Lesson 1 - Big Bang Theory Flashcards

1
Q

It is a cosmological model explaining how the universe began.

A

Big Bang Theory

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2
Q

When was the estimate time of the Big Bang Theory?

A

13.8 billion years ago

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3
Q

How did Big Bang Theory started?

A

“singularity”—an area predicted to be in the core of a black hole with very high temperature and density.

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4
Q

He suggested the idea of the expanding universe and the first proponent of Big Bang Theory

A

Georges Lemaître

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5
Q

He established the Hubble’s law which provided an evidence that the universe was not static but expanding

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Edwin Powell Hubble

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6
Q

They discovered that microwaves with wavelengths of about 7 centimeters were present in space.

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Arno Penzias, and Robert Wilson

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7
Q

Drawbacks of Big Bang.

A

It failed to explain how the universe was created

It just explains how it evolve and not where it originated.

It also failed to explain how the galaxies formed.

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