The Big Bang Theory

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

• 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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Which statement is true?

• Almost all observed galaxies are moving toward us.

• Almost all observed galaxies are moving away from us.

• The universe remains static or unchanged in motion.

• None of the above

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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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Where is the center of the universe located?

• There is no center of the universe.

• At the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

• 14.5 billion light years away from Earth.

• In a large singularity near the Andromeda Galaxy.

Which of the following is NOT true about the Big Bang Theory?

• It is the scientific explanation of how life began on Earth and evolved over time.
• It is the scientific explanation for the origin of the universe.
• It states that the universe expanded from a single point and is still expanding today.
• It states that the universe used to be much hotter and smaller.

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Which of the following is evidence of the Big Bang Theory?

• Cavemen heard a loud bang at the beginning of time.
• The universe isn't moving
• The universe is expanding
• The universe is getting smaller

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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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As galaxies move away from our galaxy

a shift of the absorption lines on the electromagnetic spectrum

is noticed. This phenomena is

called _____________.

• redshift

• blueshift

• unshift

• blackshift

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The universe is expanding!  This means that:

• all of the galaxies are spreading out.
• the universe must have been smaller.

• the universe is cooling down.
• all of the above.

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Astronomer Edwin Hubble discovered (in 1929) that allmsot all galaxies seem to be

• rushing toward each other.

• getting larger by galactic mergers

• rushing away from each other.

• spiral in shape

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