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The Big Bang and Theories of the Universe
The Big Bang and Theories of the Universe
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What does Geo mean?
Rocks
Sun
Earth
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The Catholic Church supported which theory?
Geocentric
Heliocentric
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What is an ellipse
square
circle
oval
triangle
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Who supported the geocentric theory?
Copernicus,Kepler, Catholic Church
Galileo, Aristotle,Ptolmey
Aristotle, Catholic Church, Galileo
Aristotle, Ptolmey ,Catholic Church
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Which astronomer used a telescope to discover 4 moons of Jupiter and that Venus has phases?
Ptolemy
Kepler
Brahe
Galileo
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Which theory was right, Geocentric or Heliocentric?
Geocentric
Heliocentric
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Which astronomer discovered that the planets actually revolve in ellipses and not circles?
Galileo
Brahe
Kepler
Copernicus
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Aristotle and Ptolemy supported the Heliocentric theory.
false
true
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what is newtons 2nd law
acceleration/mass =force
Force = Mass x Acceleration
force + mass=acceleration
mass-force =acceleration
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According to the Big Bang Theory, the universe started as a...
Planet
Galaxy
Supernova
Singularity
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Which astronomer proposed a theory that consisted of epicycles?
Copernicus
Ptolemy
Aristotle
Galileo
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Kepler and Copernicus believed in the heliocentric theory.
True
False
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Which astronomer recorded data for 20 years?
Kepler
Brahe
Galileo
Copernicus
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According to the Big Bang Theory the universe began to expand how long ago?
12-15 thousand years ago
12-15 billion years ago
2000 years ago
4.6 billion years ago
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What is Newtons 3rd law?
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction
Reindeers are better than people
F = ma
inertia
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Which civilization gave the planets the names we use today?
Carpathians
Romans
Greeks
Chinese
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An object at rest/motion will remain at rest/motion unless acted on by an unbalanced force.
3rd Law of Motion
1st Law of Motion
2nd Law of Motion
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What does helio mean?
Sun
Earth
Planets
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Who supported the heliocentric theory?
All of the above
Kepler
Galileo
Copernicus
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What is the definition of the heliocentric theory?
The Earth is at the center of the universe
The Sun is at the center of the solar system
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The 3 pieces of evidence that support the Big Bang are the doppler effect, red shift/blue shift and...
1st Law of Motion
Electromagnetic spectrum
Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
ROY G BIV
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What is inertia?
force that acts between materials
Friction
property of a body to resist change to its state of motion
Newton's first law
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According to the Big Bang Theory the universe expanded in which direction?
South
All Directions
North
East
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Who developed the heliocentric theory?
Galileo
Kepler
Ptolemy
Copernicus
