Cosmology Quiz

Who discovered that galaxies exist and are very far away from us?

• Stephen Hawking

• Albert Einstein

• Isaac Newton

• Edwin Hubble

What is the name of the mysterious particle that makes up dark matter?

• Neutrino

• Quark

• Axion

• Photon

When did modern cosmology get its start?

• 500 years ago

• 200 years ago

• 100 years ago

• 50 years ago

What percentage of the mass energy in the entire cosmos is dark energy?

• 50%

• 80%

• 66.2%

• 90%

What did the PANTHEON+ survey measure the precise positions of?

• Supernovae

• Black Holes

• Asteroids

• Comets

What is the study of the whole entire universe as a single physical object called?

• Astronomy

• Geology

• Astrophysics

• Cosmology

What did the two teams of astronomers discover in the late 1990s?

• Dark Energy

• Neutron Stars

• Dark Matter

• Black Holes

What is the name of the effect that describes the accelerated expansion of the universe?

• Dark Matter Effect

• Hubble Effect

• Dark Energy Effect

• Expansion Effect

What is the age of the universe according to modern cosmology?

• 13.77 billion years old

• 20 billion years old

• 10 billion years old

• 30 billion years old

What is the ultimate fate of the universe according to cosmologists?

• Big Crunch

• Heat Death

• Steady State

• Expansion