This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Big Bang Theory – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Big Bang Theory Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. If I ..... to ask Leslie Winkle out, it ..... just be for dinner. A) Were/would. B) Were/should. C) Was/could. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were/would. 2. What spectrum is one that is a series of bright lines of particular wavelengths produced by a hot gas under low pressure? A) Absorption. B) Emission. C) Continuous. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emission. 3. If he ..... any bigger, he ..... have moons orbiting him. A) Was/'d. B) Were/'d. C) Is/'d. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were/'d. 4. Immediately after the big bang, the Universe began to ..... A) Shrink. B) Heat up. C) Condense. D) Cool down. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cool down. 5. What is the moon considered to be? A) A rock. B) A natural satellite. C) Another star. D) A meteor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A natural satellite. 6. Where in the electromagnetic spectrum can CMBR radiation be found? A) In the microwaves section. B) In the radio waves section. C) In the Gamma Rays section. D) In the Infrared section. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the microwaves section. 7. Which theory states that the Universe began as a small, dense point and then began to expand? A) The Big Bang Theory. B) The Steady Expansion Theory. C) The Flat Universe Theory. D) The Aristotle Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Big Bang Theory. 8. How many galaxies are in the known universe? A) Hundreds. B) Thousands. C) Millions. D) Billions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Billions. 9. Which of the following is true of step 2 of the proton-proton chain reaction? A) Gamma radiation is released. B) A positron is given off. C) A neutrino is given off. D) 2 single protons are released. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gamma radiation is released. 10. Where is the centre of the universe? A) The galactic centre of Milky Way. B) The centre of the solar system. C) Near the Andromeda Galaxy, approximately 250 million light years from Earth. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 11. What have scientists discovered about our universe before the Big Bang? A) Nothing (so far). B) Only one planet. C) Multiple other universes. D) Multiple solar systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nothing (so far). 12. What fuel do stars use? A) Hydrogen. B) Carbon. C) Iron. D) Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hydrogen. 13. Which is a factor that affects the strength of gravitational, magnetic, and electrostatic force fields? A) Density. B) Mass. C) Volume. D) Distance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Distance. 14. BLUE shift of light means the star is moving A) Toward Earth. B) Away from Earth. C) Not moving. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Toward Earth. 15. ..... is the force that binds protons together in the nucleus of an atom. A) Weak Nuclear. B) Strong Nuclear. C) Gravity. D) Electromagnetism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Strong Nuclear. 16. What does a "red-shift" tell us A) Stars and galaxies are moving towards us. B) Stars and galaxies are moving away from us. C) Our solar system began with the Solar Nebula. D) The universe is hot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stars and galaxies are moving away from us. 17. What does Big Bang mean? A) Groups of stars. B) The sudden start of an expansion. C) The universe is still expanding. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The sudden start of an expansion. 18. Where in space can you find cosmic background radiation? A) Close to stars. B) In between stars. C) Everywhere equally. D) In black holes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Everywhere equally. 19. The velocity at which a galaxy moves away from us is proportional to the distance of that galaxy. A) Law of Thermodynamics. B) Hubble's Law. C) Law of Gravity. D) Doppler Effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hubble's Law. 20. Which of the following is the subatomic particle with a Negative charge? A) Proton. B) Neutron. C) Electron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Electron. 21. The Big Bang refers to the origin of which of the following? A) Earth. B) The Milky Way galaxy. C) The Universe. D) Our Solar System. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Universe. 22. A fire truck with it's siren blaring at 7, 000 Hz is traveling towards a stationary observer, Which frequency would the observer hear? A) 0 Hz. B) 6, 000 Hz. C) 7, 000 Hz. D) 8, 000 Hz. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 8, 000 Hz. 23. The Big Bang Theory, describing the beginning of the universe, is most directly supported by the A) Redshift of light from distant galaxies. B) Apparent shape of star constellations. C) Presence of volcanoes on Earth. D) Presence of craters on Earth's Moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Redshift of light from distant galaxies. 24. Who discovered an electromagnetic property called the Red Shift? A) Galileo Galilei. B) Fred Hoyle. C) Albert Einstein. D) Edwin Hubble. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Edwin Hubble. 25. When a police car blaring its siren is traveling towards an observer, the wavelength becomes A) Shorter. B) Longer. C) Nothing. D) Stays the same. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shorter. 26. In which galaxy our sun is located. A) Big Bang Galaxy. B) Milky Way Galaxy. C) Irregular galaxy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Milky Way Galaxy. 27. How do astronomers classify our sun? A) A red giant. B) A massive star. C) Stellar nebula. D) An average star. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An average star. 28. Without stars, we wouldn't have A) Hydrogen. B) Gold. C) Protons. D) Quarks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gold. 29. What is causing space to expand? A) Spacetime. B) Newton's Laws. C) Gravity. D) Energy from the big bang. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Energy from the big bang. 30. The next evolutionary stage for our sun is? A) Red giant. B) Supernova. C) White dwarf. D) Black hole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red giant. 31. When is a star born? A) When the nebula starts spinning. B) When nuclear fusion starts. C) When gas and dust starts to contract. D) When x rays get emitted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When nuclear fusion starts. 32. Energy moves ..... A) Clockwise. B) Counter clockwise. C) From more to less. D) Closer together. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) From more to less. 33. Stating that everything in the universe is moving away from each other. A) Red Shift. B) Big Bang Theory. C) Angstrum. D) Blue Shift. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red Shift. 34. How long does it take light from our Sun to reach Earth? A) 3 seconds. B) 1 year. C) 8 minutes. D) 57 hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 8 minutes. 35. The technology that was used to detect the CMB was A) Audio telescopes. B) Radio telescopes. C) Spectroscopes. D) Microscopes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Radio telescopes. 36. Which of the following did NOT result from the Big Bang Theory A) Temperature. B) Space. C) Matter. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temperature. 37. RED shift of light means the star is moving A) Toward Earth. B) Away from Earth. C) Not moving. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Away from Earth. 38. What is at the middle of a Heliocentric system? A) Earth. B) Mars. C) Moon. D) Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sun. 39. Another name for the geocentric model is ..... A) Earth-centered. B) Planet-centered. C) Sun-centered. D) Moon-centered. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earth-centered. 40. What evidence supports the claim that the universe is expanding? A) The ratio of elements in the universe. B) Comic Microwave Background Radiation. C) Red shift of the furthest galaxies. D) Blue shift of the furthest galaxies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Red shift of the furthest galaxies. 41. ..... was one of the first astronomers to say the Earth was in the center of the universe. A) Newton. B) Galileo. C) Ptolemy. D) Copernicus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ptolemy. 42. Which force split away from the superforce at the end of the Planck Epoch? A) Electromagnetic. B) Gravity. C) Strong Nuclear. D) Weak. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gravity. 43. A neutron star is a(n) ..... A) Star with extremely high density made entirely of neutrons. B) Star that produces atoms. C) Star that experiences neutron combustion. D) Star the size of a neutron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Star with extremely high density made entirely of neutrons. 44. According to the Big Bang Theory, what is happening to the size of the universe? A) The universe is expanding. B) The universe is shrinking. C) The universe is staying the same size. D) The universe is becoming hotter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The universe is expanding. 45. How many billions of years ago did the Big Bang occur? A) 4. B) 96. C) 2.5. D) Over 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Over 10. 46. Which of the following scientists have contributed to the Big Bang theory? A) Hubble. B) Galileo. C) Darwin. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hubble. 47. A tool use to measure wavelengths of light A) Big Bang Theory. B) Blue Shift. C) Edwin Hubble. D) Spectroscope. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spectroscope. 48. Because I have no interest in standing in the Rose Room of the Pasadena Marriott in front of a group of judgmental strangers who ..... recognize true genius if it ..... standing in front of them giving a speech. A) Couldn't/were. B) Wouldn't/were. C) Wouldn't/was. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wouldn't/were. 49. According to the ....., all of the matter and energy in the Universe was once condensed into a single, incredibly dense point, which then exploded and began to expand in all directions. A) Steady state theory. B) Cosmology. C) Big bang theory. D) Hubble's Law. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Big bang theory. 50. How was the universe moments after the Big Bang? A) Hot and dense. B) Hot and light. C) Hot and big. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hot and dense. 51. What is at the center of the universe in the geocentric system? A) Earth. B) Sun. C) Mars. D) Moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earth. 52. How many constellations are there? A) 86. B) 89. C) 87. D) 88. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 88. 53. What is recessional velocity A) Red-shift. B) Speed (in a direction) that galaxies are moving away. C) Hubble time. D) The relative distance to the galaxy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Speed (in a direction) that galaxies are moving away. 54. A cluster of dust and gas going through nuclear fusion A) Big Bang Theory. B) Red Shift. C) Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMB). D) Star. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Star. 55. Because our Sun is a low to medium mass star, which of the following will it likely become at the end of its lifespan? A) Black hole. B) Red supergiant. C) Neutron star. D) White dwarf. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) White dwarf. 56. A Hoberman Sphere is A) A galaxy really close to the Milky Way. B) A good model for our expanding universe. C) A huge space telescope. D) A slang British insult. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A good model for our expanding universe. 57. A ..... is a system of billions of stars and all of the planets that orbit around them. A) Solar system. B) Planet. C) Universe. D) Galaxy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Galaxy. 58. Big Bang theory says that A) The early universe was small, hot, and dense. B) There is no God. C) Something came from nothing. D) The universe's age can't be known. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The early universe was small, hot, and dense. 59. According to evidence that supports the Big Bang theory, scientists believe the universe is A) 47.5 million years old. B) 21 years old. C) 7 trillion years old. D) 13.7 billion years old. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 13.7 billion years old. 60. A large cloud of gas and dust spread out over a large volume of space A) Protostar. B) Nebula. C) Black Hole. D) Red Giant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nebula. ← 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 6Big Bang Theory Quiz 8Earth Science Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books