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WorksheetsBig Bang
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 11mins
Most scientists believe the Big Bang Theory explains which of the following questions?
How our planets and moons formed
How our universe began
How the sun turns hydrogen into helium
How fast light travels through space
Which scientists was responsible for coining the phrase “Big Bang?”
Fred Doyle
Albert Einstein
Sir Isaac Newton
Edwin Hubble
Which statement is true?
The galaxies are moving toward us.
The galaxies are moving away from us.
The universe remains static or unchanged in motion.
None of the above
Light emitted from a star or galaxy can be separated into a band of colors, called a ________.
Red Shift
Wave Length
Spectrum
Microwave
Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation is a form of _________.
Matter
Energy
Visible Light
Water
Which elements are most
abundant in the visible
universe?
Hydrogen and Carbon
Carbon and Helium
Hydrogen and Oxygen
Hydrogen and Helium
As galaxies move away from our galaxy
a shift on the electromagnetic spectrum
(EMS) is noticed. This phenomena is
called _____________.
redshift
blueshift
unshift
blackshift
How does Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation support the Big Band Theory?
Microwaves are found everywhere in the universe.
Microwaves occurred at the time of the Big Bang
Microwaves are useful in our everyday lives
Only A & B
The Big Bang Theory is the most widely accepted theory about the origin of the universe.
true
false
Which description is considered most accurate regarding what actually happened during the Big Bang?
Two galaxies collided causing an immense explosion as stars crashed into one another
All of what would become the universe was concentrated in a single small point, or singularity, which rapidly expanded into what is now stars, planets, galaxies, matter, and energy.
All matter emerged from a massive black hole at the center of the universe.
Parts of the sun were ripped off by massive internal explosions and were thrown into space where they cooled to become other things, like plants, comets, and other galaxies.
Observations of space indicate that most matter in the universe is ___.
hydrogen, helium, and dark matter
gold and plutonium
oxygen and water vapor
carbon
Big Bang theorists believe that there should be energy left over from the Big Bang, and it should be in the form of ___.
low level microwave energy
extreme heat
a swirling vortex
visible light
What instrument has allowed us to look deep into space to observe things far away that give us hints to the past?
The Hubble telescope
The Eiffel Tower
Binkley's barometer
The Smith Space Balloon
