Question 1

Relate the age of the universe to the Hubble constant.

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Question 2

Most of the deuterium formed right after the Big Bang

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A)   turned into dark matter.
B)   was found in the globular clusters.
C)   broke down into electrons and neutrons.
D)   quickly burned into helium nuclei.
E)   is still around today.

Question 3

After the decoupling, the universe was to radiation.

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Question 4

The discovery of the cosmic microwave background was important because

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A)   its detection was a major advance in microwave testing.
B)   it established a firm center of the universe.
C)   it proved that astronomy at radio wavelengths was possible.
D)   it showed the universe must be closed, with more than the critical density here.
E)   it was experimental verification of a prediction from the Big Bang theory.

Question 5

The cosmological principle is the ultimate extension of the Copernican principle to the entire universe, in that there is no center at all.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

If the value of H is doubled, it would also double the age of the universe.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

With a Hubble constant of 70 km/sec/Mpc, the critical density would be

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A)   3 × 10- 31 g/cc.
B)   9 × 10- 27 kg/m3.
C)   6.23 × 10- 23 g/mole.
D)   4 × 10- 36 g/cc.
E)   1.4 g/cc.

Question 8

The COBE data, combined with computer simulations, strongly supported the epoch, showing how ripples in the background radiation could collapse into galaxies over time.

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The answer of The COBE data, combined with computer simulations,...

Question 9

What role did Princeton astronomers play in the research on the Big Bang?

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Even before Bell Labs found it, they predicted the existence of the cosmic microwave background radiation.

Question 10

The redshift of the galaxies is correctly interpreted as

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A)   the differences in temperatures and star formation in old and young galaxies.
B)   a Doppler shift due to the random motions of galaxies in space.
C)   an aging of light as gravity weakens with time.
D)   space itself is expanding with time, so the photons are stretched while they travel through space.
E)   placing our Galaxy near the center of the Local Group.

Question 11

Deuterium abundance suggests that normal matter makes up only 3- 4% of the critical density.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

In the Big Bang, about 75% of the normal matter by mass was hydrogen atoms, and the other 25% almost entirely helium.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Why do population II stars contain almost nothing but hydrogen and helium?

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This first generation of stars must be made of the elements produced in primordial nucleosynthesis, which had time only to turn 25% of the hydrogen into helium.

Question 14

In the cosmological principle, we can easily test cosmic homogeneity with the redshift surveys, but isotropy cannot be so tested.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 15

The carbon in your DNA was fused in the first few minutes of the Big Bang.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Einstein's constant has been revived to help us explain dark energy.

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Question 17

Of normal matter, about 25% of it by mass is still primordial helium even today.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The radiation era lasted for only the first few billion years of the Big Bang.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Decoupling refers to the separation of matter and antimatter during inflation.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Like dark matter, dark energy will also retard the expansion of the universe.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 18: Cosmology: the Big Bang and the Fate of the Universe

Relate the age of the universe to the Hubble constant.

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Most of the deuterium formed right after the Big Bang

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After the decoupling, the universe was to radiation.

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The discovery of the cosmic microwave background was important because

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The cosmological principle is the ultimate extension of the Copernican principle to the entire universe, in that there is no center at all.

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If the value of H is doubled, it would also double the age of the universe.

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With a Hubble constant of 70 km/sec/Mpc, the critical density would be

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The COBE data, combined with computer simulations, strongly supported the epoch, showing how ripples in the background radiation could collapse into galaxies over time.

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What role did Princeton astronomers play in the research on the Big Bang?

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The redshift of the galaxies is correctly interpreted as

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Deuterium abundance suggests that normal matter makes up only 3- 4% of the critical density.

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In the Big Bang, about 75% of the normal matter by mass was hydrogen atoms, and the other 25% almost entirely helium.

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Why do population II stars contain almost nothing but hydrogen and helium?

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In the cosmological principle, we can easily test cosmic homogeneity with the redshift surveys, but isotropy cannot be so tested.

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The carbon in your DNA was fused in the first few minutes of the Big Bang.

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Einstein's constant has been revived to help us explain dark energy.

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Of normal matter, about 25% of it by mass is still primordial helium even today.

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The radiation era lasted for only the first few billion years of the Big Bang.

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Decoupling refers to the separation of matter and antimatter during inflation.

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Like dark matter, dark energy will also retard the expansion of the universe.

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