Big Bang Theory, Heliocentric and Geocentric Models

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

• 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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What is the best estimate of how long ago the universe formed?

• 10-12 million years ago.

• 60-65 million years ago.

• 13-15 billion years ago.

• 20-25 trillion years ago.

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What does the Big Bang Theory tell us

• About the popular television show.

• the entire universe was once condensed in the form of primeval atom, or a dense mass.

• how the universe began.

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Which scientists was responsible for coining the phrase “Big Bang?”

• Fred Hoyle

• Albert Einstein

• Sir Isaac Newton

• Edwin Hubble

Light emitted 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 phenomena is

called _____________.

• redshift

• blueshift

• unshift

• blackshift

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How does Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation support the Big Band Theory?

• Microwaves are found everywhere in the universe.

• Microwaves occurred at the time of the Big Bang

• Microwaves are useful in our everyday lives

• Only A & B

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What is at the middle of a Heliocentric system?

• Mars

• Moon

• Sun

• Earth

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What is at the middle of a Geocentric system?

• Sun

• Neptune

• Earth

• The Universe

Who supported the Geocentric system?

• Ptolemy

• Aristotle

• Copernicus

• Galileo