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Big Bang Theory

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

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1.

A distant star is between our Milky Way galaxy and the Andromeda galaxy. It emits mostly yellow light as it approaches the Andromeda galaxy. How would the color appear to an alien flying directly alongside the star?

a)

The star’s light would be shifted closer to the color red

b)

The star’s light would be shifted closer to the color blue

c)

The star’s light would not appear to be different

d)

It depends on how fast the star is traveling

2.

A distant star is between our Milky Way galaxy and the Andromeda galaxy. It emits mostly yellow light as it approaches the Andromeda galaxy. How would the color appear to an alien in the Andromeda galaxy?

a)

The star’s light would be shifted closer to the color red

b)

The star’s light would be shifted closer to the color blue

c)

The star’s light would not appear to be different

d)

It depends on how fast the star is traveling

3.

A distant star is between our Milky Way galaxy and the Andromeda galaxy. It emits mostly yellow light as it approaches the Andromeda galaxy. How would the color appear to us in the milky way galaxy?

a)

The star’s light would be shifted closer to the color red

b)

The star’s light would be shifted closer to the color blue

c)

The star’s light would not appear to be different

d)

It depends on how fast the star is traveling

4.

What will the sun be in its final stage of the life cycle?

a)

Neutron Star

b)

Black Hole

c)

White Dwarf

d)

Red Giant

5.

Earth revolves around a ___ in our solar system.

a)

The remains of a very large star, classified as a black hole

b)

A small star classified as an average star

c)

The remains of a small star, classified as a white dwarf

d)

A large star, classified as a red supergiant

6.

A fire truck with it's siren blaring at 7,000 Hz is traveling towards a stationary observer, Which frequency would the driver of the firetruck hear?

a)

6,000 Hz

b)

7,000 Hz

c)

8,000 Hz

d)

0 Hz

7.

A fire truck with it's siren blaring at 7,000 Hz is traveling towards a stationary observer, Which frequency would the observer hear?

a)

6,000 Hz

b)

7,000 Hz

c)

8,000 Hz

d)

0 Hz

8.

A fire truck with it's siren blaring at 7,000 Hz is passing a stationary observer, Which frequency would the observer hear?

a)

6,000 Hz

b)

7,000 Hz

c)

8,000 Hz

d)

0 Hz

9.

How old is our solar system?

a)

13.7 Billion years

b)

4.6 Billion years

c)

18 Trillion years

d)

10,000 years

10.

According to the Doppler effect, the color of any object moving away from you will shift towards _____, while the color of any object moving closer while shift towards ______.

a)

blue, red

b)

red, blue

c)

white, black

d)

black, white

11.

A galaxy is a collection of gas, dust, stars and planets held together by:

a)

Protostars

b)

Helium

c)

Heat

d)

Gravity

12.

Where in space can you find cosmic background radiation?

a)

Close to stars

b)

In between stars

c)

Everywhere equally

d)

In black holes

13.

What is a stellar nebula?

a)

A star running out of hydrogen

b)

A dust cloud from which a star is formed

c)

The "dead" core of a star

d)

A star "exploding"

14.

How do astronomers classify our sun?

a)

A red giant

b)

An average star

c)

A massive star

d)

Stellar nebula

15.

Most stars are composed of which two elements?

a)

Hydrogen and Helium

b)

Hydrogen and Nitrogen

c)

Helium and Carbon

d)

Carbon and Oxygen

16.

Which of the following processes happens when a star is born?

a)

Rotation

b)

Red shift

c)

Nuclear Fission

d)

Nuclear Fusion

17.

What have scientists discovered about our universe before the Big Bang?

a)

Nothing (so far)

b)

Multiple other universes

c)

Only one planet

d)

Multiple solar systems

18.

The big bang theory describes which of the following?

a)

the formation of our solar system exclusively

b)

the formation of the universe

c)

the life cycle of a star

d)

the future of the universe

19.

The universe formed _____ years ago

a)

13.7 Billion years

b)

4.6 Billion years

c)

18 Trillion years

d)

10,000 years

20.

Cosmic background radiation is made up of which of the following types of light?

a)

Infrared

b)

Visible Light

c)

Microwaves

d)

Radio Waves

21.

According to the big bang theory, the universe is:

a)

Exploding

b)

Expanding

c)

Slowly dying

d)

5 million years old

22.

When a police car blaring its siren is traveling towards an observer, the wavelength becomes:

a)

Shorter

b)

Longer

c)

Stays the same

d)

Nothing

23.

Which of the following is the final stage of the life cycle of a star that can occur after the supernova of the most massive stars?

a)

White Dwarf

b)

Black Hole

c)

Red Supergiant

d)

Quasar

24.

Stars moving away from the earth appear to give off a red light because:

a)

the color red has the longest wavelength of the colors of visible light

b)

the color red has the shortest wavelength of the colors of visible light

c)

the color red has the highest frequency of the colors of visible light

d)

the color red has the highest energy of the colors of visible light

25.

Which of the following does not support the big bang theory?

a)

Cosmic Background Radiation

b)

The observation that all galaxies appear to be moving away from us

c)

The observation that the milky way galaxy orbits a large black hole

d)

Red Shift