Big Bang Theory Quiz 14 (25 MCQs)

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1. What percentage of the mass in the Universe is Hydrogen?

2. Who discovered redshift?

3. When did the Universe "light up" ? In other words, at what time could light begin to pass through the Universe?

4. Who came up with the heliocentric model?

5. Light energy moves in

6. Step 1 of the proton-proton chain reaction results in

7. Hubble's Law shows mathematically that more distant galaxies are

8. Galaxies are composed of _____

9. The universe is _____

10. What does the Greek word helios mean?

11. Big Bang theorists believe that there should be energy left over from the Big Bang, and it should be in the form of _____

12. What are the vertical columns on the periodic table?

13. _____ it be totally weird if I _____ it?

14. Who coined the term "big bang" ?

15. Rocks that move through space.

16. Developed the idea of the red shift in 1929 based on a study of the light received from distant galaxies

17. Which of the following does not support the big bang theory?

18. Which theory states the universe began with an explosion of a singularity and still expands today?

19. What is used to determine how fast stars are moving toward or away from Earth?

20. How old is our solar system?

21. If a star is moving away from us the light get stretched out. This makes it appear more _____ than it really is.

22. The scientist who discovered that the Universe was expanding was

23. What type of galaxy is composed of older stars on the inside and younger stars on the outside?

24. The universe started how many years ago?

25. When someone is playing music by the road and you drive pass him, the music will _____