Big Bang Theory Mini Quiz

A scientific Theory is...

• A scientific choice

• A scientific Thought

• An explanation or model backed by tests and experiments

The study of the Universe...

• space

• social science

• Astronomy

The sun and all of the planets and other bodies that travel around it

• planets

• space

• solar system

All of space and everything in it

• space

• galaxy

• universe

Big Bang theory is....

• Theory that the universe is one size

• Theory that the universe is a fixed volume

• Theory that the universe resulted in an explosion where matter is expanding

The model that Earth was in the center of the solar system...

• earth centered universe

• heliocentric

• geocentric

The model that the sun was in the center of the solar system.....

• earth centered solar system

• heliocentric

• geocentric

red shift is when the galaxies are moving at a ______ rate...

• slow

• fast

blue shift is when the galaxies are moving at a _________ rate.

• slow

• fast

This person was the first person to discover red shift and blue shift, closer galaxies move at a slower rate, and further galaxies move at a faster rate.

• Hubble

• Copernicus

• Ptolmey