Origin of the Universe

Question 1

How old is the universe?

Answer 1

13.8 Billion years

Question 2

How old is our solar system?

Answer 2

4.54 Billion Years

Question 3

What kind of species is “Lucy”? The first and the oldest human ancestor skeleton found

Answer 3

Australopethicus afarensis

Question 4

One of the books of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old testament which describes How God created the universe in a span of six days

Answer 4

Genesis

Question 5

A Hindu text which describes the universe as an infinitely oscillating universe in which a cosmic egg or Brabmada expands out of a single point called Bindu

Answer 5

Rigveda

Question 6

The philosopher who believed that the original state of the cosmos was a primordial mixture of all its ingredient, then eventually separated by a whirling motion ultimately producing the cosmos of separate material objects (primordial universe)

Answer 6

Anaxagoras

Question 7

Name of the Philosophers who believed in an atomic universe composed of tiny, inseperable, and indestructible atoms.

Answer 7

Leucippus and Democritus

Question 8

Stoic philosophers of ancient Greek believed that the universe is like a giant living body with the __________ as the most important parts

Answer 8

Sun and stars

Question 9

Describes that the universe is static, steady stare infinite, where matter is uniformly distributed and the universe is gravitationally balanced but unstable

Answer 9

Principia by Isaac Newton

Question 10

Rene Descartes outlined a model of the universe wherein it involved a system of huge swirling whirlpools of fine matter producing what would later be called as?

Answer 10

gravitational effect

Question 11

Assumed that the universe was static, dynamically stable, and is neither expanding nor contracting through his theory called “theory of relativity”

Answer 11

Albert Einstein

Question 12

He proved that the universe was not static through light emissions (color spectrum)

Answer 12

Edwin Hubble

Question 13

The mainstream explanation of how the universe was created which describes that the universe as originating from an infinitely tiny and dense point or singularity

Answer 13

The Big Bang Theory

Question 14

What did Alexander Friedman and Georges Lamaitre contributed in 1920?

Answer 14

They conceptualize the theory of the Big Bang

Question 15

Followed the general theory of relativity equations of the universe with positive curvature resulting to the universe expanding and then contracting due to pull of its gravity in a perpetual cycle of Big Bang followed by the Big Crunch.

Answer 15

Oscillating Universe

Question 16

Predicts that a universe that expanded but did not change density; matter was inserted into the universe as it expanded in order to maintain a constant density

Answer 16

Steady state Theory

Question 17

A theory that sees our universe as just one of the many “bubbles” that grew as part of a multiverse in 1983

Answer 17

Inflation Theory

Question 18

Has 11 dimensions and gives us the notion of multiverse/parallel universe

Answer 18

String Theory

Question 19

Representation of an idea, an object, or even process that is used to describe and explain a phenomenon

Answer 19

Model

Question 20

A model by Claudius Ptomely in which he explains that the Earth is at the center of our solar system

Answer 20

Geocentric Model

Question 21

A model by Nicolas Copernicus in which he explains that the sun is the center of our solar system

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Heliocentric Model

Question 22

Earliest known period, also known as “Planck Era”, of our Universe where all matter was condensed on a single point of infinite density and extreme heat.

Answer 22

Singularity Era

Question 23

Era wherein the single atomic nucleus sized particle expanded to 10^35 meters in width

Answer 23

Inflationary Era

Question 24

Era where our Universe’s Fundamental particles and energy was made up (quarks, electrons, protons and nuetrons)

Answer 24

Formation of the Universe Era

Question 25

Stage where protons and neutrons started to combine to form hydrogen nuclei

Answer 25

Formation of the Basic elements

Question 26

pairs of Hydrogen nuclei from helium nuclei

Answer 26

Nucleosynthesis

Question 27

Era where energy was in the form of radiation (wavelengths) / Cosmic background readiation

Answer 27

Radiation Era

Question 28

Era where atoms/ matter began to dominate our universe and electrons joined with hydrogen and helium nuclei to make small neutral atoms

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Matter Domination Era

Question 29

Era wherein nebulas began to condensed, cause by irregular areas of Gas cloud gravity, and gained enough mass to produce light

Answer 29

Birth of stars and Galaxies

Question 30

What are the 4 fundamental forces of our universe?

Answer 30

Matter particles/ Gravity, Force carrying particles/ strong nuclear force, Weak nuclear force, and Electromagnetic force

Question 31

They discovered the presence of cosmic microwave background and speculated to be the remnant energy left over from the universe’s creation

Answer 31

Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson

Question 32

The first telescope to be sent to a mission to capture and observe the observable universe just outside of Earth’s atmosphere

Answer 32

Hubble Space Telescope