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Review of the first two units of the Big History Project - What is Big History and the Big Bang.
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1
What are the ingredients for Threshold 1: The Big Bang?
Atoms and gravity
Matter and energy
We don't know
2
What happened 380,000 years after the Big Bang, when the Universe began to cool down?
The first stars began to form
Cosmic Background Radiation was released in to the Universe
The Universe started becoming very hot
The Universe began to expand
3
Each of the thresholds in Big History build upon the one before it, creating greater complexity
True
False
4
When a celestial body, like a star, is moving away from us, you can tell because it has
Red shifted
Green shifted
Blue shifted
5
True or false, science is the study of living things
False
True
6
How long ago was the Big Bang?
3.7 million years ago
3.7 billion years ago
13.7 billion years ago
13.7 million years ago
7
Which branch of science deals with the Universe and objects, like stars, planets and galaxies?
Astrophysics
Biology
Astronomy
Cosmology
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What is a measurement of distance in space?
Gravity
Red shift
Light Year
Energy
9
Ptolemy proposed the theory that the solar system revolved around the
Sun
Moon
Earth
10
What is the first threshold of Big History?
Life
The Stars Light Up
New Chemical Elements
The Big Bang
11
What is the correct scientific notation for 1000?
10<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">2</span>
10-2
10-3
10<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">3</span>
12
Which are fundamental forces created by the Big Bang? Select ALL correct answers.
Radiation
Strong nuclear force
Weak nuclear force
Gravity
13
Which of the following does NOT provide evidence for the Big Bang?
Cosmic Background Radiation
Expanding Universe
Retrograde movement of the planets
Red shift
14
Why are origin stories important?
They help explain how science and faith interact
They provide an explanation for the beginnings of the world
They provide us with a science based account of time
They help explain how the Big Bang happened
15
Big History is different from other studies of the past because
It tells history based on facts
It only focuses on the scientific account of the past
It isn't different
It focuses on a wider view of history with many disciplines
16
Which Polish scientist proposed the theory that the sun was at the centre of the Universe?
Hubble
Newton
Copernicus
Galileo
17
The origin story that claims the Earth emerged from a giant and an egg is
Iroquois
Greek
Chinese
Judeo-Christian
18
Ingredients + _______________ = Increasing complexity
Temperature
Goldilocks conditions
Thresholds
Parallax
19
True or False, the Big Bang has provided all the raw materials for everything around us today?
True
False
20
What are the first two elements created in the Universe?
Hydrogen and helium
Hydrogen and carbon
Helium and oxygen
Oxygen and carbon
21
Which American scientist theorised that the Universe is expanding and discovered red shift?
Ptolemy
Copernicus
Galileo
Hubble
22
Which figure used a telescope to help prove that the solar system revolved around the sun?
Newton
Hubble
Ptolemy
Galileo
23
Which scientist studied at Cambridge University and proposed the laws of motion (i.e. gravity)?
Ptolemy
Newton
Hubble
Galileo
24
True or false, Big History is a study of the past, which uses multiple disciplines.
False
True
25
Which of the following do we know about the beginning of the Universe?
Approximately where it happened
Why it happened
What existed before the Big Bang
Approximately when it happened
