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1
What term means "Earth-centered"?
geostatic
geocentric
geographic
heliocentric
2
What ancient natural philosopher believed that the Earth was the center of the Universe?
Copernicus
Newton
Galileo
Ptolemy
3
What term means looking at things from different perspectives across time and space?
scale
origin story
thresholds of increasing complexity
complexity
4
What term means sharing, preserving, and passing knowledge from generation to generation?
scale
collective learning
thresholds of increasing complexity
origin story
5
What is the matter that is in the Universe, gives it weight, but doesn't interact with light?
dark matter
quark
dark energy
black hole
6
Which of these is NOT a fundamental force?
gravity
quarks
electromagnetism
weak nuclear force
7
About how long do the dark ages (no stars period) happen after the Big Bang?
4 billion years after the Big Bang
100 years after the Big Bang
500 million years ago
100-200 million years after Big Bang
8
Which of these did NOT emerge in the seconds after the Big Bang?
Space-time
Stars
Quarks
Four fundamental forces
9
What scientist believed the universe was infinite and size/age and gravity held it together?
Hubble
Lavoisier
Newton
Copernicus
10
Which of these is the formula for a threshold of increasing complexity?
ingredients + GC = new complexity
GC + complexity = new ingredients
complexity + GC = new ingredients
11
What term means a narrative about the beginning of the Universe and humanity?
origin story
claim testers
threshold of increasing complexity
cosmology
12
Who was the priest that came up with the primordial atom (Big Bang) theory?
Pope Benedict
Einstein
Lemaitre
Hubble
13
Who was the FIRST scientist after Ptolemy to propose a heliocentric universe theory?
Kepler
Newton
Galileo
Copernicus
14
What is an instrument used to observe the visible light spectrum and redshift/blueshift?
Telescope
MRI
Spectroscope
Microscope
15
According to Big Bang cosmologists, how old is the Universe?
4.5 billion years old
13.8 million years old
13.8 billion years old
13.7 billion years old
16
What is the subatomic particle that makes up protons and neutrons?
leptons
quarks
protons
electrons
17
T/F: The universe was hot, dense and constantly expanding right after the Big Bang.
False
True
18
What scientist came up with the idea of elliptical orbits?
Kepler
Galileo
Copernicus
Newton
19
What scientist figured out that the Universe was expanding?
Leavitt
Newton
Kepler
Hubble
20
What were the first elements in the Universe?
oxygen and carbon
hydrogen and oxygen
hydrogen and helium
helium and oxygen
21
What is the modern scientific origin story of the Universe using multiple disciplines & scales?
Big History
Big Bang theory
Origin story
Interdisciplinary history
22
What term is used to describe the appearance of the planets moving backwards in their orbits?
spectroscopic motion
hypograde planetary motion
refractory light motion
retrograde planetary motion
23
How did Ptolemy try to correct his geocentric theory/retrograde motion of planets?
Protograde planetary motion
Epicycles
Revolutionary motion
Elliptical orbits
24
Which of these is NOT a claim tester?
logic
intuition
magnification
evidence
25
Which of these is evidence for the Big Bang?
Blue shifted galaxies
Cosmic Background Radiation
Dark energy
Dark matter
26
T/F: The Catholic faith contradicts evolution and the Big Bang.
True
False
27
What is the term used to describe why the expansion of the Universe is accelerating?
dark concentration
dark waves
dark matter
dark energy
28
What term means "Sun-centered"?
geocentric
heliostatic
geographic
heliocentric
29
What is the new complexity for Threshold 1?
Life
Collective learning
Big Bang
Stars
