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Origin of the Universe

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which great thinker used the North Star as a reference point in debunking that the Earth was flat?

a)

Archimedes

b)

Socrates

c)

Plato

d)

Aristotle

2.

Which discovery changed the minds of many believers of the Static Universe Theory?

a)

Big Bang

b)

Expanding Universe

c)

Round Earth

d)

Cosmological Principle

3.

Which is "steady" or consistent about the universe according to the Steady State Theory?

a)

its density

b)

its mass

c)

its size

d)

its temperature

4.

How old do we believe the Universe to be using the Big Bang Theory?

a)

4.6 B yrs old

b)

7.9 B yrs old

c)

13.8 B yrs old

d)

20 B yrs old

5.

What is the "red" in the redshift discovery of Edwin Hubble in 1929?

a)

a high wavelength spectrum indicating closeness

b)

a low frequency spectrum indicating farther distance

c)

a low wavelength spectrum indicating movement

d)

a high frequency spectrum indicating increasing velocity

6.

Which is a solid evidence of the singularity event of the Big Bang?

a)

Moving away of galaxies and stars from us

b)

The existence of dark matter

c)

increasing heat of the Universe

d)

Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation

7.

Which element logically existed before the others?

a)

oxygen

b)

iron

c)

helium

d)

nitrogen

8.

Which fundamental force do we believe was isolated first after the Big Bang?

a)

gravity

b)

strong nuclear

c)

weak

d)

electromagnetic

9.

Which of the following came first as the Universe cooled down?

a)

atoms

b)

molecules

c)

particles

d)

stars

10.

Which process triggers the formation of a star?

a)

recycling of matter

b)

nuclear fusion

c)

gravitational collapse

d)

All choices are correct.