ESS_Big Bang and Stars

ESS_Big Bang and Stars

10th Grade

55 Qs

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ESS_Big Bang and Stars

ESS_Big Bang and Stars

Assessment

Quiz

Science

10th Grade

Easy

NGSS
HS-ESS1-3, HS-ESS1-1, HS-ESS1-2

+5

Standards-aligned

Created by

Kyle Winter

Used 90+ times

FREE Resource

55 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Approximately how long ago did the Big Bang occur?

13.8 million years ago

138 billion years ago

13.8 billion years ago

1.38 billion years ago

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR) represent?

The light emitted by the first stars in the universe

Radiation from black holes

The cooled remnants of radiation from the early universe

Microwaves from active galaxies

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does redshift indicate about a galaxy’s motion?

The galaxy is moving toward Earth

The galaxy is moving away from Earth

The galaxy has stopped moving

The galaxy is rotating faster

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does blueshift indicate about a galaxy’s motion?

It is cooling down

It is moving away from Earth

It is expanding rapidly

It is moving closer to Earth

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does the redshifting of galaxies provide evidence for the Big Bang?

It shows galaxies are orbiting one another

It indicates galaxies are stationary

It supports the idea that the universe is expanding

It proves that galaxies are collapsing inward

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why do nearby stars and galaxies have different compositions from very distant ones?

Distant galaxies formed after heavier elements were created through fusion.

Nearby galaxies have always been more massive, allowing them to hold more elements.

Stars and galaxies closer to us have undergone more stellar generations, enriching them with heavier elements.

Distant galaxies are too cold to create new elements.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does the composition of nearby and distant galaxies provide evidence for the Big Bang?

It proves that the universe is not expanding.

It shows that nearby galaxies are younger than distant ones.

It reveals that early galaxies contained mostly hydrogen and helium, matching Big Bang predictions.

It confirms that black holes were common shortly after the Big Bang.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

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