The Big Bang Questions

thermometer

A student was doing an experiment that measured differences in temperature as they increased in altitude. What tool would he use?

gravity

According to the solar nebular theory, what force condensed the large cloud of gas that then began the formation of our solar system?

It is the combining of atoms to form a new atom.

Describe 'fusion'.

Red shift and Cosmic Background Radiation

Name 2 pieces of evidence that support the theory that our universe is still expanding.

filter paper, stopwatch, water

Two students were measuring how long it took for water to filter through three different substances. What materials would they need?

electron

What are the negatively charged particle located on the outside an atom?

neutrons

What are the particles with no charge inside an atom's nucleus?

protons

What are the positively charged particles inside an atom's nucleus?

It creates a red shift

What happens when light from distant galaxies is stretched out? (Hint: "galaxies are moving away from each other")

Doppler effect

What is a change in the frequency of a wave caused by motion of the source or the observer?

A blue shift

What is the shift created when light from distant galaxies is pushed together (objects are moving toward each other)

Big Bang Theory

What is the theory that states that approximately 14 billion years ago a hot, dense singularity exploded and expanded and formed the universe?

fusion

What process caused other elements to form?

Triple beam balance or scale

What tool would you use if you were measuring the mass of an object ?

graduated cylinder; water displacement

What tool would you use to find the volume of an irregular solid ? What is this process called?

Hydrogen and Helium

What were the elements first produced by the big bang explosion?