flatter" than expected, it should have more of a time space curve to it.
Not enough Magnetic monopoles as predicted by the Big Bang
Close galaxies are more "calmed down" than far away galaxies. Active Galaxies are far away and thus in the history of the universe.
What is the name of the event added to the big bang that solves the problems with the big bang, (it was a period of time when the space in the universe expanded faster than the speed of light)?
Inflation
Explosion
the Speed Force
The Grand Unified Epoch
This states that if the universe is infinite in age and size there should be a star or galaxy in every direction and there should be no dark spots in the night sky.
Olber's Paradox
Occam's Razor
Steady State Theory
Hubbles Constant
According to the Big Bang, the universe is about _______ years old.
13.7 million
13.7 billion
13.7 trillion
13.7 google
This theory proposed by Hoyle and his colleagues was a rival to the big bang and stated that the universe was infinitely old and could generate new matter/energy as needed to sustain itself.
Steady State theory
Olber's Epoch
The unmoved mover
The multiverse
An undefined and not fully explainable place in space and time, such as the moment before the big bang or a black hole
singularity
Recombination
Expansion
Divide by zero
This is when stable neutral atoms were formed after the big bang.
Inflation
Nucleosynthesis
Recombination
Continued Expansion
This is when nuclei of elements heavier than hydrogen were formed.
Inflation
Nucleosynthesis
Recombination
Continued Expansion
This is when the universe expanded faster than the speed of light for a moment after the big bang.
Inflation
Nucleosynthesis
Recombination
Continued Expansion
This is an measurable ongoing evidence of the big bang
the expanding universe.
Inflation
Singularity
Olber's paradox
When did LeMaitre first hypothesis the big bang theory, or as he called it the "Hypothesis of the Primeval Atom"
1900s
1920s
1940s
1960s
