Big History
The "just right" conditions in Big History are called....
the Goldilocks condition
The first 2 elements created were _____ & _____.
hydrogen; helium
In this origin story, mother earth is referred to as Gaia
Greek & Roman
What determines how bright a star is and how it will die?
Mass
This Greek physician, often considered the father of medicine, made early contributions to understanding human reproduction and the importance of balanced bodily humors for health.
Who is Hippocrates?
Big History covers _________ of history
13.8 billion
The Universe started out as a single point called a ________.
singularity
In this origin story, humans were made from fleas.
Chinese
What is a main sequence star?
Star at its most stable point.
This scientist, known for his work on evolution, explained how species change over time, which is connected to how organisms reproduce and adapt to their environment.
Who is Charles Darwin?
What is a "threshold" moment?
When a change occurs and something new (complexity) and nothing is the same again.
The Big Bang was NOT an explosion but an ______.
Expansion
In this origin story, also called the Popol Vuh, the humans were originally made from corn.
Mayan
What spectral class is our sun?
G
Prokaryotic cells, such as bacteria, lack this structure that is present in eukaryotic cells, which contains the cell's genetic material.
What is a nucleus?
What is the Big Bang considered the first threshold?
There was nothing before
Explain Hubble's law.
Proves that the Universe has been expanding since Big Bang. The distant galaxies we see in all directions are moving away from the Earth, as evidenced by their red shifts. Hubble's law describes this expansion.
In this origin story, the earth started out as a big turtle.
Iroquois
What is accretion?
A star forming process - when dust and gas are being pushed together (resembles a disc) by gravity and turning it into a protostar.
When the human body regulates its temperature by sweating or shivering, it is an example of this type of feedback mechanism.
What is a negative feedback mechanism?
What makes something complex?
It has different ingredients that when arranged properly, emergent properties develop as a result
What are the 4 forces of the Universe?
strong, weak, electromagnetic & gravity
Beyonce was inspired by the goddess Atai, from this origin story.
Efik/Nigerian
What is a neutron star?
Neutron stars are leftover remnants of a massive star after a gravitational collapse caused by supernova explosion. This star is insufficiently massive to produce a black hole.
This type of cell, found in plants, animals, fungi, and protists, has a defined nucleus and various membrane-bound organelles.
What is a eukaryotic cell?