Origin and Structure of The Earth

Question 1

Big Bang Theory

Answer 1

• Alexander Friedman
• George Lemaitre

Due to a random fluctuation.

Question 2

Inflation Theory

Answer 2

Exponential expansion of the universe prior to the more gradual big bang expansion.
•Flatness
•Monopole
•Horizon

Question 3

String Theory

Answer 3

String theory is a theoretical framework in which the point-like particles of particle physics are replaced by one-dimensional objects called strings. It describes how these strings propagate through space and interact with each other.

Question 4

M Theory

Answer 4

Result of a contact of 2 hyperdimensional branes

Question 5

Descartes Vortex Theory

Answer 5

whirlpool like motion

Question 6

Buffon’s Collision Theory

Answer 6

collision of the sun with a giant comet

Question 7

Kant-Laplace Nebular Hypothesis

Answer 7

a nebula begun to collapse bc of gravitational pull. as the cloud contracted it spins more rapidly.

Question 8

Jeans-Jeffrey’s Tidal Hypothesis

Answer 8

planets were formed from the substance that were torned out of the sun

Question 9

Inner Core

Answer 9

hottest part of earth

Question 10

Lithosphere

Answer 10

top part

made out of dense rock iron and nickel

Question 11

Asthenosphere

Answer 11

bottom part

plastic like fluid

Question 12

Oceanic Crust

Answer 12

71%

sedimentary and basalt rocks

Question 13

Continental Crust

Answer 13

29%

igneous rocks

Question 14

Ptolemy

Answer 14

Geocentric Model

Question 15

Nicolaus Copernicus

Answer 15

Heliocentric

Question 16

Galileo Galilei

Answer 16

named Jupiters moons

Question 17

Tycho Brahe

Answer 17

made careful observations

Question 18

Johannes Keppler

Answer 18

Laws of Planetary Motion