Big Bang

Who is responsible for coming up with the Big Bang Theory?

• Albert Einstein

• Edwin Hubble

• Galileo Galilei

• Sir Isaac Newton

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

What instrument has allowed us to look deep into space to observe things far away that give us hints to the past?

• The Hubble telescope

• The Eiffel Tower

• Binkley's barometer

• The Smith Space Balloon

Big Bang theorists believe that there should be energy left over from the Big Bang, and it should be in the form of ___.

• low level microwave energy

• extreme heat

• a swirling vortex

• visible light

Observations of space indicate that most matter in the universe is ___.

• hydrogen, helium, and dark matter

• gold and plutonium

• oxygen and water vapor

• carbon

Big Bang theorists believe that most matter should be complex, large atoms, like gold and plutonium.

• true

• false

A galaxy showing blue shift is ___.

• very cold

• moving towards us

• dying

• about to supernova

Most distant galaxies show a red shift. This is considered evidence that the universe is ___.

• getting cooler

• expanding

• condensing into a small point

• swirling around

A date that is commonly accepted by Big Bang theorists for the Big Bang is ____ years ago.

• One hundred thousand

• Two hundred and fifty million

• Thirteen point seven billion

• Ten trillion

If something that makes light is moving away from you, it spreads the wavelengths of light out. This application of the Doppler effect is known as ___.

• blue shift

• green shift

• red shift

• black shift