Astronomy Unit Test Review

The Big Bang Theory explains the formation of the

• Earth

• Sun

• Universe

• Solar System

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Right after the big bang, what happened to all the matter and energy?

• It spread out in all directions

• It evaporated

• It shot forward in a straight beam

• It oozed slowly along a flat plane

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What does the Big Bang Theory suggest?

• The universe was just there

• The Milky Way is the only solar system

• The universe is continually expanding

• The universe is continually contracting

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What is most likely to be found in a nebula?

• salt crystals
• planets
• gas clouds
• ateroids

Most scientists believe the Big Bang Theory explains which of the following questions?

• How our planets and moons formed

• How our universe began

• How the sun turns hydrogen into helium

• How fast light travels through space

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Which statement is true?

• The galaxies are moving toward us

• The galaxies are moving away from us

• The universe remains static or unchanged in motion

• None of the above

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Light produced from a star or galaxy can be separated into a band of colors, called a ________.

• Red Shift

• Wave Length

• Spectrum

• Microwave

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As galaxies move away from our galaxy

a shift on the electromagnetic spectrum

(EMS) is noticed. This is called

• redshift

• blueshift

• unshift

• blackshift

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Red light has a ______ pitch, or frequency, than the blue end.

• low

• high

• equal

• no

The Big Bang Theory explains the formation of the

• earth

• sun

• universe

• solar system

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