Quiz on Theories of the Origin of the Earth

Who proposed the Big Bang theory?

• Forrest R. Moulton

• Georges Lemaître

• James Jeans

• Immanuel Kant

What does the Creation or Biblical theory state?

• A comet struck the Sun

• God is the master creator of planet Earth

• The Moon was once part of the Earth

• The Earth formed from a nebula

According to the Nebular hypothesis, what did the Earth originate from?

• A large star

• A comet

• A nebula

• A single primordial atom

What is the main idea of the Planetesimal hypothesis?

• The universe began with a big bang

• The planets formed from a gaseous ring

• The sun existed before the planets

• The Moon separated from the Earth

Who proposed the Cometary collision hypothesis?

• Georges Louis Leclerc

• Charles Messier

• Otto Schmidt

• George Darwin

What does the Binary Star Hypothesis suggest?

• The sun had a companion star

• The Earth formed from a giant cloud

• A comet struck the Earth

• The Moon was part of the Earth

What caused the gaseous tide in the Tidal theory?

• A large star came near the sun

• The sun exploded

• A comet collided with the sun

• The Earth was spinning too fast

Who is associated with the Fission theory?

• Georges Lemaître

• Forrest R. Moulton

• George Darwin

• James Jeans

What does the Accretion theory describe?

• The creation of the universe

• The separation of the Moon from Earth

• The collision of stars

• The formation of planets from a nebula

What is the Stellar collision theory about?

• The creation of the Moon

• The formation of the Earth from a nebula

• The expansion of the universe

• The merging of astrological bodies