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WorksheetsOrigins of the Universe Review
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 18mins
The universe is believed to have formed _________ billion years ago.
4-5
13-15
20-25
100
The universe started as a singularity the size of a piece of _________________.
pie
cotton
pepperoni
dust
The singularity didn't actually explode, it began to _____________ and release ___________ very rapidly.
contract, energy
expand, gas
expand, energy
contract, gas
The rapid expansion of the universe caused the temperatures of the universe to ____________.
increase to scorching levels
decrease to freezing levels
Which of the following are supporting evidence of the Big Bang? Check ALL that apply.
Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMB)
Electromagnetic Spectrum Radiation
Light Element Abundance
Blueshift of Galaxies moving towards us.
Redshift of Galaxies moving away from us.
This shows long waves of light as stars move away from us and demonstrates our Universe is expanding.
Light Element Abundance
Redshift of Galaxies
Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMB)
Light from other galaxies is so far away it hasn't reached us yet so we are still discovering other stars and galaxies all the time.
Light Element Abundance
Redshift of Galaxies
Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMB)
This is the leftover radiation from the Original Big Bang, discovered in the 1960s as a consistent "static" emitted from every corner of outer space.
Light Element Abundance
Redshift of Galaxies
Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMB)
Is the universe still expanding?
Yes
NO
Which of the following statements are TRUE about the singularity that started the universe?
Very Dense
Temperature of Absolute ZERO
91 Billion Light Years across
Contains all mass, energy, & time
What planet do we live on?
(a)
What is the name of our galaxy?
(a)
Select all that apply. Our solar system is located in...
Orion's Arm
The Milky Way
The Local Group
The Supercluster Virgo
If you were to make a model of our Universe out of everyday things. Our planet, Earth, would be the size of a ___________________.
marble
paper plate
softball
grain of salt
What scientist discovered proof that our universe was expanding by demonstrating the phenomena of redshift?
Albert Einstein
Copernicus
Ptolemy
Edwin Hubble
In our Local Group of Galaxies, which three are the largest?
Andromeda
Triangulum
Virgo
Milky Way
Sombrero
Geo means...
(a)
Helio means...
(a)
The ancient Greeks thought that Earth was inside a rotating dome called a ________________ sphere.
heliocentric
celestial
geocentric
planetary
Who used a telescope to discover 4 of Jupiter's moons and helped prove the Heliocentric model was correct?
Newton
Ptolemy
Copernicus
Galileo
Which scientists believed the Earth was at the center of the universe?
Copernicus
Ptolemy
Galileo
Aristotle
Which scientists believed the SUN was at the center of the universe?
Copernicus
Aristotle
Ptolemy
Galileo
Who was the scientist that found orbits were not circular, but elliptical (oval shaped)?
(a)
Inertia (objects in motion) and gravity (force that pulls objects together) keep our planets and other objects in (a) around the sun.
Which solar system model is this?
Heliocentric
Geocentric
Which solar system model is this?
Heliocentric
Geocentric
