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True or false: The Big Bang theory is the prevailing cosmological description of the development of the universe.
True or false: The Big Bang theory is the prevailing cosmological description of the development of the universe.
True
True or false: The size of the entire universe is known.
True or false: The size of the entire universe is known.
False
True or false: Nicolaus Copernicus developed the heliocentric model with the Earth at the center.
True or false: Nicolaus Copernicus developed the heliocentric model with the Earth at the center.
False
True or false: Isaac Newton developed the law of universal gravitation.
True or false: Isaac Newton developed the law of universal gravitation.
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True or false: The observable universe is approximately 93 billion light-years in diameter at the present day.
True or false: The observable universe is approximately 93 billion light-years in diameter at the present day.
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True or false: The universe emerged 13.787±0.020 billion years ago according to the Big Bang theory.
True or false: The universe emerged 13.787±0.020 billion years ago according to the Big Bang theory.
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True or false: The observable universe is 93 billion light-years in diameter at the present day.
True or false: The observable universe is 93 billion light-years in diameter at the present day.
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True or false: Ancient Greek and Indian philosophers developed some of the earliest cosmological models of the universe, which were geocentric.
True or false: Ancient Greek and Indian philosophers developed some of the earliest cosmological models of the universe, which were geocentric.
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True or false: Nicolaus Copernicus developed the heliocentric model with the Sun at the center of the Solar System.
True or false: Nicolaus Copernicus developed the heliocentric model with the Sun at the center of the Solar System.
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True or false: Isaac Newton built upon Copernicus to develop the law of universal gravitation.
True or false: Isaac Newton built upon Copernicus to develop the law of universal gravitation.
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