Question

Complete the paragraph with the correct transitional words.

Before the Big Bang, there was no matter in the universe. It was a dense, hot, soupy mixture. Scientists call this stuff quark-gluon plasma, or quark soup in layman’s terms. A , this plasma cooled and gave rise to the first atoms, mostly helium and hydrogen. B , the first stars and galaxies formed. C , scientists still do not have conclusive evidence of how the first stars and galaxies in the universe came into being.


Is A Moreover, Eventually OR Meanwhile

Is B Then Lastly OR Besides

Is C Furthermore however OR To conclude

Answer 1

The correct answers are:

A: Eventually

• Eventually means "in the course of time." So after a long period of time, the plasma reduced its temperature and atoms were created.

B: Then

• In this case, the meaning of then is "consequently." Atoms appeared, so the first stars and galaxies formed.

C: However

• However introduces a contrast to what has been said previously. Even though scientists know about how atoms formed, they do know how the first stars and galaxies originated.