ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE, SOLAR SYSTEM, AND EARTH

Question 1

Also known as the “The Divine Theory”

Answer 1

The Creation

Question 2

It describes that there are 3 Hindu Gods who created the universe which is an
oscillating universe.

Answer 2

Rig Veda

Question 3

all things have existed in some way from the beginning,
but originally, they existed in infinitesimally small fragments of themselves, endless
in number and inextricably combined throughout the universe.

Answer 3

Anaxagoras Philosophy

Question 4

According to the Greek philosophers Leucippus and Democritus that the universe
is made up of tiny, indivisible and indestructible atoms.

Answer 4

Atomic Universe

Question 5

the Earth is the center of the

universe. Geo means Earth and Centric means center.

Answer 5

Geocentric Universe

Question 6

which means that the Sun is the

center of the universe.

Answer 6

Heliocentric Universe

Question 7

Sir Isaac Newton, universe is static, steady-state and infinite
universe.

Answer 7

Newton’s View of Universe

Question 8

Rene Descartes proposed a vortex model of a universe with many of the
characteristics of Newton’s static and infinite universe, This model involved a
system of huge swirling of whirlpools of fine matter, producing a gravitational
effects.

Answer 8

Cartesian Vortex Model

Question 9

Albert Einstein proposed that the universe is neither expanding nor contracting.

Answer 9

Einstein Steady-State Model

Question 10

This theory is not an explosion but rather
an expansion of a “pure energy” or the
“singularity” compressed in a single
point.

Answer 10

The Big Bang Theory

Question 11

Belgian Roman Catholic priest proposed

in 1927 the Big Bang theory.

Answer 11

Georges Edouard Lemaitre,

Question 12

An American astronomer, _______ discovered important evidence
that later helped astronomers to develop the big bang theory.

Answer 12

Edwin

Hubble,

Question 13

states that

the farther away a galaxy is, the faster it is moving away from us.

Answer 13

Hubble’s law

Question 14

The universe continues to expand
and to collapse; “big bang” & “big crunch”.
This theory states that a universe was
started from a pure energy or singularity
which later on expanded and then
collapse.

Answer 14

Oscillating Theory

Question 15

This theory sees the universe as just one of the many “bubbles” that
grew as a part of a multiverse.

Answer 15

Multiverse