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

Astronomy 210 Reading Assignment 13, Fall Semester 2010
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA

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Wordle.net tag cloud for "big bang" (post-instruction) generated by responses from Astronomy 210 students at Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA (http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/2749023/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
boom, hot, fast, confusing, isawithappen
huge, new, theory, interesting, stars
beginning, dust, starclusters, galaxies
bigbang, expansion, birthofuniverse, confusing, epic
redshifts antimatter matter CMB nucleosynthesis
finitespeedoflight Hubbletime bigbang CMB noceilings
rapidexpansion redshifts particleaccelerators GeorgeLemaitre
theory
expansion, antimatter, annihilation, nucleosynthesis, reionization
universe start boom show theory
wowzers poof universe life stardust
space, elements, newelements, populationI, populationII
theory TVshow explosion planets God theory religion
explosion, formation, Earth, space, blast
beginning, hot, quick, expansion, awesome
stars, gravity, planets, hydrogen, lightwall
expansion, galaxies, CMB, Hubbletime, antimatter
nobang, backintime, TVshow
lookbacktime, finite, composition, nothing, purehydrogen
annihilation hydrogen reionization nucleosynthesis atoms
expansion, beginning, hot, dense, 14bya
theory, universe, formation, Olbersquestion, Hubbleslaw
beginning CMB expansion deuterium
hot, dense, rapid, expansion, 14bya, hypothesis
matter, mass, energy, rapid, expansion, antimatter
bigbang, Hubbletime, CMB, antimatter, boom
birth, universe
hypothesis, hardtoargueagainst, formationofeverything, hydrogen
expansion, Hubbleslaw, beginning, CMB, lookbacktime
expansion, universe, galaxies, starformation, hot dense
expansion hot dense CMB matter antimatter
beginning, universe, lookbacktime, reionization, stars
bigbang, crazy, dust, space, sweet!
bigbang stars blastoff
starsform, nucleosynthesis, planets, sun, Earth, moon
expansion, gas, dust, infinite, light
beginning spacetime
beginning universe
matter antimatter space gravity energy
explosion, theory, universe, expansion, years
theory, expansion, time, heat, lookbacktime
finite, redshifts, velocity, CMB, expansion
beginning start infinite energy universe
supernova galaxy solarsystem stars
ThomasErak, explosion, theory, TVshow, truth
huge loud dark manystars
expansion, explosion, redshifts, timecurve, lookbacktime
expansion, CMB, lithium, hydrogen, CalvinandHobbes
big, bang, theory, light, expansion
bigbang freakingawesome
nobang expansion theory 14bya matter
time, space, distant, light, spreading
loud, bright, big, bang, me
beginning, 14bya, CMB, fusionsoup, TVshow
1929thebigcrash explosion physics stringtheory evolution
warm, dense, kaboom, universe, matter
bomb, rocksflyinginspace
start, life, mass, TVshow, space
loud, prettycolors, chemicalsreacting, incomprehensible, space
delicious, ultimate, tasty, bigbang
boom, beginning, expansion, belief, power


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  1. Astronomy 210 Reading Assignment 13, Fall Semester 2010
    Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA

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

    kaboom, hotstuff, kindafast, confusing, isawithappen
    huge, new, theory, interesting, stars
    begining,dust,starclusters,galaxies
    Bigbang, Expansion, Birthofuniverse, confusing, epic
    redshift antimatter matter cosmicmicrowavebackground nucleosynthesis
    finitespeedoflight hubbletime bigbang cosmicmicrowavebackground noceilings
    rapidexpansion redshifts particleaccelerators georgelemaitre cosmologicaltheory
    CosmicExpansion, Antimatter, Annihilation, Nucleosynthesis, Reionization
    universe start kaboom show theory
    wowzerspoofuniverselifestardust
    space,elements,newelements,population1,population2
    theory tvshow explosion planets god theory religion
    Explosion, formation, earth, space, blast.
    beginning, hot, quick, expansion, awesome
    stars,gravity,planets,hydrogen,lightw-wall
    expandinguniverse, galaxies, cosmicmicrowavebackground, hubbletime, antimatter
    notabang, backintime, tvshow
    lookbacktime, finite, composition, nothing, purehydrogen
    Annihilationhydrogenionizationnucleosynthesisatoms
    Expansion, beginning, hot, dense, 14billionyearsago
    theory, universe, formation, Olber'sQuestion, HubbleLaw
    beginning Cosmicmicrowavebackground expansion deuterium
    hot, dense, expandedrappidly, 13.7billionyearsago, hypothesis
    matter, mass, energy, hyper-expansion, antimatter
    Bigbang, Hubbletime. cosmicmicrowavebackground, antimatter, boom
    The Birth of the universe!
    yettobeproven hardtoargueagianst formationofeverything lotsofhydrogen
    Expansion, Hubble'sLaw, TheBeginning, CosmicMicrowaveBackground, Lookbacktime
    Expansion, Universe, Galaxies, Starformation, Hotdense
    Expansion hot dense cosmic microwave background matter antimatter
    beginning, universe, lookbacktime, reionization, stars
    bigbang, crazy, dust, sapce, sweet!
    big bang star blast off
    Starsform, gasescreated, planetsform, sunforms, earthforms, moonforms
    Expansion, gas, dust, infinity, light
    Begginingofallspaceandtime
    beginning ofthe universe
    matteranitmatterspacegravityenergy
    Explosion, theory, universe, expansion, years.
    theory, expansion, time, heat, lookback
    Finite, Redshifts, Velocity, Cosmic Microwave Background, Expansion
    beginning start infinite energy universe
    supernovagalaxysolarsystemstars
    ThomasErak,Explosion,Theory,TVShow,Truth
    hugelouddarkmanystars
    expanding, explosion, redshifts, timecurve, lookbacktime
    spaceexpanding, CMB, lithium, hydrogen, CalvinandHobbes
    big, bang, theory, light, expanding
    BigBangIsFreakingAwesome
    nobang expansion theory 14billionyearsago allmatter
    time, space, distant, light, spreading
    loud, bright, big, bang, me
    formationoftheuniverse, 13.7billionyearsago, cosmicmicrowavebackground, fusionsoup, tvshow
    1929thebigcrash Explosion physics stringtheory evolution
    warm, dense, kaboom, universe, matter
    bambrocksflyinginspace
    start, life, mass, tvshow, space
    reallyloud prettycolors chemicalsreacting noncomprehensible inspace
    deliciousultimatetastybigbang
    BOOMBeginningExpandinBeliefePower

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