11. Physical Science Flashcards
an explosion that hypothetically started/created the universe
big bang
a single unit of a few milimeters
singularity
4 formed elements after the big bang
matter time space energy
as the universe cools, protons and neutrons fuse to form heavily atomic nuclei
nucleosysnthesis
the 1st element
helium
2 eras
radiation and matter
era with abundance in radiation
radiation era
era with formulation of matter
matter era
epochs in the radiation era
planck, grand unifying, inflationary, electroweak, quark, hadron, electron, nuclear (p, g, i, e, q, h, e, n)
immediately afte the bigbang, temp of 10^40 K
Planck epoch
what are the superforces?
weak, electromagnetic, strong nuclear, gravity (w, e, s, g)
10^-43 secs after the bigbang
10^36K
Grand unification epoch
what broke away in the grand unification epoch?
gravity
expansion of the universe
10^33k
10^-36 seconds after bigbang
inflationary epoch
10^20 k
10^-32 seconds
superforces split off
electroweak epoch
10^16k
20^-12 seconds after bigbang
formation of particles (quarks) that will create the subatomic particles
quark epoch
10^10k
10^4 secs after bigbang
universe cooled down enough for quarks to bind, therefore making the subatomic particles
hadron epoch
10k
100 secs after bigbang
nuclear epoch
epochs in the matter era
atomic stellar galactic
atomic
formation of atoms
formation of stars
stellar
formation of galaxies
galactic
for the light elements ( h, he, li, be)
bigbang nucleosynthesis
heavier elements (B, to Fe 56)
stellar formation and evolution