WorksheetsSci-Quest 1
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
What is the study of all matter and energy in the universe involving celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies?
Astrology
Astronomy
Cosmology
Cosmogony
Who proposed the nebular hypothesis?
Georges Lemaitre
Bondi, Gold and Hoyle
Albert Einstein
Immanuel Kant
Which of the following ideas is explained in the nebular hypothesis?
As gas swirled around, eddies of gas caused the formation of sun and planets.
Planets and moons were wandering around and were captured by the sun.
Earth collided with a small planet, producing moon.
Two stars collided and formed planets and moon.
What theory on the origin of the solar system claims that planets were created from the gradual combination of small chunks of materials?
Gas cloud theory
Fission theory
Accretion theory
Capture theory
Which of the following is NOT a theory on the origin of the Universe?
Stellar collision theory
Big bang theory
Oscillating Universe theory
Steady-state universe theory
Who among the scientists below proposed the Capture theory?
Immanuel Kant
Michael Mark Woolfson
Albert Einstein
Hartmann and Davis
What is the idea of Gas cloud theory?
As gas swirled around, eddies of gas caused the formation of the sun and planets.
Bursting of the sun sent out the planets and moons.
Gas clouds were pulled by sun's gravity, then formed into planets and moons.
Dusts gradually combined and formed planets and their moons.
All of the following theories explain the origin of the solar system, EXCEPT
Planetary collision theory
Gas cloud theory
Capture theory
Nebular hypothesis
Who proposed stellar collision theory?
Otto Schmidt
Hartmann and Davis
R.W. Stewart
Einstein and Messier
Which of the following claims that there will be time for the universe to run out of energy and another big bang will occur?
Steady-state Universe Theory
Nebular Hypothesis
Big Bang Theory
Oscillating Universe theory
