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Big Bang Theory Quiz

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which term best describes conditions a few seconds after the Big Bang took place?

a)

frigid

b)

scorching

c)

liquid

d)

placid

2.

What is one major piece of evidence that the Big Bang theory is correct?

a)

astronomers have detected leftover radiation from the Big Bang

b)

everything in the universe has remained the in same location for billions of years

c)

astronomers have detected that the universe is no longer expanding

d)

astronomers have detected that the universe is contracting

3.

Which theory is used to explain the formation of the universe?

a)

Big Bang Theory

b)

Heliocentric Theory

c)

Geocentric Theory

d)

Creation Theory

4.

What is a Scientific Theory?

a)

A prediction of what will happen in an experiment.

b)

A summary of what you found in your experiment.

c)

An explanation of something that happens in nature that is backed up by results of many tests and experiments.

d)

A statement that can never be proven wrong.

5.

What is the evidence that the Universe is expanding?

a)

first galaxies were 200 million years ago

b)

radio telescopes

c)

Red Shift

d)

the Universe is not expanding

6.

Match the following

a)

Dark Ages

1.

Only thing in existence is energy &stars

b)

Expansion

2.

1 second after the Big Bang.

c)

Singularity

3.

matter/energy combined in 1 area

d)

Red Shift of Light

4.

objects are moving away from observer

7.
The universe is ____________ years old.
a)
8.13 billion
b)
13.8 billion
c)
1.83 billion
d)
381 million
8.

An example of the "Doppler Effect" Red Shift of Light would be which of the following?

a)

Energy is found in the universe

b)

A police siren sounds different when it moves away from us

c)

Satallites orbit the Earth

d)

The Sun goes through an eclipse

9.

Why is Hydrogen and Helium so important when we talk about evidence of the Big Bang?

a)

it is components of the Sun

b)

they were the 1st elements from following the Big Bang

c)

their on the Periodic Table

d)

they created atoms following the Big Bang

10.

In complete sentences describe how the size and temperature of the universe has changed since the Big Bang.

4 lines
11.

What percentage of Cosmic Background Radiation remains in the sky till this day?

a)

25%

b)

2.5%

c)

50%

d)

100%