Big History Threshold 3

True or False:Our solar system is part of the Milky Way Galaxy.

What are examples of new complexities?

True or False: The periodic table organizes elements by the number of neutrons an element has

What element do stars burn up? 

True or False: Most chemical elements are created by the explosion of a dwarf star.

State of the Universe roughly before 380,000 years after the Big Bang

A huge glowing ball of plasma held together by its own gravity

What chemical element has six protons and is the basis for all known life on earth?

True or False: Bigger stars have the ability to produce heavy elements through fusion.

True or false: Large stars cannot produce iron.

Today, about 98% of the atomic matter in the Universe consists of the elements ____ and ____.

A huge system of stars, interstellar dust, & dark matter held together by gravity

The scientific study of the composition, structure, properties, and reactions of matter?

The first stage in the life of a star is

Dying stars were not important to the creation of new elements.

What is the formula for new complexity ?

From where do elements come? 

What is the distance in our Universe beyond which we cannot see?

Breakdown of an unstable atomic nucleus through the spontaneous emission of subatomic particles

Process of combining lighter atomic nuclei into heavier atomic nuclei

What crashes together when we add energy to hydrogen atoms?

The explosion of a large star at the end of its life is called

How do stars form? 

Group of galaxies held together by their mutual gravitational pulls

True or False:Regular recurring trends are called radioactivity.

The mass per unit of volume is 

The most common chemical element in planet Earth; has 26 protons

True or false: Small stars burn out quickly because they don't get very hot.

___________ is an explosion so hot and so energetic that it’ll shine like an entire galaxy. 

Some of the largest known structures in the Universe are

What is the fundamental force of attraction between bodies of mass?

What is the correct order of the life of a star?

Which is one possible end product of a supernova?

What is the system for organizing the known elements?

Who was Dmitri Mendeleev? 

Which of these create more complex chemical elements?

What is the correct order if we go from smallest to largest? 

Atom that has a different number of protons than electrons giving it an overall + or - charge