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Formation of the Universe and the Solar System

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who proposed the nebular hypothesis?

a)

Georges Lemaitre

b)

Bondi, Gold and Hoyle

c)

Albert Einstein

d)

Immanuel Kant

2.

What theory on the origin of the solar system claims that planets were created from the gradual combination of small chunks of materials?

a)

Gas cloud theory

b)

Fission theory

c)

Accretion theory

d)

Capture theory

3.

A theory that started from a singularity and inflated over the next approximately 13.7 B years.

a)

Inflation theory

b)

Oscillating theory

c)

Big bang theory

4.

What do you call the process that forms nuclei from pre-existing nucleons?

a)

Nucleosynthesis

b)

Oscillation process

c)

Nuclear reaction

5.

What are the first two elements formed during the Big bang theory?

a)

Hydrogen & Nitrogen

b)

Helium & Oxygen

c)

Hydrogen & Oxygen

d)

Hydrogen & Helium

6.

Nebular theory is the formation of the ____________.

a)

Universe

b)

Galaxies

c)

Solar system

7.

Big bang theory is the formation of the ___________.

a)

Solar system

b)

Universe

c)

Planets

8.

The collapsed cloud of interstellar gas and dust results to a smaller radius which means it will _______ faster.

a)

spin

b)

degrade

c)

revolve

d)

explode

9.

The theory that explains the formation of the solar system is called ____.

a)

Nebulis Theory

b)

Nebular Theory

c)

Big Bang Theory

d)

Big Nebulan Theory

10.

About 4.6 billion years ago, a cloud of stellar dust or nebula exists within the Milky Way. What happened next?

a)

Shock waves hit the nebula causing it to collapse.

b)

The energy enriched nebula begins to contract further due to gravity.

c)

Supernova of a nearby star occurs.

d)

Asteroid collision

11.

Shock waves hit the nebula causing it to collapse. Then what?

a)

Supernova of a nearby star occurs.

b)

The energy enriched nebula begins to contract further due to gravity.

c)

The nebula begins to spin and flatten

12.

The energy enriched nebula begins to contract further due to gravity. Then what?

a)

The center of the nebula begins to get hot and dense.

b)

Shock waves hit the nebula causing it to collapse.

c)

The nebula begins to spin and flatten.

13.

The following are the proponents of "Nebular Theory" except_____________________.

a)

Emanuel Swedenborg

b)

Immanuel Kant

c)

Pierre-Simon Laplace

d)

Georges Lemaitre

14.

The collapsed cloud of interstellar gas and dust results to a smaller radius which means it will _______ faster.

a)

spin

b)

degrade

c)

revolve

d)

explode

15.

The major steps in the formation of the Solar System based on the Nebular Theory are: Cloud collapse, formation of the protoplanetary disk, and ______________________

a)

growth of planets

b)

birth of star

c)

galaxy formation

d)

supernova

16.

Belgian priest, is considered as the first proponent of the Big Bang Theory.

a)

Edwin Hubble

b)

Arno Penzias

c)

Robert Wilson

d)

Georges Lemaître

17.

An area predicted to be in the core of a black hole with a very high temperature and density, which compressed matter with its intense gravitational pressure.

a)

Nucleosynthesis

b)

Singularity

c)

Big Crunch

d)

Big Bang

18.

The formation of chemicals such as hydrogen and helium and lead to the formation of the stars and the galaxies.

a)

Nucleosynthesis

b)

Singularity

c)

Big Crunch

d)

Big Bang

19.

What is the big bang theory?

a)

A theory that states that the universe started in a large mass and then imploded to form everything.

b)

A theory that states that the universe was there, will be and is there. Is homogeneous and isotropic.

c)

A theory that states that the universe is slowly coming back to a center.

d)

A theory that states that the universe started in a small mass and then expanded, the expansion cooled down the temperature and that resulted in the formation of matter, energy, space and time.

20.

Space and all the matter & energy in it

a)

Space

b)

Universe

c)

Earth

d)

Milky Way

21.
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
22.

Weak radiation in space that is left over from the first stages of the Big Bang that theoretically created the universe.

a)

Cosmic Background Radiation

b)

Static

c)

Singularity

23.

Edwin Hubble discovered that the universe is expanding from his observation of __________

a)

Photons

b)

Red Shifts

c)

Conservation of Momentum

d)

Gravitational Pul

24.

How does Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation support the Big Band Theory?

a)

Microwaves are found everywhere in the universe.

b)

Microwaves are useful in our everyday lives

c)

Microwaves occurred at the time of the Big Bang

d)

None of the above

25.

What are Nebular Clouds?

a)

an interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium and other ionized gases

b)

an increase (or decrease) in the frequency of sound, light, or other waves

c)

the galaxy that contains our Solar System

d)

a particle attracts every other particle in the universe