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Online reading assignment question: big bang tags (pre-instruction)

Astronomy 210 Reading Assignment 11, Fall Semester 2010
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA

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Wordle.net tag cloud for "big bang" (pre-instruction) generated by responses from Astronomy 210 students at Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA (http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/2749050/Untitled).

Students have a weekly online reading assignment (hosted by SurveyMonkey.com), where they answer questions based on reading their textbook, material covered in previous lectures, opinion questions, and/or asking (anonymous) questions or making (anonymous) comments. Full credit is given for completing the online reading assignment before next week's lecture, regardless if whether their answers are correct/incorrect. Selected results/questions/comments are addressed by the instructor at the start of the following lecture.

Write down five words that describe or are associated with the "big bang." Keep word phrases together with no spaces between them (e.g., "forexample, likethis, nospaces"). (Graded for completion.)

[Responses have been edited to consolidate related common subjects.]

Student responses
Sections 70158, 70160
huge, theory, nosound, dense, hot, theory
theory, formation, hot, dense, cooling, expansion
universe, theory, explosion, bang, longtimeago
explosion, expansion, matter, energy, darkmatter
explosion, creation, energy, mass, time
expansion, 14bya, highdensity, hightemperature, galaxies
Bible, theory, explosion, matter, Smurfberries
explosion, controversy, formationoflife, fromnothingtoeveryhting
Hubbletime, explosion, expansion, redshift, cosmicintensity
timezero, galaxies, universe, expansion, kaboom
expansion, galaxies, CMB, dense, hotgas
universe, creation, theory, explosion, stars
universe, created, random, howdidithappen, cool
theory, universe, explosion, atoms, go
bang, universe, gigantic, cold, compacted
bigexplosion, lotsofstars, lotsofgalaxies, lotsofplanets, lotsofgas
energy, expansion, gas, extremeheat, birth
Ihavenoideawhatitis
14bya, highdensity, hightemperature, historicalevent, occurredeverywhere, GeorgesLemaitre
explosion, theory, hot, atoms, universe, galaxies
Hubbletime, cosmic, microwave, background, radiation
big, bang, theory, science, old
TVshow, universe, primevalatom, galaxyclusters, darkmatter
theory, TVshow, Hubbletime, CMB, expansion
angrycreationists, scienceisgod, Ewoks
atoms, explosionstartinglife, universeborn, creationofmatter, creationoftime
escapevelocity, singularity, eventhorizon
bigexplosion, protostars, dust, gas, stardying
creationcommingtoanend
creation, new, abundance, explosion, bright
theory, big, bang, explosion, galaxies
theory, creationoftheuniverse
huge, dumb, opinion, horrible, Godbetter
explosion, chaotic, false, bright, huge
big, boom, bang, bomb, blastoffcreatinguniverse
big, bang, me+hat=superman
confusing, interesting, birthofEarth
false, explosion, fire, nodinos
bang, big, theory, happenedrandomly
beginning, spark, life, center, boom
big, collision, formation, life, truth?
nothingtosetitinmotionbesidesGod
evolution, explosion, birthofEarth, basicelements, suddenexistenceoflife
starttime, beginning, kaboom, large, expansion
hydrogen, stars, formation, huge, theory
expandinguniverse, highdensity, temperature, Hubble, CMB
formation, theory, hydrogen, explosion, light
creation, universe, start, huge, all
bigbang, theory, hardtograsp, wheredidtheycomeupwiththis?, interesting
universe, cosmicinflation, photons, redshift, radiation
galaxies, CMB, antimatter, redshift, hotgas
beginning, cosmologicaltheory, GeorgesLemaitre, redshift, particleaccelerators
kaboom, planetscolliding, explosion, fireworks, TVshow
highdensity, hightemperature, galaxies
bang, bang, bang, bang, bang
universe, shifts, galaxies, temperature, particles
hotanddense, expandedrapidly, 14bya, redshift, spiralnebula
theory, God, explosion, first, beginning
dinosaurs, Earth, meteor, destruction, extinction
beginning, truth, veryveryveryveryhot, universe, awesome
theory, universe, stars, explosion, planets
beginning, universe, formation, cosmologicaltheory, development
universe, start, creation, explosion, TVshow
nice, beautiful, universal, explosion, fireworks
atheism, bang, creation, advanced, explosion
nothing, explosion, expansion, dust, stars
beginning, universe, explosion, existence, theory
14bya, cosmicbackgroundradiation, hotdensegas, appearstobe2.7K, didnotoccuratasingleplace


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  1. Astronomy 210 Reading Assignment 11, Fall Semester 2010
    Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA

    Student responses (raw, unedited, unconsolidated)
    Sections 70158, 70160

    starttime, beginning, KABOOM!, large, expansion
    hydrogen,stars,formation , huge, theory
    expandinguniverse, highdensity, temperature, Hubble, cosmicmicrowave background
    formation,theory,hydrogen,explosions,light
    creation theuniverse start huge all
    bigbang, theory, hardtograsp, wheredidtheycomeupwiththis?, interesting
    universe cosmicinflation photons redshift radiation
    galaxies cosmicmicrowavebackground antimatter redshift hotgas
    thebeginning cosmologicaltheory georgeslemitre redshifts particleaccelerators
    Kaboom!, planetscolliding, explosion, fireworks, televisionshow.
    high-density, high-temperature, galaxies
    bangbangbangbangBANG
    universe, shifts, galaxies, temperature, particles
    hotanddense, expandedrapidly, 13.7billionyearsago, redshifts, spiralnebula.
    theory god explosion firstday beginning
    dinosaurs, earth, meteor, destruction, extinction.
    beginning, truth, veryveryveryveryhot, universe, awesome
    theroy, universe, stars, exploded, planets
    beginning, universe, formation, cosmologicaltheory, developement
    universe, start, creation, explosion, tvshow
    nice, beautiful, universal, explosion, firework,
    atheism bang creation advanced explosive
    nothingexplosionexpansionduststars
    Beginninguniverseexplosionexistencetheory.
    14billonyearsago, CMB, hotdensegas, appearstobe2.7K, didnotoccuratasingleplace
    hugetheorynosounddensehottheory
    Theory, formationofuniverse, hotanddense, cooling, expanding
    universetheoryexplosionbanglongtimeago
    explosion, expansion, matter, energy, dark matter
    explosion, creation, energy, mass, time
    Expansionoftheuniverse, 14billionyearsago, highdensity, hightemperature, galaxies
    bible,theory,explosions,matter,smurfberries
    explosion,controversy,formationoflife,fromnothingtoeveryhting
    hubbletime, explosion, expand, redshift, cosmicintensity
    timezero, galaxies, universe, expansion, Ka-Boom
    Expanding universe, galaxies, cosmic microwave background, dense hot gas
    universe creation theory explosion stars
    universe, created, random, howdidithappen, cool
    theory, universe, explosion, atoms, GO
    banguniversegiganticoldcompacted
    bigexplosion, lotsofstars, lotsofgalaxies, lotsofplanets, lotsofgas
    Energy, Expansion, gas, extremeheat, birth
    ihavenoideawhatitis
    14billionyearsago, highdensityandtemperature, historicalevent, occurredeverywhere, GeorgesLemaitre
    explosiontheoryhotatomsuniversegalaxies
    hubbletime,cosmic, microwave, background, radiation.
    big, bang, theory, science, old
    The tv show,universe,primeval atom,galaxy clusters,Dark Matter
    theory, tvshow, hubbletime, cosmicmicrowavebackground, expansion
    angrycreationists, scienceisgod, ewoks
    atoms explosionstartinglife universeborn creationofmatter creationoftime
    escapevelocity, singularity, eventhorizon
    bigexplosion protostars dust&gas stardieing
    creationcommingtoanend
    creation, new, abundance, explosion, and brightness
    theory, big, bang, explosion, galaxies
    "theory"creationoftheuniverse
    Huge, dumb, opinion, horrible, Godbetter
    explosion chaotic false bright huge
    big,booming,banging,bomb,blastoff creating universe.
    big, bang, me+hat=superman
    confusing, interesting, birthoftheearth.....
    falseexplosionfirenodinos
    BANGbigtheoryhappenedrandomly
    BeginningSparkLifeCenterBOOM
    big, collision, formation, life, truth?
    nothing toset itinmotion besides god
    evolution, explosion, beginningofearth, basicelements, suddenexistenceoflife

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