BIG BANG
This theory explains how the universe started with a big explosion.
The Big Bang
This bright star is our closest star
Sun
How many planets are there?
There are 8 planets.
What is the only planet in our solar system so far that can support life and why?
What does DNA stand for? (Extra 100 points)
The only planet is the Earth and it supports life because it is in the "Goldilocks Zone"
DNA= Deoxyribonucleic acid
Bonus (200 points):
Who was the English scientist that developed the modern theory of revolution?
Charles Darwin
True or False
Is the Universe still expanding?
True
This element was discovered in the Sun before Earth.
Helium
Name the planets in order?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
What is the main ingredient that makes Earth habitable?
How did early humans live?
Early humans lived as nomadic hunter-gatherers in small groups.
What evidence do we have that the Big Bang happened?
Cosmic Background Radiation
What is a supernova?
The explosion of a star at the end of its life
What does Accretion mean?
The gradual increase in the size or amount of something.
Where did life on earth start?
Theories state "deep-sea vents because these environments provided the necessary energy, minerals, and chemical ingredients for early organic molecules to form the first cells.
What event allowed mammals to evolve and flourish on Earth?
Bonus (100):
What is the scientific name for the event?
The dinosaur extinction event was caused by an asteroid.
The Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) extinction event.
How long ago did the Big Bang happen?
13.8 billion years ago
Which one is the hottest? The coolest?
State the color of the hottest and coolest star.
Hottest: Blue
Coolest:Red
When and How did the Earth form?
The Earth formed around 4.5 to 4.6 billion years ago.
The Earth formed due to a spinning disk of gas and dust left over from the sun’s creation.
What did humans ultimately evolve from?
Humans evolved from apes ancestors over roughly six million years in Africa.
Why is it wrong to say that humans evolved from monkeys or chimps?
We did not descend from existing primate species, we share a common ancestor with apes.
What particles were produced after the big bang?
hydrogen and helium
Who am I?
She is famous for developing the spectral star classification system and for identifying and classifying hundreds of thousands of stars—more than anyone else in the world.
Annie Jump Cannon
What are the ingredients and Goldilocks Conditions for Threshold 4—the creation of our Solar System and Earth?
New chemical elements, hydrogen/helium, and chemically rich matter
Why do we share DNA with all other forms of life on Earth?
All life on Earth shares DNA because every living thing descended from a single common ancestor—the Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA)—living 3 to 4 billion years ago.
What are the ingredients and Goldilocks Conditions needed for the new complexity of humans and their ability to collectively learn?
The ingredients and Goldilocks Conditions needed for the new complexity of humans and their ability to collectively learn are powerful brains and versatile, symbolic language.