7. The Earth is… (0.5 pt) a. 2.5 billion years old. b. 6000 years old. c. 4.5 bi

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7. The Earth is… (0.5 pt)

a. 2.5 billion years old.

b. 6000 years old.

c. 4.5 billion years old.

d. 8 million years old.

8. The Universe is approximately… (0.5 pt)

a. 14 billion years old.

b. 4.5 billion years old.

c. 30 billion years old.

d. 2.5 gazillion years old.

9. The scientist who developed and introduced the concept of the Big Bang was… (0.5 pt)

a. Albert Einstein in 1915.

b. Georges Lemaître in 1927.

c. Edwin Hubble in 1929.

d. Sheldon Cooper in 2007.

10. The scientist who introduced the concept of the Big Bang was also a… (0.5 pt)

a. Jewish refugee who fled Nazi-invaded Europe.

b. Catholic Priest.

c. Basketball Coach.

d. Character on “The Big Bang Theory”.

Explanation / Answer

7)B.4.5 Billion years old

The age of Earth is approximately 4.54 billion years old this is based on te evidence from radiometric age dating of meteorite

8)A 14 Billion years old

The current measurement of the age of the universe is 14 Billion years old within the Lambda-CDM concordance model

9)C. Georges Lemaître in 1927

He is Belgian Catholic priest proposed an expanding model for the universe to explain the observed redshifts of spiral nebulae and calculated the Hubble law

10)B. Catholic priest

Georges Lemaître  is Belgian Catholic priest

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