Astronomy college course/Chasing Pluto/in-class contributions/John Tyler (1841-1845)

Big bang

1 The Big Bang Theory explains

	The formation of solar systems
	The end of the universe
	How stars die
	How stars are born
	Hubbles Law

2 The theory of relativity happened in what century?

	17th century
	18th century
	19th century
	20th century
	21th century

3 Approximately how old is the universe?

	44 billion years
	34 billion years
	24 billion years
	14 billion years
	4 billion years

4 The Steady State theory also involves an expanding universe, except that it does not call for a universe with a beginning.

	true
	false

5 The Steady State theory also involves a beginning of the universe, except that it assumes that the universe is collapsing.

	true
	false

Planetary science

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1 A shield volcano consists of

	argon
	sediment
	iron
	magma

2 The largest volcano on Mars has the name

	Olympus
	Mauna Lou
	Europa
	answer
	answer

Stellar evolution

1 Stellar evolution is the process by which the ratio of Type-1 and Type-2 stars has changed since the big bang.

	true
	false

2 Stellar evolution is the process by which a star changes during its lifetime.

	true
	false

3 Most stars more massive than the Sun end their lives as Supernovae. copied verbatum

	true
	false

4 A black hole is defined as any object that absorbs all the light that strikes it

	true
	false

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