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COMPOSITION OF THE UNIVERSE

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The largest component of the universe today.

(a)  

2.

Which statement best describes the Law of Conservation of Energy?

a)

Energy can be created but not destroyed

b)

Energy can be destroyed but not created

c)

Energy cannot be created nor destroyed, only transformed

d)

Energy disappears when used

3.

Form of matter that cannot be seen and interacts only through gravity.

(a)  

4.

Form of energy that causes the accelerating expansion of the universe.

(a)  

5.

Period after the Big Bang when no stars had formed yet; the universe was dark.

(a)  

6.

The process that formed the first subatomic particles.

(a)  

7.

Atoms of the same element that have the same atomic number but different mass number.

(a)  

8.

The isotope of hydrogen that has one proton and one neutron.

(a)  

9.

The isotope of hydrogen that has one proton and two neutrons.

(a)  

10.

Additional Information: The isotope of hydrogen that has one proton and zero neutrons.

(a)  

11.

Stephen Hawking referred to this concept as “nothing,” the state before anything existed.

(a)  

12.

The fundamental particles that combine to form protons and neutrons.

(a)  

13.

Particles made of three quarks.

(a)  

14.

How many quarks make up a baryon?

(a)  

15.

Which of the following is a baryon?

a)

Electron

b)

Photon

c)

Proton

d)

Neutrino

16.

Quarks are never found alone; they must be combined with other quarks.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

In the food web, FOOD is consouas the (a)   producer.