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Big History Semester 1 Final Exam Review
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Big History 1st semester review; thresholds 1-5. #bighistory
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A group of stars is called a...
Universe
Supercluster
Cluster
Galaxy
2
When a high mass star dies, it turns into a black hole OR...
A White Dwarf
A protostar
A neutron star
A Black Dwarf
3
When you have a gut feeling about something, you are using which claim tester?
Logic
Authority
Intuition
Evidence
4
Which of the following does NOT provide evidence for the Big Bang theory?
Retrograde motion of the planets
The expanding Universe
Red Shift
Cosmic Background Radiation
5
Which Polish scientist came up with the Heliocentric theory of the Universe?
Copernicus
Galileo
Newton
Ptolemy
6
The first mini threshold, photosynthesis, caused which of the following?
The development of Prokaryotes
The movement of life to the surface of the ocean
An oxygen holocaust
The movement of life onto land
7
Which scientist studied at Cambridge University in England and came up with the laws of motion?
Copernicus
Ptolemy
Galileo
Newton
8
The Big History Program was created by ______ and funded by _______
Walter Alvarez and Bill Gates
David Christian and Paul Allen
Walter Alvarez and Paul Allen
David Christian and Bill Gates
9
What comes in triplets and makes up Protons and Neutrons?
Quarks
Nuclei
Electrons
Atoms
10
A star spends most of its life in which stage?
Black hole
Protostar
Red Giant
Main sequence
11
Which of the following eons saw the emergence of complex life?
Proterozoic
Hadean
Phanerozoic
Archean
12
The need for Eukaryotic cells to work together led to the formation of which mini threshold?
The movement to land
Brains
Multi-cellular organisms
Homestasis
13
Which of the following is NOT one of the ingredients or Goldilocks Conditions for threshold 5?
RNA and DNA
The presence of homeostasis and metabolism
Just the right amount of energy
Liquid water
14
Someone who thinks that the Big Bang can't be true because it conflicts with their origin story
Conflict
Contrast
Converge
15
Which element kills a star?
Gold
Carbon
Aluminum
Iron
16
A star nursery, or where star dust is pulled together by gravity to create new stars, is...
A cluster
A supernova
A supercluster
A nebula
17
How are elements heavier than iron created?
In the formation of planets
None of the above
In a supernova
In the core of a star
18
What is the hypothetical last stage of a low mass star's life?
White dwarf
Planetary nebula
Neutron star
Black dwarf
19
Why are origin stories important?
They help explain how the Big Bang happened
They helped explain how science and faith interact
They provide us with a science-based account of time
They provide an explanation for the beginnings of the world
20
Which of the following DO we know about the beginning of the Universe?
Why it happened
Approximately when it happened
What existed before the Big Bang
Approximately where it happened
21
Tectonics plates cause all of the following EXCEPT...
Earthquakes
The movement of the continents
The formation of Earth's iron core
Volcanoes
22
What happened 380,000 years after the Big Bang?
The Universe began heating up
Atoms began to form
CBR was released into the Universe
The first stars began to form
23
It is important that our sun is a low mass star because...
It does not expand to twice its size so the Earth is safe
It lives a short life, ensuring the quick appearance of life
It is larger than most stars, so it has enough heat for life
It has a long life, which allows enough time for evolution
24
Which American scientist came up with the theory that the Universe was expanding?
Hubble
Copernicus
Newton
Galileo
25
Ptolemy thought that, since the sun seemed to move everyday, that sun must orbit Earth. This is
Evidence
Intuition
Authority
Logic
26
Space debris turns into planetesimals which turn into planets through which process?
Sublimation
Differentiation
Accretion
Evolution
27
Which layer of Earth has convection currents that move the plates on the Earth's surface?
Mantle
Inner Core
Outer Core
Crust
28
Why does iron kill a star?
Fusion loses the war with gravity
Fusion wins the war with gravity and kills the star
It is too heavy for a star to hold
It has too many neutrons
29
Which of the following was NOT one of the four fundamental forces created by the Big Bang?
Strong Nuclear Force
Weak Nuclear Force
Radiation
Gravity
30
Galileo changed his mind by using a telescope. Which claim tester was he using?
Logic
Evidence
Intuition
Authority
31
In which of the following eons did Theia collide with Earth, creating the moon?
Proterozoic
Phanerozoic
Hadean
Archean
32
Why do some scientists oppose the Rare Earth Theory?
Earth isn't the only planet in the Green Zone
There are billions and billions of planets out there
It has little evidence
There are few conditions needed for life to emerge
33
A group of galaxies is called...
A supercluster
A cluster
A Universe
A solar system
34
All of the following are stages in a high mass star EXCEPT...
Supernova
Black Hole
White dwarf
Supergiant
35
The supercontinent that gradually drifted apart over time was called...
There was no supercontinent
Eurasia
Pangea
36
Which of the following is NOT an ingredient or Goldilocks Condition for threshold 2?
Tiny variations in density
Hydrogen and Helium
Gravity
Cooler temperatures
37
What were the first two elements created in the Universe?
Hydrogen and Carbon
Hydrogen and Oxygen
Helium and Oxygen
Hydrogen and Helium
38
Someone who thinks that science and faith answer different questions is in which category?
Contrast
Conflict
Convergence
39
Which of the following is NOT TRUE about nuclear fusion?
It involves fusing protons from 2 atoms together
It takes two hydrogen atoms and creates a helium atom
It does not contribute to the death of a star
It fuels stars
40
Where did the first prokaryotes develop?
In the ocean, near the surface
On the land, near tide pools
On the land, in rocky territory
In the ocean, at the bottom near heat vents
41
Which scientist lived in Egypt and came up with the geocentric model of the Universe?
Hubble
Galileo
Copernicus
Ptolemy
42
An exoplanet is
A life-sustaining planet
A rare planet
A planet outside of our solar system
An Earth-like planet
43
Which of the following is NOT an ingredient or Goldilocks Condition for Threshold 4: Earth?
Gravity, accretion, and random collisions
Planetesimals
Newly forming stars
Clouds of chemically rich matter
44
What is the 2nd threshold of Big History?
The Stars Light Up
New Chemical Elements
The Big Bang
Life
45
Why does it take a supernova to fuse elements heavier than iron?
Their nuclei are larger than those of iron and other atoms
None of the above
They are extremely rare
They have too many protons and need lots of energy to move
46
Which of the following is essential for life to emerge on Earth?
All of the options
The distance from the sun
The size of the planet
The iron core
47
In which of the following eons did snowball Earth occur?
Phanerozoic
Proterozoic
Archean
Hadean
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Gravity is not strong enough to hold these together
Stars
Superclusters
Clusters
Galaxies
