Universe and Galaxies Quiz

The explosion that sent the universe flying out is called _____.

• The Big Bang

• The Milky Way

• The Solar System

• The Sun

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Since the Big Bang, and even today, the universe is still _____.

• Expanding

• Shrinking

• Cooking

• Spinning

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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?

• 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

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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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The attractive force between objects is called....

• force

• Gravity

• inertia

• motion

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The force keeping a planet in orbit around the sun is...

• Friction
• Tension
• Gravity
• weight

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When we see the Andromeda galaxy, we are seeing it as it was 2.3 million years ago. Why?

• it takes light that length of time to travel

• light travels really slow in outer space

• light travels faster than sound

• it is an ancient galaxy

Which does the existance of cosmic background radiation support?

• the Big Bang Theory

• the inflationary model

• critical density

• Hubble constant

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Our galaxy is called

• Centaurus A

• Andromeda

• the Milky Way

• Triangulum