Origin and Structure of the Earth Quiz

______ barked

The ______ meowed

Origin and Structure of the Earth Topic Universe and Solar System Origin and Structure of the _____

Age of the universe: 13.7 billion ______

Diameter of the observable universe: at least 93 billion light ______

Georges Lemaitre Formulated the BIG BANG ______

Arno Penzias & Robert Wilson Detected the Cosmic Microwave Background Evidence suggest that this is leftover radiation from the energy of the Big Bang Big Bang ______

Big Bang Theory The best supported ______ of our universe’s origin

Steady State Theory Suggest that the universe is unchanging and has no ______ or end

Origin of the Solar System The Solar System The gravitationally bound system of the sun and the objects that ______ it

Terrestrial Planets consist of Mercury, Venus, Earth, ______

Jovian Planets consist of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, ______

Geocentric Model Proposed by Claudius Ptolemy The earth is at the center of the cosmos or universe, and the planets, the sun and the moon, and the stars circles ______ it

Heliocentric Model Developed by Nicolaus Copernicus An astronomical model in which the Earth and planets move ______ the Sun

The Nebular Hypothesis suggest that the solar system formed from a spinning cloud of gas and dust known as the ______