Quiz about The Big Bang

Question 1

What is used to determine elements present in the stars?

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Spectroscope

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background radiation

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Doppler Effect

Question 2

What is a band of colors found when using a spectroscope?

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Bright Line Spectra

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Red-shift

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nebula

Question 3

The apparent shifts in the wavelengths moving away from or toward an observer

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Doppler Effect

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Background radiation

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Protostar

Question 4

Determines how fast galaxies were traveling

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Red-Shift

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Background radiation

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spectroscope

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Low levels of energy

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Background radiation

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Red-shift

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Protostar

Question 6

The first step in stellar evolution

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formation of a protostar

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birth of a neutron star

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explosion of a supernova

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formation of a black hole

Question 7

Hydrogen and helium left over from the big bang, a gigantic gas cloud

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Nebula

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Hydrogen and helium

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Oxygen and nitrogen

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Helium and lithium

Question 8

The formation of large atomic nuclei caused by the combination of smaller ones.

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nuclear fusion

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radioactive decay

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chemical reaction

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nuclear fission

Question 9

What plots star properties?

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H-R Diagram

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Weather forecasts

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Cooking recipes

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Astronomical charts

Question 10

Stars within the band running through the middle of the H-R diagram

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main sequence stars

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neutron stars

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white dwarfs

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red giants

Question 11

What is the first stage in the life cycle of a star?

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protostar

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black hole

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white dwarf

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main sequence

Question 12

What 2 things occur during the protostar stage of a stellar evolution?

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Gravity caused heat to build up to the millions of degrees and causes the protostar to flatten out and rotate.

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dissipation of the protostar and formation of a black hole

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formation of a planetary system and emission of light

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nuclear fusion and expansion of the star

Question 13

The amount of red shift in the light emitted by a galaxy is most likely to be used to determine the ------- at which the galaxy is traveling.

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speed

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velocity

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mass

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distance

Question 14

When a light source moves toward an observer, the light waves appear to be?

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blue

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white

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green

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purple

Question 15

When light passes through a spectroscope, it produces a band of colors called

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bright line spectra

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rainbow

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shade

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reflection

Question 16

The discovery of red shift in the spectra of galaxies provided evidence that the universe is

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expanding

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collapsing

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contracting

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stationary

Question 17

A spectroscope is most likely to be used to determine a star's

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composition

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color, size, and shape

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distance, age, and brightness

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rotation, magnetic field, and atmosphere

Question 18

Background radiation distributed evenly throughout the universe probably resulted from

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Big Bang

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Volcanic eruptions

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Nuclear power plants

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Cosmic microwave background radiation

Question 19

It is thought that before the big bang all the matter and energy in the universe was in the form of one

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extremely small volume

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large bang

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singularity

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atom

Question 20

The apparent shift in the wavelengths of energy emitted by an energy source moving away from or toward an observer is known as

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Doppler effect

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Frequency modulation

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Blueshift

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Redshift

Question 21

Scientists studying starlight determine what elements are present in the stars by using a(n)

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spectroscope

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microscope

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telescope

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thermometer

Question 22

The explosion that scientists think created the universe is called

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Big Bang

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Universal Burst

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Galactic Explosion

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Cosmic Blast

Question 23

Scientists determine the speed at which galaxies travel by examining the degree of

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redshift

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blueshift

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yellowshift

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greenshift

Question 24

When heated, each element produces a series of thin colored lines is called

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bright line spectra

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absorption spectrum

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reflection spectrum

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transmission spectrum

Question 25

What stage of stellar evolution is the sun experiencing right now?

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main sequence

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protostar

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white dwarf

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red giant

Question 26

List and describe each of the steps of evolution that our sun will go through in it's life starting with the nebula and going through a black dwarf.

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nebula, protostar, main sequence star, red giant, planetary nebula, white dwarf, black dwarf

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nebula, protostar, main sequence star, red giant, planetary nebula, white dwarf, brown dwarf

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nebula, protostar, main sequence star, red giant, supernova, neutron star, black dwarf

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nebula, protostar, main sequence star, red giant, supernova, black hole, black dwarf

Question 27

What is nuclear fusion?

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the formation of large atomic nuclei caused by the combination of smaller ones.

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Process of splitting atomic nuclei to form smaller nuclei

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Process of converting nuclear energy into electrical energy

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Process of combining electrons and protons to form atomic nuclei

Question 28

What elements are being fused in a main sequence star?

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Hydrogen and helium

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Hydrogen and oxygen

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Carbon and nitrogen

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Helium and lithium

Question 29

What elements are being fused in a Red Giant

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hydrogen and helium

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oxygen and nitrogen

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iron and nickel

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helium and carbon

Question 30

What elements are being fused in a white dwarf?

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none

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Nitrogen and sulfur

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Iron and nickel

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Hydrogen and helium

Question 31

What is the name of the diagram that plots apparent magnitude of a star as seen from earth vs is surface temperature?

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H-Rdiagram

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Color-magnitude diagram

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Stellar classification diagram

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Stellar evolution diagram

Question 32

Very massive stars will from either a ----or a --- when they die.

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black hole or a neutron star

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supernova

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red giant

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white dwarf

Question 33

During the typical life cycle of a large star, elements 1 through--- are formed, and during a supernova, elements--- through ---- are formed.

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26, 27, 118

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10, 11, 12

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1, 2, 3

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50, 51, 52

Question 34

Explain how the elements in your body were formed.

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Stardust

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The elements in our body were formed through the combination of different minerals in the soil.

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The elements in our body were formed through chemical reactions in the Earth's atmosphere.

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The elements in our body were formed through volcanic activity.

Question 35

What are the two biggest pieces of evidence that support the Big Bang theory?

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cosmic microwave background radiation and observed redshift of distant galaxies

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cosmic microwave background radiation and observed blueshift of distant galaxies

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cosmic microwave background radiation and observed greenshift of distant galaxies

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cosmic microwave background radiation and observed no shift of distant galaxies

Question 36

What region has the brightest stars?

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D

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A

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B

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C

Question 37

Which region has the stars with the hottest surface temperatures

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A

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B

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C

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D

Question 38

What stars are found in each of the circled regions?

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White dwarf, main sequence, giants, supergiants

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white dwarf, supergiants, nubela, big bang

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big bang, white dwarf, main sequence

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