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Big Bang Theroy

1) About how long ago did the big bang take place? around 13.7 billion years ago.

2) What is a black hole? A black hole is a star that exploded.

3) Does the universe continue to expand? yes, it does continue to expand that is why they say the universe is never ending so it will always expand.

4) Was there really a big bang? well, were all on the planet arent we?

5) What light elements seem to support the Big Bang Theory? the sun the moon thte stars the plants and everything in between.

10 things I learned in the youtube videos 1. the eye flap stuff is a evolutionary scar to him 2. it takes a while to find where your roots from a while ago 3. there are many ways the earth was created 4.the earth could have just been millions and millions of asteroids crashing together 5.there was many many particles in the universe


 * Time Keeps On Slippin’ Assignment**

Before we start to make our way through history, we need to get an understanding of time and how humans keep track of events that have happened throughout time. Read, watch, and listen to the following websites and answer the questions below. Once you finish this document post it in you Time section of your wiki and e-mail me your answers. Will be tested on the information below at a later date. Enjoy your time!

1) What is the current calendar most of the world uses / accepts? Explain who made it and why this is accepted. The **Gregorian calendar**it was introdused by Pope Gregory XIII

2) What is a leap year? A leap year happens every 4 years on febuary when there is one extra day in the month wich is the 29

3) List three other types of calendars used and how they set up their calendar (ex. Lunar). The Buddhist calendar, Armenian calendar, and the Chinese calendar

4) What is BC? Before Christ.

5) What is BCE? Before Common Era.

6) What is AD? Anno Domini

7) What is CE? Common Era

8) What is MYA? millions of years ago

9) According to the timeline site how many periods of when are there and list time.

10) What is an eon, epoch, era, and age?

11) List three ancient calendars

12) List two ancient clocks and how they worked.

13) What was a revolution of timekeeping?

14) What allows for standard more accurate clocks?

15) What are time zones?

16) What is the prime meridian?

17) If it’s 10:00 AM in Regina, what time is it in Toronto? London? Moscow? Tokyo? Hawaii?

18) What is Daylight Saving Time? Do we use this in Saskatchewan?

19) Is there a year zero? No, it went B.C. To A.D. or 1 to 1 20) Are we starting a new decade in 2010 or 2011?

21) What is linear time?

22) What is cyclical time?

Resources (there may be a couple of answers outside these sites but for the most part all the answers can be found at the sites below) [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] Bonus Question In What Steve Miller song does time ‘keep slippin’ into the future’?