Which One of the Following Statements Concerning the Standard Cosmological

question 16

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following statements concerning the standard cosmological model is false?

• A)Shortly after the Big Bang, all of the fundamental forces behaved as a single force.
• B)About 0.5 million years after the Big Bang, hydrogen and helium atoms began to form.
• C)The first distinguishable particles in existence after the Big Bang were quarks and leptons.
• D)The Grand Unified Theory describes the universe immediately before and shortly after the Big Bang.
• E)At 10^-43 s after the Big Bang, the gravitational force was distinguishable from the other fundamental forces.

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