Physical Science & Big Bang Theory

Physical Science

contains chemistry and physics

Matter

this has volume and mass

Mass

it is the composition

Weight

it’s influenced by the gravitational pull

atom

basic unit of matter

Sub-Particles

atom is made up of _____

Cosmology

body of science that studies the origin, evolution, and eventual fate of the universe

Religious / Mythological Cosmology

explains the origin of universe and life based on the religious beliefs of a specific tradition

Creatio ex nihilo

Religious / Mythological Cosmology AKA

Genesis

God creating the universe as written in the book of _______

Physical Cosmology

explains the origin of universe based on scientific insights, studies, and experiments

Nicolaus Copernicus’ Heliocentric nature of universe

Examples of Physical Cosmology:

Albert Einstein’s theory of relativitiy

expanding universe explained through

Big Bang Theory

The most widely accepted theory

Georges Lemaître

Big Bang Theory is by

13.8 billion years ago

in the Big Bang Theory, it describes how the universe started about ____ years ago

Expansion of the universe

In the Big Bang Theory, what started 13.8 billion years ago?

continues to move and expand

The Big Bang Theory states that the universe ____ to ____ and ____

Singularity

Big Bang Theory started as a ______ or a point containing all space, time, matter, and energy

Inflation

rapid yet peaceful process that the universe went through

cooled down

The universe ____ as it expanded