This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Big Bang Theory – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Big Bang Theory Quiz 8 (41 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which scientist developed the first telescope and began using it to observe the night sky? A) Copernicus. B) Galileo. C) Isaac Newton. D) Ptolemy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Galileo. 2. What is a satellite? A) A big chunk of material. B) A hole in the space. C) Something that orbits around a planet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Something that orbits around a planet. 3. Who helped develop the geocentric system? A) Kepler. B) Galileo. C) Ptolemy. D) Copernicus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ptolemy. 4. How many neutrons does the isotope below have? 89 36Kr A) 36. B) 125. C) 53. D) 89. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 53. 5. What instrument has allowed us to look deep into space to observe things far away that give us hints to the past? A) The Hubble telescope. B) The Eiffel Tower. C) Binkley's barometer. D) The Smith Space Balloon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Hubble telescope. 6. What is the name of Isaac Newton's theory that we talked about in class? A) Theory of Gravity. B) Theory of Big Bang. C) Theory of the Universe. D) Theory of Relativity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theory of Gravity. 7. ..... was the astronomer that said the sun was in the center of the universe. A) Copernicus. B) Ptolemy. C) Billy Nye. D) Albert Einstein. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Copernicus. 8. Astrology is known as a what? A) Science. B) Pseudoscience. C) Scientific law. D) Scientific theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pseudoscience. 9. Red light has a ..... or frequency, than the blue end. A) Lower. B) Higher. C) The same. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lower. 10. As light moves away from us, the frequency A) Increases. B) Decreases. C) Stays the same. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decreases. 11. This is a young star that glows as gravity brings it together A) Main-sequence star. B) Protostar. C) Nebula. D) Red giant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protostar. 12. If I ever ..... perfect a time machine, I ..... just go into the past and give it to myself. A) Did/should. B) Do/could. C) Did/would. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did/would. 13. Tool used by astronomers to view wavelengths from distant galaxies. A) Satellites. B) Telescope. C) Microscope. D) Spectroscope. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spectroscope. 14. When sound is close to you it is high pitched, when the sound goes away from you, it is lower pitched, this is known as ..... A) Doppler Effect. B) Topper Effect. C) Red Shift. D) Google Effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Doppler Effect. 15. CMB radiation is radiation that was A) Originally Gamma rays, but shifted to become X-rays. B) Originally low energy, but heated up when it hit the Earth. C) Originally radio waves, but shifted into microwaves. D) Originally high energy, but cooled down as the universe grew. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Originally high energy, but cooled down as the universe grew. 16. The "afterglow" of the energy (static and heat) from the origin of the universe that we see today. A) Cosmic microwave background radiation. B) Doppler effect. C) Solar radiation from our sun. D) Cosmic explosions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cosmic microwave background radiation. 17. Ever since the universe began, the universe has been A) Expanding. B) Contracting. C) Stays the same size. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expanding. 18. When a galaxy is moving away from Earth, the wavelength of light it is giving off is A) Stretched. B) Broken up. C) Squeezed together. D) Burnt out. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stretched. 19. The ..... model describes the sun at the center of the universe. A) Geocentric. B) Heliocentric. C) Big Bang theory. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heliocentric. 20. All satellites are ..... A) Natural satellites. B) Man-made satellites. C) Both natural and man-made. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both natural and man-made. 21. When atoms are torn apart from gravitational forces A) Red shift. B) Spaghettification. C) Dark matter. D) Dark energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spaghettification. 22. Spectroscopes can tell us all of these about except ..... A) Elements that make up a star. B) Temperature of a star. C) Age of a star. D) Size of a star. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Size of a star. 23. Pluto is known as a A) Dwarf planet. B) Planet. C) Comet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dwarf planet. 24. What was Albert Einstein's theory that we talked about in class called? A) General Theory of Big Bang. B) General Theory of Gravity. C) General Theory of the Universe. D) General Theory of Relativity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) General Theory of Relativity. 25. The strength of the gravitational force between two objects depends on A) Mass of the objects and distance between the objects. B) Size of the large object only. C) Distance between the two objects only. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mass of the objects and distance between the objects. 26. Which of the following processes resulted in the Lepton Epoch? A) Large amounts of atoms being produced during that era. B) Neutrino Decoupling. C) Escape of electrons from hydrogen atoms. D) Annihilation between Hadrons and their antiparticles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Annihilation between Hadrons and their antiparticles. 27. The universe formed ..... years ago A) 10, 000 years. B) 4.6 Billion years. C) 18 Trillion years. D) 13.7 Billion years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 13.7 Billion years. 28. Nebulae are primarily composed of what element? A) Helium. B) Hydrogen. C) Zinc. D) Other hard elements. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hydrogen. 29. A common characteristic in galaxies spectra that they are moving away from Earth is ..... A) They are lining up. B) They are not shifted. C) They are Red Shifted. D) They are Blue Shifted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are Red Shifted. 30. What do we call the boundary around a black hole where nothing can escape its gravity? A) Event Horizon. B) Supernova. C) Singularity. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Event Horizon. 31. Which of the following is evidence of cooling temperatures within the universe? A) Hydrogen and helium percentages decrease as other element percentages increase. B) Abundance of hydrogen and helium today. C) Cosmic radiation still present. D) Weather Channel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hydrogen and helium percentages decrease as other element percentages increase. 32. A scientific model that describes how the universe began is called ..... A) The heliocentric model. B) The geocentric model. C) The Big Bang Theory. D) The heliocentric and geocentric model. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Big Bang Theory. 33. Stars that are grouped together in patterns are known as A) A spectrum. B) A group of stars. C) A constellation. D) A band of stars. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A constellation. 34. Which scientists was responsible for coining the phrase "Big Bang? '' A) Sir Isaac Newton. B) Albert Einstein. C) Fred Doyle. D) Edwin Hubble. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fred Doyle. 35. There is the same ratio of what two elements throughout the universe used to support the BBT? A) Hydrogen:Helium. B) Hydrogen:Lithium. C) Lithium:Hydrogen. D) Helium:Hydrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hydrogen:Helium. 36. What forces cause a planet to orbit? A) Gravity and orbit. B) Gravity and inertia. C) Gravity and mass. D) Gravity and weight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gravity and inertia. 37. Who disagreed with Galileo who helped prove the heliocentric model? A) The Catholic Church. B) The Roman Church. C) The Greeks. D) The Romans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Catholic Church. 38. The law of conservation of energy can relate directly to A) Blueshift. B) Redshift. C) The Doppler Effect. D) The Cosmic Background Microwave radiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Cosmic Background Microwave radiation. 39. This person was the first to use a telescope to make observations in the sky A) Aristotle. B) Galileo. C) Ptolemy. D) Copernicus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Galileo. 40. If space is stretched out ..... A) Time appears to move more slowly. B) Time appears to move faster. C) Time is not affected. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Time appears to move more slowly. 41. How the universe formed A) Big Bang Theory. B) Stars. C) Red Shift. D) Galaxies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Big Bang Theory. ← PreviousRelated 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 7Earth Science Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books