Big Bang
According to the Big Bang Theory, this is how old the universe:
A.14 thousand years old?
B.14 million years old?
C.14 billion years old?
D.14 trillion years old?
What is 14 billion years old
It is a nebula.
A. an asteroid
B. a cloud of dust and gas in space
C. a galaxy
D. a system of stars and dark matter in space
What is a cloud of dust and gas in space
Earth, Jupiter, and Mars orbit the sun in this way.
What is…
A. a parabolic orbit?
B. a circular orbit?
C. an elliptical orbit?
D. a radial orbit?
What is elliptical orbit?
There are this many seasons on Earth.
A. 2?
B. 3?
C. 4?
D. 5?
What is 4?
Galaxies are moving farther away because of this:
A. A result of the big bang theory?
B. A result of global warming?
C. A result of being stationary?
D. A result of moving randomly?
What is a result of the big bang theory?
A nebula is primarily made up of these two elements.
A. hydrogen and helium
B. helium and oxygen
C. Carbon and oxygen
D. Hydrogen and oxygen
What are hydrogen and helium
This happens to the force of gravity between two masses if they are moved farther apart.
What is…
•it increases?
•it decreases?
•it stays the same?
•it fluctuates?
What is decreases?
Alpha Centuri is 4 light years from Earth. It will take this long for light from Alpha Centuri to reach Earth?
What is…
A.4 Earth years?
B.4 Earth months?
C.4 Earth weeks?
D.4 Earth days?
What is 4 Earth years?
This is caused by the tilt of the Earth on its axis.
What is…
A.day and night?
B.the seasons?
C.a year?
D.a month?
What are seasons?
Our solar system began to form around 5 billion years ago, roughly this many billion years after the Big Bang.
A. 1?
B. 10?
C. 5.5?
D. 8.7?
What is 8.7 billion years?
It is red shifted:
A. dimmer because the the universe is getting smallert
B. happening to light from other galaxies as it reaches Earth because the universe is expanding
C. happening to light from other galaxies as it reaches Earth because the universe is getting smaller
D. happening to the Earth because the universe is expanding
B. happening to light from other galaxies as it reaches Earth because the universe is expanding
He discovered gravity.
A. Albert Einstein?
B. Galileo Galilei?
C. Isaac Newton?
D. Johannes Kepler?
Who is Isaac Newton?
5,866,000,000,000 miles
What is…
A. a light month?
B. 4 Earth years?
C. 4 light years?
D. 1 light year?
What is one light year?
This factor causes the seasons
What is…
A.the tilt of Earth's axis with respect to the moon?
B.the tilt of Earth's axis with respect to the sun?
C.the appearance of the moon?
D.an eclipse?
What is the tilt of the Earth's axis with respect to the sun?
As the universe expanded, this happened to its temperature and density.
A. increased?
B. decreased?
C. stayed the same?
D. no one knows?
What is decreased?
The doppler effect shows this
A. stars with red shifted light
B. stars with blue shifted light
C. stars with green shifted light
D. stars with yellow shifted light
A. stars with red shifted light
This causes the tides in our seas and oceans.
What is…
A. the moon?
B. the sun?
C. the Milky Way?
D. gravity?
What is gravity?
This separates Mars from Jupiter.
What is…
A.sun?
B.Milky Way Galaxy?
C.asteroid belt?
D.black hole?
What is the asteriod belt
This is why the seasons in the northern and southern hemispheres are reversed.
What is…
A. the hemisphere inclined towards the sun receives more sunshine during the summer months, whereas the hemisphere slanted away from the sun receives less sunlight during the winter months?
B. the hemisphere inclined towards the sun receives more less sunshine during the summer months, whereas the hemisphere slanted away from the sun receives more sunlight during the winter months?
C. the southern hemisphere is hotter than the northern hemisphere?
D. the seasons are not reversed?
What is the hemisphere inclined towards the sun receives more sunshine during the summer months, whereas the hemisphere slanted away from the sun receives less sunlight during the winter months?
After the big bang and the universe began, the temperature was insanely hot, at about this many degrees.
A. 5 billion degrees Fahrenheit?
B. 10 billion degrees Fahrenheit?
C. 1000 degrees Fahrenheit?
D. 100,000 degrees Fahrenheit?
What is about 10 billion degrees?
A. spiral galaxy
B. Elliptical galaxy
C. Irregular galaxy
D. barred- spiral galaxy
What is a spiral galaxy?
This never changes in an object.
What is…
A. weight?
B. mass?
C. gravity?
D. weight and mass?
What is mass?
The asteroid belt separates these.
What is…
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A.the Earth and moon?
B.inner and outer planets?
C.the Milky Way from other galaxies?
D.the sun and the stars?
This is the longest day in the northern hemisphere.
What is…
A. winter solstice?
B. summer solstice?
C. the equinox?
D. Christmas?
What is the summer solstice?