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Review of #BigHistory concepts for Unit 2 and Unit 3 #BHP
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___________________ is the study of past events.
Cosmology
Biology
History
Astronomy
2
Which scientist provided Hubble with evidence to figure out if some stars were moving away?
Isaac Newton
Ptolemy
Henrietta Leavitt
Nicolas Copernicus
3
___ is a method of expressing very large and very small numbers
Supernumerativity
Spectrocsopy
Scientific Notation
Multiplication
4
What does the Hubble telescope do?
is aimed at our Moon and documents meteoroid impacts.
collects photographs of stars in distant galaxies to help
studies our Solar System.
studies Earth and its climate.
5
What protects the Earth from the Sun’s high-energy light and subatomic particles?
Earth’s atmosphere
Neither
Earth’s magnetic field
Both
6
Supernovae play an important role in the BHP narrative of increasing complexity because they…
Are the only stars to form carbon and oxygen
Run out of hydrogen so slowly
Eventually become dwarf stars
Are hot enough to forge elements heavier than iron
7
Which of these statements about the Scientific Revolution in Europe is accurate?
Scientists questioned traditional beliefs about the universe
The existence of natural laws was rejected
The Bible was used to justify new scientific findings
New ideas supported the geocentric theory of Ptolemy
8
All origin stories are based on real people and events.
True
False
9
What is luminosity?
A green star
A telescope that looks at stars
A very, very bright star
how much energy a star is actually giving off
10
Which is a strategy used to decide whether a story or concept should or shouldn't be “trusted”?
creating an origin story
making claims
guessing
claim testing
11
The two most abundant elements in the Solar System are…
Calcium and iron
Hydrogen and helium
Helium and iron
Hydrogen and calcium
12
How far is the Earth from the Sun?
15 billion kilometers
15 million kilometers
1 million kilometers
150 million kilometers
13
Low mass stars can produce chemical elements up to ___________ on the periodic table.
Geranium
Uranium
Oxygen
Delphinium
14
Why did most origin stories begin as oral tradition?
Origin stories did not begin as oral tradition.
All origin stories were written.
All origin stories were traditionally sung
Most were created before the invention of writing
15
What is the solar wind?
The flow of charged particles from the Milky Way
It is the force that pushes the clouds across the sky.
The light that reaches Earth from the Sun.
a stream of subatomic particles moving away from the Sun
16
Arriving at a conclusion based upon the credibility of a source is an example of using
intuition
Evidence
Logic
authority
17
According to David Christian, “complex” things in the universe
R defined by emrgent properties & precise arangment of parts
Are more widespread than simple things in the universe
Require less work /energy to construct than simple things do
Have very few bits & pieces, with little variety among them
18
When you decide to believe a claim based on information you can observe & verify, you are using
Logic
Intuition
Evidence
Authority
19
Why is the 1769 transit of Venus so important to our current understanding of the Universe?
it caused a full eclipse of the Sun.
It helped us calculate Earth’s distance to the Sun.
It helped us figure out the size of Venus compared to theSun
A. The transit was the first time Venus was identified.
20
Supernovae can produce new chemical elements up to ___________ on the periodic table
Helium
Uranium
Stalagmite
Kryptonite
21
source material for BH draws from many ___, such as biology, chemistry, physics, & archaeology.
maladies
disciplines
claim testers
sciences
22
_______________________ is the fundamental force of attraction between bodies of mass.
Electromagnetism
The atom
Magnetism
Gravity
23
How are high and low mass stars different when looking at their life after the main sequence?
Low mass stars undergo a less violent supernova explosion
High mass stars become white dwarves more quickly
Low mass stars are likely to live millions of years longer
Only high mass stars lose a % of their mass as they burn
24
The theory that the Universe is expanding is supported by the _______________________
radioactive decay occurring in the Sun
redshift of light from distant galaxies
nuclear fusion occurring in the Sun
blueshift of light from distant galaxies
25
What type of reaction is happening in the core of a star?
Nuclear fission
Nuclear fusion
Nuclear accretion
Nuclear salation
26
What type of reaction is happening in the core of a star?
Nuclear fission
Nuclear accretion
Nuclear salation
Nuclear fusion
27
What is a property of all galaxies?
All galaxies rotate around a central star
All galaxies are the same size
All galaxies have a spiral shape
All galaxies contain a large number of stars
28
Before the telescope, what did astronomers use to try to determine astronomical distances?
Parallax
Spectrascopes
Copernicopias
Sextants
29
How much longer will the Sun continue to burn its fuel?
A. another 5 billion years
another 1000 years
another 1 million years
another 500 million years
30
What distance is the astronomical unit based upon?
The distance of the Sun from the Earth.
The distance of the Moon from the Earth.
The diameter of the Earth.
The diameter of our Solar System.
31
_____ is throughout the Universe. We
can
view its interaction with gravity, but
not
with light
Dark Energy
Dark Matter
Dark Space
Dark Shadow
32
Why is the formation of stars an important threshold in Big History?
Stars rid the Universe of dark matter.
Stars exploded in the Big Bang.
Stars create the “hot spots” needed for more complexity.
Stars created cosmic microwave background radiation.
33
When scholars make conjectures, they are:
asking questions to guide their research
gathering and analyzing information.
posing a theory supported by evidence.
making a thoughtful guess or hypothesis
34
In Big History, “thresholds " refer to…
Times when large number of species died off abruptly
"just right" conditions which bring about mor complex things
When something entirely new & more complex develops
the tools used to measure time, space and size
35
When ingredients under the right Conditions are transformed to create something more complex
claim testers
thresholds of increasing complexity
A. collective learning
A. Porridge clarifiers
36
___refers to the degrees of magnification or perspective used to measure time, space, and size
Goldilocks Conditions
threshold
Complexity
Scale
37
The fusion of hydrogen to helium is a reaction that commonly occurs in…
Earth’s outer core of molten iron
The ionosphere and thermosphere
A comet’s tail of ionized gases
The Sun and other typical stars
38
What is the primary way we classify stars?
Stars are arranged by their degree of color.
Stars are arranged by size.
Stars are arranged by temperature.
Stars are arranged by distance from Earth.
39
What are the ingredients and Goldilocks Conditions for Threshold 1: The Big Bang?
Time and space + energy and matter
Stars + gravity
We don’t know + we don’t know
New chemical elements + gravity and accretion
40
Dmitri Mendeleev was mainly known for coming up with
nuclear fusion
the Big Bang theory
star theory
the periodic table of elements
41
According to the standard model of Big Bang cosmology, the Universe is approximately how old?
4.54 billion years
550 million years
3.76 billion years
13.8 billion years
42
According to the standard model of Big Bang cosmology, how many years old is the Universe?
1.37 x 1011
1.37 x 1010
1.37 x 108
1.37 x 109
43
For which of the following Big History topics would an astrophysicist serve as an authority?
Origin stories of different cultures
How life on Earth has diversified
Theories on the formation of the Universe
Fossil records
44
Stars begin their life cycle in…
A nebula
A supernova
A black hole
A nova
45
A spectrum is the result of dividing light into individual colors or wavelengths
Awwwww YEAH!
NOOOOO it ain't!
46
The theory that the universe is expanding is supported by the…
Nuclear fusion occurring in the Sun
Radioactive decay occurring in the Sun
Red shift of light from distant galaxies
Blue shift of light from distant galaxies
47
What is parallax?
a graphic disturbance
2 lines that have the same distance between them
To become less tense or anxious
method to measure something far away by viewing from 2angles
