Exam Review: Units 1 & 2 Big Bang and Stars

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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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

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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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

When did the big bang occur?

• 5000 yrs ag0

• 13.7 billion yrs ago

• 2 million yrs ago

• Unknown

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The farther away galaxies are from us, the _______________ it is that they are moving away from us.

• more uncertain

• faster

• slower

• more unpredictable

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

Our theory of the universe was confirmed when the WMAP mission photographed the fossil remnant heat we now call _______

• Fusion

• Cosmic microwave background radiation

• Doppler Effect

• a Planetary Nebula

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

A theory that says the universe began as a small point that expanded rapidly about 13.7 billion years ago.

• Big Bang Theory

• Singularity Theory

• Galaxy Theory

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

A unit of length equal to the distance that light travels through space in one year.

• Leap Year

• Light-Year

• Frequency

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NGSS.HS-PS4-3

A reaction in which two light nuclei combine to produce a nucleus of heavier mass, resulting in the release of a large amount of energy.

• Nuclear Bomb

• Nuclear Fusion

• Nuclear Fission

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

The explosion of a massive star at the end of its life cycle

• Galaxy

• Milky Way Galaxy

• Supernova

• Universe

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

As part of the modern theory of the origins of the elements, it is hypothesized that before the formation of the stars, most of the matter in the universe consisted of what atoms?

• hydrogen and helium
• nitrogen and carbon
• silicon and lithium
• uranium and radium