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What pulled together hot dense matter at the beginning of the universe to create stars?
Gravity
It just happened
Force
Chemistry
2
astronomy studies
Deli meats (like pastrami)
celestial bodies and the universe as a whole
aliens invading planet Earth
Moving to other planets after a nuclear apocalypse
3
An origin Story is
is only about stars
When the Earth began
About human life on earth
Narrative about the beginning of the Universe and humanity.
4
Your gut reaction to something is your
Parallax
Intuition
Claim Tester
Observation
5
Ptolomy thought that
The Milky Way Galaxy is the center of the universe
The Sun is the center of the universe
Humans are the center of the universe
The Earth is the center of the universe
6
Before chemistry, scientists studied
Alchemy
Geology
Experiments
Chemistry
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Which two elements on the periodic table is Marie Curie credited with discovering?
Zenon & Radon
Iron & Oxygen
Curium & Plutonium
Polonium & Radium
8
Edwin Hubble used collective learning to discover
Red-shift, and the universe is expanding
The universe is collapsing
He discredited Galileo
Paradigm
9
Origin stories begin as...
stories in books
oral tradition
a fireside chat
video recordings
10
A planet is
Made of minerals and ice that shoot across the universe
A large celestial body that revolves around the sun
An exoplanet in the universe
Any celestial body that is in our solar system
11
The first geologic time period is known as the... (HINT: when everything was fire)
The Archaen Eon
The Hadean Eon
The Mesolithic Eon
The Phanerozoic Eon
12
Galileo invented this object and proved Copernicus's theory of a sun centered solar system
the tripod
telegraph
telephone
telescope
13
The imaginary sphere that surrounds Earth where life exists is called the
Superdome
Lifesphere
Biological super Earth
Biosphere
14
A star is born when
A black hole creates a new star
Helium and Hydrogen atoms fuse
Bradley Cooper meets Lady Gaga
Hydrogen protons fuse in a nebula cloud
15
When an object collects matter we call this
Assumption
Continental Drift
Accusation
Accretion
16
The science that studies living organisms is called?
Geology
History
Evolution
Biology
17
The ingredients that created the Goldilocks conditions for the big bang to occur are...
Sugar, spice, and everything nice
We don't know
Energy
Gravity
18
Scientific Notation is used to
Write a scientific essay
Express large and small numbers to avoid using many zeros
Write notes in science class
A number with a lot of Zeros ex: 1,000,000,000,000
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Which scientist discovered the relationship between brightness and the distance of a star
Galileo
Mr. Hickey
Henrietta Leavitt
Ptolomy
20
logic
can be defined as
Reasoned and reasonable judgment
A relatively new system of machine control
Air logic, that is now used in many industries
Illogical
21
a credible source or expert has
authority
claim testing
evidence
intuition
22
What are the Goldilocks Conditions for Life?
Complex chemical compounds + Energy
New Chemical Elements + Gravity/accretion
Flour + Oven
We can only speculate
23
Copernicus discredited Ptolomy, saying...
The Sun was the center of the universe
Humans are the center of the universe
The Milky Way Galaxy is the center of the universe
The Earth is the center of the universe
24
Which is
NOT
one of the four characteristics of life?
Evolution
Metabolism
Adaptation
Reproduction
25
A supernova creates
The Noble Gases
Elements up to Iron
Heavier elements such as Gold
Non-Metal elements
26
The Earth's core is mostly made up of
Iron and Nickel
Silver and Gold
Aluminum and Silicon
Hydrogen and Helium
27
Our solar system and earth formed approximately
4.5 billion years ago
13.8 billion years ago
A few years ago
2019 years ago
28
What kind of reactions are happening in the core of the star?
Nuclear Fission
Nuclear Fusion
Nuclear Proliferation
Nuclear explosion
29
Life on Earth began
In the sky above the Earth
On the Earth's land crust
In the oceans near hydrothermal vents
In the mountains
30
Specific set of conditions that enable greater complexity are known as
Three bears conditions
Goldilocks conditions
Harsh working conditions
Rapunzel conditions
31
Hydrogen and Helium make up what percent of the galaxy?
14% of the galaxy
20% of the galaxy
98% of the galaxy
2% of the galaxy
32
What is this a picture of?
The sun
The northern lights
The milky way galaxy
A nebula
33
Isaac Newton discovered
three laws of motion, and the theory of gravity
The universe is a spiral
one law of motion, and three laws of gravity
Physics
34
The formation of our Earth and Solar System is the
4th Threshold in Big History
1st Threshold in Big History
3rd Threshold in Big History
2nd Threshold in Big History
35
After a supernova,
high mass stars
will NOT become which of the following
A Black Hole
A White Dwarf
A Neutron Star
Return to Nebula
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This is a star that runs out of fuel and the core collapses to produce a ball of dense neutrons
A Galaxy Cluster
A nebula
The Sun
A Neutron Star
37
When stars move away from us their light waves become stretched, known as
red-shift
ROY G BIV-Shift
blue-shift
green-shift
38
A small rocky celestial body left over from the formation of our solar system is
An Asteroid
A shooting star
A Planet
An exoplanet
39
In between the Earth's crust and core is the
Lava
Mantle
the Core
Underground volcanoes
40
How many 'mini-thresholds' are within the threshold of life, according to Big History?
8
4
2
6
41
Dark Matter and energy is
mysterious substance/force common throughout the Universe
Able to be harnessed for renewable energy
Is visible to a telescope
Something scientists completely understand
42
Who devised the Periodic Table of Elements?
Marie Curie
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Mendeleev
Dimitri Payet
43
The study of our earth through rocks is
Science
Geology
History
Archeology
44
Low Mass Stars can create elements up to
Potassium
Iron
Oxygen
Mercury
45
When gases are trapped by the atmosphere and make Earth's climate warmer, we call this
Summer Season
Greenhouse Effect
Fake News
Tropical Climate
46
Which of the following is NOT a claim tester
authority
archives
intuition
evidence
47
astrophysics studies
The way people move in space
The distance between the sun and Earth
Properties and interactions of astronomical bodies
Only our solar system
48
History is...
the aggregate of current events
The aggregate of Adams High School
The aggregate of Earth
the aggregate of past events
49
A mixture of gases surrounding a planet is
The orbit
Accretion
The rings surrounding a planet
An Atmosphere
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The Universe was hot and dense cooling off as it expanded is known as
Big Bang
Big Lots
Big History
Big Money
