The Big Bang Theory is the leading explanation for how_______began.

Simply put, it says the universe as

we know it started with an infinitely ___ and _____ single point that inflated and stretched — first at
unimaginable speeds, and then at a more measurable rate — over the next ____ billion years to the still-
expanding cosmos that we know today.

Natural selection is the process through which populations of living organisms _____ and ______.

The idea of evolution has been around for centuries. In fact, it goes all the way back to the _____Greek
philosopher ______. However, evolution is most often associated with ___________. Darwin published
a book on _______ in 1859 titled On the  Origin of Species. In the book, Darwin stated the ______of
evolution by natural selection. He also presented a great deal of evidence that evolution occurs.

When cosmic inflation came to a sudden and still-mysterious end, the more classic descriptions of the
_______ took hold. A flood of matter and _______, known as "reheating," began populating our
universe with the stuff we know today: ______, ______, the stuff that would become _____ and ______
and so on.

Despite all the evidence Darwin presented, his theory was not __________ at first. Many people found it
hard to accept the idea that humans had evolved from an _____-like ancestor, and they saw evolution
as a challenge to their ______ beliefs.