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Our solar system and earth formed approximately
2019 years ago
A few years ago
4.5 billion years ago
13.8 billion years ago
2
A small rocky celestial body left over from the formation of our solar system is
An exoplanet
An Asteroid
A Planet
A shooting star
3
Edwin Hubble used collective learning to discover
He discredited Galileo
The universe is collapsing
Red-shift, and the universe is expanding
Paradigm
4
What kind of reactions are happening in the core of the star?
Nuclear Proliferation
Nuclear Fusion
Nuclear Fission
Nuclear explosion
5
The study of our earth through rocks is
History
Archeology
Science
Geology
6
Scientific Notation is used to
A number with a lot of Zeros ex: 1,000,000,000,000
Write a scientific essay
Write notes in science class
Express large and small numbers to avoid using many zeros
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logic
can be defined as
A relatively new system of machine control
Illogical
Air logic, that is now used in many industries
Reasoned and reasonable judgment
8
A planet is
An exoplanet in the universe
Any celestial body that is in our solar system
Made of minerals and ice that shoot across the universe
A large celestial body that revolves around the sun
9
A mixture of gases surrounding a planet is
The rings surrounding a planet
Accretion
The orbit
An Atmosphere
10
Which two elements on the periodic table is Marie Curie credited with discovering?
Iron & Oxygen
Polonium & Radium
Zenon & Radon
Curium & Plutonium
11
Copernicus discredited Ptolomy, saying...
The Milky Way Galaxy is the center of the universe
The Sun was the center of the universe
Humans are the center of the universe
The Earth is the center of the universe
12
A supernova creates
Non-Metal elements
Heavier elements such as Gold
Elements up to Iron
The Noble Gases
13
Isaac Newton discovered
Physics
The universe is a spiral
one law of motion, and three laws of gravity
three laws of motion, and the theory of gravity
14
What are the Goldilocks Conditions for Life?
New Chemical Elements + Gravity/accretion
Flour + Oven
Complex chemical compounds + Energy
We can only speculate
15
Low Mass Stars can create elements up to
Oxygen
Iron
Potassium
Mercury
16
What pulled together hot dense matter at the beginning of the universe to create stars?
Chemistry
Force
Gravity
It just happened
17
What is this a picture of?
A nebula
The northern lights
The milky way galaxy
The sun
18
Your gut reaction to something is your
Claim Tester
Observation
Intuition
Parallax
19
History is...
the aggregate of past events
the aggregate of current events
The aggregate of Earth
The aggregate of Adams High School
20
Who devised the Periodic Table of Elements?
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dimitri Payet
Marie Curie
Dmitri Mendeleev
21
When stars move away from us their light waves become stretched, known as
red-shift
ROY G BIV-Shift
blue-shift
green-shift
22
How many 'mini-thresholds' are within the threshold of life, according to Big History?
2
8
4
6
23
The Earth's core is mostly made up of
Iron and Nickel
Aluminum and Silicon
Silver and Gold
Hydrogen and Helium
24
Origin stories begin as...
a fireside chat
video recordings
stories in books
oral tradition
25
When an object collects matter we call this
Continental Drift
Accretion
Accusation
Assumption
26
Ptolomy thought that
The Earth is the center of the universe
Humans are the center of the universe
The Sun is the center of the universe
The Milky Way Galaxy is the center of the universe
27
The ingredients that created the Goldilocks conditions for the big bang to occur are...
Gravity
We don't know
Sugar, spice, and everything nice
Energy
28
The formation of our Earth and Solar System is the
4th Threshold in Big History
1st Threshold in Big History
2nd Threshold in Big History
3rd Threshold in Big History
29
Which scientist discovered the relationship between brightness and the distance of a star
Mr. Hickey
Henrietta Leavitt
Galileo
Ptolomy
30
Galileo invented this object and proved Copernicus's theory of a sun centered solar system
telephone
telescope
telegraph
the tripod
31
Which of the following is NOT a claim tester
authority
evidence
intuition
archives
32
Life on Earth began
In the sky above the Earth
On the Earth's land crust
In the mountains
In the oceans near hydrothermal vents
33
a credible source or expert has
intuition
authority
claim testing
evidence
34
Before chemistry, scientists studied
Alchemy
Geology
Experiments
Chemistry
35
astrophysics studies
Properties and interactions of astronomical bodies
The way people move in space
The distance between the sun and Earth
Only our solar system
36
The Universe was hot and dense cooling off as it expanded is known as
Big History
Big Bang
Big Money
Big Lots
37
astronomy studies
celestial bodies and the universe as a whole
aliens invading planet Earth
Moving to other planets after a nuclear apocalypse
Deli meats (like pastrami)
38
When gases are trapped by the atmosphere and make Earth's climate warmer, we call this
Tropical Climate
Summer Season
Fake News
Greenhouse Effect
39
In between the Earth's crust and core is the
the Core
Lava
Mantle
Underground volcanoes
40
The science that studies living organisms is called?
Geology
Evolution
History
Biology
41
An origin Story is
About human life on earth
Narrative about the beginning of the Universe and humanity.
When the Earth began
is only about stars
42
Which is
NOT
one of the four characteristics of life?
Adaptation
Metabolism
Evolution
Reproduction
43
The imaginary sphere that surrounds Earth where life exists is called the
Lifesphere
Biosphere
Superdome
Biological super Earth
44
Specific set of conditions that enable greater complexity are known as
Goldilocks conditions
Harsh working conditions
Rapunzel conditions
Three bears conditions
45
This is a star that runs out of fuel and the core collapses to produce a ball of dense neutrons
A nebula
A Neutron Star
The Sun
A Galaxy Cluster
46
A star is born when
Helium and Hydrogen atoms fuse
A black hole creates a new star
Bradley Cooper meets Lady Gaga
Hydrogen protons fuse in a nebula cloud
47
The first geologic time period is known as the... (HINT: when everything was fire)
The Archaen Eon
The Hadean Eon
The Phanerozoic Eon
The Mesolithic Eon
48
After a supernova,
high mass stars
will NOT become which of the following
A White Dwarf
Return to Nebula
A Neutron Star
A Black Hole
49
Dark Matter and energy is
mysterious substance/force common throughout the Universe
Able to be harnessed for renewable energy
Is visible to a telescope
Something scientists completely understand
50
Hydrogen and Helium make up what percent of the galaxy?
98% of the galaxy
14% of the galaxy
2% of the galaxy
20% of the galaxy
