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1.1 Theories of the Origin of the Universe

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

___________ owing to the tension between the gravity and the cosmic constant the Universe has a weak equilibrium.

a)

Alexander Friedman

b)

Edwin Hubble

c)

Albert Einstein

d)

Alan Guth

2.

___________ discovered a force called -cosmic constant- which allowed the universe to be in a state of equilibrium, thus he postulated in his general theory of relativity between 1915 and 1916.

a)

Alexander Friedman

b)

Edwin Hubble

c)

Albert Einstein

d)

Alan Guth

3.

___________ , in 1981 his theory establishes that in the first seconds of the explosion the Universe didn't expand at the speed it does in the present, but much faster in a manner we call exponential.

a)

Alexander Friedman

b)

Edwin Hubble

c)

Albert Einstein

d)

Alan Guth

4.

___________ , in 1928 he discovered that the stillness of the Universe was mere appearance, and he used the Doppler Effect to explain the movement of the Universe.

a)

Alexander Friedman

b)

Edwin Hubble

c)

Albert Einstein

d)

Alan Guth

5.

_____________, predicted that, starting from an infinitely dense and heated beginning of matter, which caused the great explosion, an enormous number of photons must have been released through the cosmos.

a)

Ralph Alpher and Robert Herman

b)

Georges Lemaitre

c)

George Gamow

d)

Fred Hoyle, Hermann Bondi and Thomas Gold

6.

_____________, they calculated the loss of heat of the light emitted by the explosion, since the Big Bang to our days.

a)

Ralph Alpher and Robert Herman

b)

Georges Lemaitre

c)

George Gamow

d)

Fred Hoyle, Hermann Bondi and Thomas Gold

7.

_____________, they were critics of the Big Bang, they said that as the Universe expanded, new matter would be created.

a)

Ralph Alpher and Robert Herman

b)

Georges Lemaitre

c)

George Gamow

d)

Fred Hoyle, Hermann Bondi and Thomas Gold

8.

_____________, he deduced that the Universe didn't collapse upon itself due to the fact that gravity was countered by a more powerful force originating from a great explosion that impulses all matter.

a)

Ralph Alpher and Robert Herman

b)

Georges Lemaitre

c)

George Gamow

d)

Fred Hoyle, Hermann Bondi and Thomas Gold