Big Bang Flashcards

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1
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When did evrything first begin to appear (eath)

A

13.8 billion years ago

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2
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What is then name given to the massive explosion that started the universe

A

The Big bang

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3
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What happened in the first 3 minutes after the big bang

A

Protons and nuetrons formed

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4
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What did protons and neutrons combined to form (big bang)

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Hydrogen,helium and lithium nuclei

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5
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What building blocks of life weren’t able to form after the big bang

A

Atoms

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6
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After how many years did the universe cool down

A

400 thousand years after the big bang

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7
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What type of radiation exsisted 400 thousand years ago

A

Cosmic microwave background radiation

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8
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After 9 billion years what formed

A

The solar system

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9
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What came from the solar system being created

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Gravity,the sun,planets and asteroids and comets

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10
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How many years after the big bang did humans first appear

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13.698

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11
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What do some scientist believe will happen near the big crunch

A

That the universe may slow down,it my stop expanding and that the universe may collapse on its self

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12
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What is the 1st planet in our solar system

A

Mercury

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13
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The 2nd planet in our solar system

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Venus

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14
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The 3rd planet

A

Earth

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15
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The 4th

A

Mars

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16
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The 5th

A

Jupiter

17
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The 6th

A

Saturn

18
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The 7th

A

Uranus

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The 8th

A

Neptune

20
Q

What did people in india believe the world was being held up by

A

12 pillars

21
Q

What model has the earth in the middle

A

Geocentric model

22
Q

What is the retrograde motion

A

Where planets appear to go backwards

23
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What was the later and better model that was found (the model for all the planets with the sun in the middle)

A

The heliocentric model

24
Q

What does geocentric mean in greek

A

Earth at the centre

25
Q

What is the milky way doing

A

Moving away from us

26
Q

What do stars form in and what are they

A

A nebulae which are huge cloudsvof gas an dust

27
Q

Do stars last forever

A

No they don’t it mostly depends on the star’s size as changes happen to it over time

28
Q

What happens to bigger and small stars

A

Big stars lose their fuel quickly while small stars lose their size over time slowly

29
Q

How long do bigger stars last for

A

for a few thousand years