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QUIZ 1

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Star’s energy is produced by which process?

a)

a. combustion

b)

b. decomposition

c)

c. nuclear fission

d)

d. nuclear fusion

2.
The formation of elements is known as _________.
a)
nucleotides
b)
Synthogenesis
c)
nuclear fission
d)
nucleosynthesis
3.
The two elements formed in Big Bang Nucleosynthesis where __________________.
a)
hydrogen and lithium
b)
hydrogen and helium
c)
hydrogen and oxygen
d)
helium and lithium
4.
________ nucleosynthesis happens in the center of stars and is where the elements helium through iron (Fe) are formed. 
a)
Big Bang
b)
Stellar
c)
Supernova
d)
Superdupernova
5.
The rest of the elements on the periodic table (after hydrogen) are cooked together in the massive star explosion called a ___________.
a)
supernova
b)
superduper nova
c)
nova
d)
big bang
6.

A category which includes the largest stars in the universed. white dwarf

a)

a. main sequence star

b)

b. red giant

c)

c. red super giant

d)

d. white dwarf

7.

Which is the first stage of a star’s life cycle?

a)

a. black hole

b)

b. nebula

c)

c. protostar

d)

d. white dwarf

8.

Who stated that we are made of star stuff?

a)

a. Carl Sagan

b)

b. Edwin Hubble

c)

c. Galileo Galilei

d)

d. Stephen Hawking

9.
What is the best evidence for the Big Bang theory?
a)
How fast light can travel
b)
The expansion of the Universe
c)
Creation of new planets
10.

The Big Bang explains the expansion of the universe?

a)

True

b)

False