Discuss each question with your team. Be prepared to explain the reasoning behind your team's answers after the quiz.

  1. When did galaxies first form in our universe?
    • 100,000 years
    • 1 million years
    • 10 million years
    • 1 billion years
    • 10 billion years
  2. In cosmology, what problem does the theory of inflation solve?
    • the Horizon Problem
    • the Flatness Problem
    • Olber’s Paradox
    • the Big Bang Problem
    • the String Problem
  3. Which of the following are evidence for Dark Matter?
    • super massive black holes at the center of galaxies
    • dark lanes in galaxies
    • rotation curves of galaxies
    • gravitational lensing around the Sun
  4. Mergers between irregular galaxies form spiral galaxies.
    • True
    • False
  5. What is our cosmic address?
    • Earth, Inner Solar System, Orion Nebula, Milky Way, Local Group
    • Earth, Solar Nebula, Local Cluster, Milkyway Galaxy, Virgo Group
    • Earth, Solar System, Local star cluster, Persius Arm, Milky Way, Laniakea Super Cluster 
    • Earth, Solar System, Milkyway Galaxy, Local Group, Virgo Cluster, Laniakea Super Cluster
    • Earth, Sol system, Local Cluster, Milky Way, Virgo Group