Fourth Interview Questions

I plan on interviewing Carol Hood, an assistant professor at Cal State San Bernardino (astronomy/physics). Her area of expertise is astronomy and physics.

1. What terms do I need to look up for my answers?
2. What are some key concepts I need to focus on in my answers?
3. Is there any history I need to look up to support my answers?
4. Can you explain to me how the universe expands?
5. Why will it continue to expand?
6. What was the big rip?
7. Why did we believe in that theory?
8. What was the big crunch?
9. When did we find evidence about how it was wrong?
10. What is the geometry of the universe?
11. Can you explain the potential shapes the universe may have?
12. How does that affect our universe as a whole?
13. Are there any resources I should look up to help me find more evidence to support my answers?
14. How do you think I should approach my class when teaching my senior topic?
15. What visuals should I show to the class?
16. How can I apply this to real life situations?
17. How can I make my answers easy to understand for people who don’t know anything about my topic?
18. What kind of activities do you think will be appropriate for my class to do?
19. How did you teach your class these concepts?
20. What background information to I need to provide before I start talking about my answers?

Blog 19: Third Answer

• EQ: 
• How can the study of astronomy help us infer what might happen at the collapse of the universe?
• Answer #3 (Write in a complete sentence like a thesis statement)*
• The universe will collapse by having the universe expand so much and fast that every little particle will tear itself apart. (The Big Rip)
• 3 details to support the answer
• The universe's expansion's acceleration rate
• Dark energy being the main cause of it, making up 72% of our universe.
• Models show how it may happen
• The research source(s) to support your details and answer
• #41, #37, #32, #31, #29
• Concluding Sentence
• The universe will not end with a bang, but with a rip.