Universe Notes

Which scientist is credited with determining that the universe is expanding with his studies on red shift.

• Einstein

• Hubble

• Armstrong

• Collins

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What does Hubble's Law state?

• the most distant galaxies moving away from earth are moving the fastest

• the most distant galaxies moving away from earth are moving the slowest

• the most distant galaxies are moving towards earth the fastest

• the closest galaxies to earth are not moving

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The concept of an expanding universe gave way to which theory

• steady state theory

• big crunch theory

• big bang theory

• red shift theory

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According to the Big Bang Theory, how old is the universe?

• 6,000 years old

• 6-10 million years old

• 6.4 billion years old

• 13-15 billion years old

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What are the two key pieces of evidence to support the Big Bang Theory

• red shift

• the size of the galaxies

• cosmic background radiation

• fusion

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According to the doppler effect, if an object is moving towards you the light will shift towards the _________ part of the light spectrum.

• red

• yellow

• blue

• black

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According to the doppler effect, if an object is moving away from you the light will shift towards the _________ part of the light spectrum.

• red

• yellow

• blue

• black

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NASA's Chandra Observatory is a telescope designed to detect _______ emissions from very hot regions of the universe.

• radio waves

• microwaves

• ultraviolet radiation

• x-ray

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What is the name of our galaxy?

• Snickers

• Milky Way

• Milk Dud

• Andromeda

The sun and its planetary system (where we live!) formed in the outer reaches of our galaxy about how many years ago?

• 6,000 years

• 4.6 millions years

• 4.6 billions years

• 13-15 billions years

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