Galaxies and The Big Bang

Our own collection of galaxies, which contains at least 28 galaxies.

• White dwarfs

• Neutron stars

• Pulsar

• Black hole

• Local group

The Milky Way is an example of a ________________ galaxy.

• Spiral galaxies

• Barred spiral galaxies

• Elliptical galaxies

• Irregular galaxies

• Galactic clusters

The most numerous group of galaxies.

• Spiral galaxies

• Barred spiral galaxies

• Elliptical galaxies

• Irregular galaxies

• Galactic clusters

Galaxies that show no symmetry.

• Spiral galaxies

• Barred spiral galaxies

• Elliptical galaxies

• Irregular galaxies

• Galactic clusters

The theory that explains the birth of the universe.

• Spiral galaxies

• Hubble’s law

• Big bang theory

• Cosmology

• Galactic clusters

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

Which description is considered most accurate regarding what actually happened during the Big Bang?

• Two galaxies collided causing an immense explosion as stars crashed into one another

• All of what would become the universe was concentrated in a single small point, or singularity, which rapidly expanded into what is now stars, planets, galaxies, matter, and energy.

• All matter emerged from a massive black hole at the center of the universe.

• Parts of the sun were ripped off by massive internal explosions and were thrown into space where they cooled to become other things, like plants, comets, and other galaxies.

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

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

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

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

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

What type of galaxy is this?

• Spiral
• Elliptical
• Irregular 
• Irrational

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What type of galaxy is this?

• Spiral
• Elliptical
• Irregular
• Irrational

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2