Understanding the Origin of the Universe Flashcards

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What are the 3 origins of the universe?

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  • Scientific Belief
  • Philosophical Belief
  • Creationism Belief
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In this belief, it is said that the universe was born with a Big Bang as an unimaginably hot, dense point.

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Scientific Belief

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When the universe was just 10 - 34 of a second or so old, it experienced an incredible burst of expansion called?

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Inflation

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In this belief, everything is based on what we think of

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Philosophical Belief

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What were the elements that were born during the Big Bang Nucleosynthesis?

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  • Protons
  • Neutrons
  • Electrons
  • Anti - electrons
  • Photons
  • Neutrinos
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This is an isotope of hydrogen

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Deuterium

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This is an unimaginably hot, dense point

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Singularity

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This is the ultimate source of truth

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mind

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During 3 minutes of the universe, the light elements were born during a process known as?

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Big Bang Nucleosynthesis

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This is the religious belief that the universe and life itself originated from specific acts of divine creation.

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Creationism Belief

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This derives from natural observations of the Universe and life

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Evolution

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This certain creationist usually base their belief on a literal reading of the Genesis creation narrative.

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Fundamentalist creationist

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This creationist believe that evolution cannot adequately account for the history, diversity, and complexity of life on Earth.

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Literalist creationist

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