This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Big Bang Theory – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Big Bang Theory Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Distance and mass are two factors that affect A) Gravitational Force Fields. B) Electric Force Fields. C) Electrostatic Force Fields. D) Magnetic Force Fields. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gravitational Force Fields. 2. What is the name of our Galaxy A) Andromeda. B) Dwarf Galaxy. C) Milky Way. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Milky Way. 3. What is the name of the star in our solar system? A) Venus. B) Jupiter. C) Mars. D) Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sun. 4. All of the following claims are strong EXCEPT A) Schools should limit the amount of homework given to students. B) Dress codes should be more strict in schools. C) Should schools limit homework?. D) School dress codes are beneficial. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Should schools limit homework?. 5. According to the geocentric model, the planets orbited the sun in ..... A) Ellipses. B) Spirals. C) Perfect circles. D) Squares. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perfect circles. 6. How old do scientists think the Universe is? A) 13.8 billion years old. B) 24, 000 years old. C) 4.5 billion years old. D) 5 years old. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 13.8 billion years old. 7. We see more helium in the Universe than could have been made in stars. This means that A) The early universe was very hot. B) The early universe was very cold. C) The universe is about 10, 000 years old. D) Galaxies are moving away. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The early universe was very hot. 8. What led Edwin Hubble to conclude that the galaxies are moving apart from each other? A) The shirt in absorption lines of Earth. B) The shift in absorption lines of just our galaxy. C) The shift in absorption lines of the galaxies. D) The shift in absorption lines of Mars. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The shift in absorption lines of the galaxies. 9. What is the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation? A) The shape of the universe. B) Red shifted galaxies. C) Leftover heat from the Big Bang. D) The first primordial elements. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Leftover heat from the Big Bang. 10. Gravitational force occurs A) On Earth only. B) Between planets and moons only. C) Between all objects. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Between all objects. 11. When viewed from Earth, the light from a very distant galaxy shows a blue shift. This is evidence that this distant galaxy is A) Revolving around the Sun. B) Moving away from Earth. C) Revolving around the Milky Way. D) Moving toward Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Moving toward Earth. 12. Irregularly shaped rocks that orbit the sun A) Meteoroids. B) Comets. C) Asteroids. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asteroids. 13. What has been happening to the matter in the universe since the Big Bang occurred? A) Matter has been stable and unmoving ever since. B) Matter has moved outward and collected into galaxies. C) Matter has moved from one end of the universe to another. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Matter has moved outward and collected into galaxies. 14. All of the following are used as proof of the big bang theory EXCEPT A) The redshift of distant galaxies. B) The hydrogen-helium ratio of the early universe matches the present distribution of elements. C) Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation. D) The cosmic background spectrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The cosmic background spectrum. 15. How much of the nebula matter became the Sun? A) 66%. B) 33%. C) 99%. D) 77%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 99%. 16. Fusion occurs in stars when A) Radioactive decay. B) Helium splits to form hydrogen. C) Hydrogen combines to form helium. D) Kulick is angry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hydrogen combines to form helium. 17. A supergiant might explode and become a ..... A) Main sequence stars. B) Supernova. C) White dwarf. D) Nebula. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Supernova. 18. Well, if that ..... a movie, I ..... go see it. A) Was/should. B) Was/would. C) Were/could. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was/would. 19. All of the matter and energy in the Universe was once contained in A) A singularity. B) An element. C) A galaxy. D) A star. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A singularity. 20. Which color on the visible light spectrum has the shortest wavelength and highest frequency? A) Blue. B) Red. C) Green. D) Orange. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blue. 21. What is the best estimate of how long ago the universe formed? A) 20-25 trillion years ago. B) 10-12 million years ago. C) 60-65 million years ago. D) 13-15 billion years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 13-15 billion years ago. 22. Our Sun is currently in the ..... stage of its life cycle. A) Nebula. B) Red giant. C) Main sequence. D) Planetary nebula. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Main sequence. 23. What type of nuclear fusion is going on in the main sequence of a star? (Hint: ..... into ..... ) A) Gravity $\rightarrow$ Energy. B) Helium $\rightarrow$ Boron. C) Lithium $\rightarrow$ Neon. D) Hydrogen $\rightarrow$ Helium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hydrogen $\rightarrow$ Helium. 24. As a star moves away from us, the wavelength increases and the frequency decreases causing the star's spectrum to shift A) Towards the red end of the spectrum. B) Towards the blue end of the spectrum. C) It doesn't shift. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Towards the red end of the spectrum. 25. Galaxies in the universe ..... A) Shrink. B) Do nothing. C) Get smaller. D) Expand. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Expand. 26. First one to describe why waves change in wavelength and frequency when the object transmitting the waves are in motion A) Edwin Hubble. B) Georges Lemaitre. C) Christian Andreas Doppler. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Christian Andreas Doppler. 27. A ..... ion is composed of more than one atom and behaves as a unit and carries a charge. A) Monoatomic. B) Diatomic. C) Polyatomic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Polyatomic. 28. Cosmic microwave radiation (CMB) presents itself in the Universe in the form of A) Heat. B) Waves. C) Light. D) Stars. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heat. 29. What evidence exists to support the Big Bang Theory? A) Earth orbits the Sun. B) Earth rotates on its axis. C) The universe is still constantly expanding. D) All objects in the universe are always growing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The universe is still constantly expanding. 30. What can the spectrum of a star tell us? A) Star's chemical composition & elements. B) Age of the star. C) Star's chemical composition. D) Star's elements. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Star's chemical composition & elements. 31. What percentage of the mass in the Universe is Hydrogen? A) 1%. B) 74%. C) 100%. D) 24%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 74%. 32. Who discovered redshift? A) Lance Armstrong. B) Neil deGrasse Tyson. C) Edwin Hubble. D) Albert Einstein. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Edwin Hubble. 33. When did the Universe "light up" ? In other words, at what time could light begin to pass through the Universe? A) 380, 000 years after the Big Bang. B) 1 billion years after the Big Bang. C) 15 billion years after the Big Bang. D) Less than a second after the Big Bang. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 380, 000 years after the Big Bang. 34. What will be the next stage in our star the sun's life cycle? A) Red giant. B) Supernova. C) White dwarf. D) Blackhole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red giant. 35. Who came up with the heliocentric model? A) Galileo Galilei. B) Albert Einstein. C) Johannes Kepler. D) Nicolaus Copernicus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nicolaus Copernicus. 36. Light energy moves in A) Particles. B) Condensation. C) Waves. D) Plasma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Waves. 37. Step 1 of the proton-proton chain reaction results in A) Hydrogen 2 atom. B) Hydrogen 1 atom. C) Helium 4 aton. D) Helium 3 atom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hydrogen 2 atom. 38. Hubble's Law shows mathematically that more distant galaxies are A) Moving away at a slower rate. B) Moving away at a faster rate. C) Not moving at all. D) Move away slowly at first and then speed up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moving away at a faster rate. 39. Galaxies are composed of ..... A) Stars. B) Stars, dust, and gas held together by gravity. C) Stars, gas, and dust. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stars, dust, and gas held together by gravity. 40. What does the Greek word helios mean? A) Moon. B) Earth. C) Sun. D) Star. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sun. 41. Big Bang theorists believe that there should be energy left over from the Big Bang, and it should be in the form of ..... A) Low level microwave energy. B) A swirling vortex. C) Visible light. D) Extreme heat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Low level microwave energy. 42. What are the vertical columns on the periodic table? A) Cells. B) Periods. C) Atomic Mass. D) Groups or Families. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Groups or Families. 43. ..... it be totally weird if I ..... it? A) Would/used. B) Could/use. C) Would/use. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would/used. 44. Who coined the term "big bang" ? A) Albert Einstein. B) Edwin Hubble. C) Fred Hoyle. D) Penzias and Wilson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fred Hoyle. 45. Rocks that move through space. A) Comets. B) Meteoroids. C) Asteroids. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meteoroids. 46. Developed the idea of the red shift in 1929 based on a study of the light received from distant galaxies A) Edwin Hubble. B) Spectroscope. C) Big Bang Theory. D) Blue Shift. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Edwin Hubble. 47. Which of the following does not support the big bang theory? A) Cosmic Background Radiation. B) The observation that all galaxies appear to be moving away from us. C) The observation that the milky way galaxy orbits a large black hole. D) Red Shift. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The observation that the milky way galaxy orbits a large black hole. 48. Which theory states the universe began with an explosion of a singularity and still expands today? A) Geocentric Theory. B) Big Bang Theory. C) Steady State Theory. D) Heliocentric Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Big Bang Theory. 49. What is used to determine how fast stars are moving toward or away from Earth? A) Hubble's Law. B) Doppler Effect. C) Parallax. D) Telescopes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Doppler Effect. 50. How old is our solar system? A) 10, 000 years. B) 4.6 Billion years. C) 13.7 Billion years. D) 18 Trillion years. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4.6 Billion years. 51. If a star is moving away from us the light get stretched out. This makes it appear more ..... than it really is. A) Red. B) Purple. C) Green. D) Blue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red. 52. The scientist who discovered that the Universe was expanding was A) Albert Einstein. B) Alfred Wegener. C) Edwin Hubble. D) Bill Nye. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Edwin Hubble. 53. What type of galaxy is composed of older stars on the inside and younger stars on the outside? A) Elliptical. B) Spiral. C) Irregular. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spiral. 54. The universe started how many years ago? A) 14 billion. B) 14 million. C) 14 thousand. D) 140. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 14 billion. 55. When someone is playing music by the road and you drive pass him, the music will ..... A) Become higher and then lower. B) Become lower and then higher. C) Become lower. D) Become higher. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Become higher and then lower. 56. The speed at which a galaxy is moving away is proportional to its distance from us is known as A) Hubble's Law. B) LIfe Cycle of Stars. C) Doppler Effect. D) Supernova. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hubble's Law. 57. The universe consists of mainly ..... % and ..... 25% A) Stars, galaxies. B) Oxygen and Carbon. C) Hydrogen and Helium. D) Water and Air. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hydrogen and Helium. 58. Why were Hydrogen and Helium the FIRST elements in the universe? A) H and He are very simple, made of just one or two protons. B) H/He are highly reactive generating hot spots. C) H/He are high mass elements formed from supernovae. D) All the choices are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) H and He are very simple, made of just one or two protons. 59. A star at the stage in its life cycle when it stops burning hydrogen, begins burning helium, and expands to a large, low-density star.What stage in the life cycle does this describe? A) Red Giant or Red Supergiant. B) Supernova. C) Main Sequence. D) Black Hole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red Giant or Red Supergiant. 60. How many stars our galaxy has? A) About 4.5 billion. B) About 200, 000 billion. C) About 14 billion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) About 200, 000 billion. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesBig Bang Theory Quiz 1Big Bang Theory Quiz 2Big Bang Theory Quiz 3Big Bang Theory Quiz 4Big Bang Theory Quiz 5Big Bang Theory Quiz 7Big Bang Theory Quiz 8Earth Science Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books