- 1. What is the estimated age of the universe since the Big Bang?
A) 19.6 billion years
B) 5.2 billion years
C) 13.8 billion years
D) 8.9 billion years
- 2. Which scientist is credited with proposing the Big Bang theory?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Carl Sagan
C) Albert Einstein
D) Georges Lemaître
- 3. What was the universe like in the first few moments after the Big Bang?
A) Full of life
B) Extremely hot and dense
C) Completely dark
D) Cold and empty
- 4. What kind of radiation is considered the remnant of the Big Bang?
A) X-ray radiation
B) Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
C) Infrared radiation
D) Ultraviolet radiation
- 5. What was the only chemical element present in the universe immediately after the Big Bang?
A) Oxygen
B) Helium
C) Carbon
D) Hydrogen
- 6. What term describes the rapid expansion of the universe in the first moments after the Big Bang?
A) Rapid Stretch
B) Boom Effect
C) Expansion Burst
D) Inflation
- 7. How did the universe evolve from a hot, dense state to its current form?
A) Expanding and cooling
B) Contracting and heating
C) Collapsing into a singularity
D) Remaining constant in temperature
- 8. What is the name for the theoretical point where the density and temperature of the universe were infinite?
A) Cosmic Apex
B) Infinite Point
C) Ethereal Nexus
D) Singularity
- 9. Which region of the cosmic microwave background radiation is thought to provide evidence for the theory of cosmic inflation?
A) Temperature fluctuations
B) Cosmic rays
C) Radiation anomalies
D) Anisotropies
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