The Big Bang

The Milky Way is one of more than ____ galaxies that make up the universe.

• 125 million

• 125 thousand

• 125 billion

• 125 trillion

This ancient philosopher imagined Earth at the center of the universe.

• Aristotle

• Ptolemy

• Kepler

• Copernicus

This ancient scientist traced the paths of the planets, thereby improving on Aristotle's ideation.

• Galileo

• Ptolemy

• Kepler

• Copernicus

This ancient scientist insisted that Earth was rotating and spun around an axis every 24 hours.

• Galileo

• Ptolemy

• Kepler

• Copernicus

This scientist hypothesized that the planets traveled in ellipses.

• Galileo

• Ptolemy

• Kepler

• Copernicus

This scientist is credited with coining the term "Big Bang".

• Einstein

• Guth

• Hubble

• Hoyle

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This scientist called his theory, "Inflation".

• Einstein

• Guth

• Hubble

• Hoyle

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Which of the following is NOT an evidence of the Big Bang?

• Red Shift

• Steady state

• Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation

• Nucleosynthesis

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This element is the lightest,most abundant in the universe and is the key component of stars

• Hydrogen

• Helium

• Oxygen

• Carbon

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When did the big bang occur?

• 5000 yrs ag0

• 13.7 billion yrs ago

• 2 million yrs ago

• Unknown

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