This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Big Bang Theory – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Big Bang Theory Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Light waves that are stretched out by objects moving apart A) Appear more red. B) Travel faster than the speed of light. C) Are invisible. D) Have a shorter wavelength. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appear more red. 2. How long ago do scientists believe that the Big Bang occurred? A) 13.7 billion years ago. B) 14.7 billion years ago. C) 12.7 billion years ago. D) 14 billion years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 13.7 billion years ago. 3. The H-R diagram is a graph that shows the relationship between ..... for stars. A) Temperature and color. B) Temperature and brightness. C) Brightness and color. D) Distance and brightness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temperature and brightness. 4. How long ago did the Big Bang occur? A) 13.8 million years ago. B) 13.8 billion years ago. C) 4.6 billion years ago. D) 10 years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 13.8 billion years ago. 5. Particles of light are known as what? A) Cells. B) Waves. C) Atoms. D) Photons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Photons. 6. Who supported Copernicus's Heliocentric Model A) Plato. B) Galileo. C) Ptolemy. D) No one. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Galileo. 7. Read the sentence below and tell whether it is a claim, evidence or reason. According to the article, the coach said, "15 out 20 students participated in sports during the Fall season year 2016-2017." A) Claim. B) Evidence. C) Reason. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evidence. 8. "Centric" means ..... A) Center. B) Tree. C) Space. D) Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Center. 9. What planet is NOT part of the geocentric model? A) Venus. B) Earth. C) Mars. D) Jupiter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jupiter. 10. All the naturally occurring elements on Earth were formed by ..... A) Black holes scattered throughout the galaxy. B) Nuclear fusion in massive, ancient stars. C) Radioactive decay within the Earth's core. D) Comets and asteroids falling to Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nuclear fusion in massive, ancient stars. 11. In what year did Copernicus publish his manuscript about his theory of the solar system? A) 1543. B) 1476. C) 1300. D) 1776. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1543. 12. Which are the outer planets? A) Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. B) Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. C) Jupiter, Saturn, Earth and Mars. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. 13. What would happen to the planets in the solar system if the sun's gravitational force were to suddenly disappear? A) They will stop moving and become static. B) They will stop spinning. C) They will fly away in straight lines. D) They will start moving toward the Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They will fly away in straight lines. 14. The temperature of the CMBR today is approximately ..... A) 3000K. B) 3K. C) $10^{28}$K. D) $10^{10}$K. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3K. 15. All space and matter A) Galaxy. B) Big Bang Theory. C) Spectrum. D) Universe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Universe. 16. What law states that the galaxies are retreated from the Milky Way at a speed that's proportional to their distance? A) Newton's 1st Law. B) Hubble's Law. C) Einstein's Theory of Relativity. D) Kepler's 2nd Law. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hubble's Law. 17. The more distant a galaxy, the faster it is A) Growing. B) Moving away from us. C) Spinning. D) Moving towards us. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moving away from us. 18. Where in a star does the process of nuclear fusion occur? A) Outside its shell. B) Somewhere in the nebula. C) In its core. D) Inside the black hole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In its core. 19. Most stars are composed of which two elements? A) Hydrogen and Helium. B) Hydrogen and Nitrogen. C) Helium and Carbon. D) Carbon and Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hydrogen and Helium. 20. The change in the wavelength of light due to an object moving away from the observer. A) Violet Shift. B) Blue Shift. C) Red Shift. D) Big Bang Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Red Shift. 21. What are the 3 pieces of evidence to support the Big Bang theory? A) Element ratio, redshift, CMB. B) Element ratio, blue shift, CMB. C) CMB, Element ratio, Color of the rainbow. D) Red shift, colors of the rainbow, CMB. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red shift, colors of the rainbow, CMB. 22. As a light source (star) is moving away from the observer, the light becomes ..... A) Greener. B) Bluer. C) Redder. D) Yellower. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Redder. 23. The big bang theory describes which of the following? A) The future of the universe. B) The life cycle of a star. C) The formation of the universe. D) The formation of our solar system exclusively. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The formation of the universe. 24. An explosion that occurs at the end of a massive star's life is a A) Nebula. B) Black hole. C) Supernova. D) White dwarf. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Supernova. 25. During which of the following epochs does hadrons (ie:Protons, Neutrons) not exist yet? A) Hadron Epoch. B) Planck Epoch. C) Lepton Epoch. D) Photon Epoch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Planck Epoch. 26. The four fundamental forces of nature are A) Nuclear, Electricity, Gravity, Atomic. B) Gravity, Strong Nuclear, Weak Nuclear, Medium Nuclear. C) Normal Force, Force due to gravity, Magnetism, Nuclear. D) Electromagnetism, Gravity, Strong Nuclear, Weak Nuclear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Electromagnetism, Gravity, Strong Nuclear, Weak Nuclear. 27. Which is the correct order of events? A) Elements, Big Bang, Stars. B) Stars, Big Bang, Elements. C) Big Bang, Elements, Stars. D) Big Bang, Stars, Elements. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Big Bang, Elements, Stars. 28. Who provided the first piece of evidence for the Big Bang Theory? A) Edwin Hubble. B) Nicholas Copernicus. C) Albert Einstein. D) Galileo Galilei. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Edwin Hubble. 29. Which answer choice best describes the universe at the beginning? A) Large and hot. B) Small and hot. C) Large and cold. D) Small and cold. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Small and hot. 30. The unit of length that astronomers use is known as the ..... A) Mile. B) Light year. C) Kilometer. D) Dekameter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Light year. 31. When light is emitted from a star or galaxy and can be separated into a band of colors, this is called a ..... A) Spectrum. B) Red Shift. C) Doppler Effect. D) Wavelengths. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spectrum. 32. "Geo-" means ..... A) Space. B) Sun. C) Earth. D) Tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Earth. 33. A unit used to represent wavelengths of light (color) A) Angstrum. B) Blue Shift. C) Red Shift. D) Big Bang Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Angstrum. 34. What is a stellar nebula? A) A star running out of hydrogen. B) A dust cloud from which a star is formed. C) The "dead" core of a star. D) A star "exploding". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A dust cloud from which a star is formed. 35. What is the main source of fuel when a star is in the main sequence? A) Electromagnetic radiation. B) Oxygen-burning. C) Helium burning. D) Hydrogen-burning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hydrogen-burning. 36. The displacement of the spectrum to shorter wavelengths in the light coming from distant celestial objects moving toward the observer. A) Blue Shift. B) Big Bang. C) Violet Shift. D) Red Shift. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blue Shift. 37. A ..... is so dense that not even light can escape its gravitational pull. A) Neutron star. B) Protostar. C) Black hole. D) Supergiant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Black hole. 38. Why is the Big Bang an accepted scientific theory? A) Scientists voted on it. B) The telescope helps us see other galaxies. C) Scientists continue to find evidence that supports it. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scientists continue to find evidence that supports it. 39. Which way is NOT a way to estimate the age of the Universe? A) Look for the oldest stars. B) Calculate the expansion rate of Universe. C) Count the galaxies. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Count the galaxies. 40. Which of the following techniques are used to measure the distances to stars? A) Parallax. B) Doppler Shift. C) Universal recession. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parallax. 41. ..... and ..... are short range forces. A) Gravity, Weak Nuclear. B) Strong Nuclear, Weak Nuclear. C) Gravity, Electromagnetism. D) Electromagnetism, Strong Nuclear. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Strong Nuclear, Weak Nuclear. 42. Which model of the solar system did Galileo support? A) Heliocentric model. B) Big Bang theory. C) The Galilean model. D) Geocentric model. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heliocentric model. 43. How long ago did the solar system begin to form? A) 13 billion years ago. B) 4.6 million years ago. C) 50 million years ago. D) 4.6 billion years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4.6 billion years ago. 44. Who/whom discovered Cosmic Microwave Background which provided a lot of evidence for the BB. A) Albert Einstein. B) Edwin Hubble. C) Fred Hoyle. D) Penzias and Wilson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Penzias and Wilson. 45. What is the name that scientist use for the theory of the universe? A) Haleys Comet. B) Bazinga. C) The Big Bang. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Big Bang. 46. Hubbles Law states that galaxies that are moving twice as far away are moving A) Twice as fast. B) Twice as slow. C) At the same speed. D) Extremely fast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Twice as fast. 47. What two forces are balanced during a star's main sequence? A) Hydrogen and helium. B) Gravity and fusion. C) Gravity and hydrogen. D) Fusion and helium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gravity and fusion. 48. What does the Big Bang Theory tell us A) About the popular television show. B) The entire universe was once condensed in the form of primeval atom, or a dense mass. C) The universe exploded. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The entire universe was once condensed in the form of primeval atom, or a dense mass. 49. According to Hubble's Law, the closer a galaxy is to us the ..... it is moving. A) Slower. B) Constant motion occurs. C) No motion. D) Faster. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slower. 50. Which ion is MONATOMIC? A) Co2+. B) CO32. C) C2H3O21-. D) CN1. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Co2+. 51. What did Edwin Hubble's discovery tell us about the Universe A) Distant galaxies are moving away from us. B) It is expanding. C) Light from distant galaxies is red shifted. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 52. The Milky Way galaxy is ..... A) Spiral. B) Elliptical. C) Irregular. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spiral. 53. During the Ancient Greeks time, who observed and recorded the positions of the planets? A) Johannes Kepler. B) Nicholas Copernicus. C) Ptolemy. D) Tycho Brahe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tycho Brahe. 54. Mr Clinton is an artist extraordinaire, as you already know. What iconic character did he illustrate on the board this year? A) Sonic the Hedgehog. B) Pennywise. C) Tony the Tiger. D) Harry Potter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pennywise. 55. Who discovered the shape of a planet's orbit is actually an ellipse? A) Galileo. B) Copernicus. C) Ptolemy. D) Kepler. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kepler. 56. The evidence of Penzias and Wilson found A) Fusion. B) Cosmic microwave background radiation. C) The Andromeda galaxy. D) The Doppler effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cosmic microwave background radiation. 57. What element is the most common in the universe? A) Helium. B) Oxygen. C) Hydrogen. D) Carbon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hydrogen. 58. What percentage of the mass in the Universe is Helium? A) 74%. B) 100%. C) 1%. D) 24%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 24%. 59. During the Scientific Revolution the heliocentric view of the universe was first proposed by ..... A) Ptolemy. B) Nicolaus Copernicus. C) Isaac Newton. D) Francis Bacon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nicolaus Copernicus. 60. Which type of Electromagnetic (EM) radiation reaches the Earth from the Sun? A) Only visible light and heat energy. B) Only gamma rays. C) Only radio waves. D) All waves in the electromagnetic spectrum. 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