PES Quiz: Universe & Galaxies

What do we call the study of the universe?

• Physics

• Cosmetology

• Cosmology

• Biology

What does the Universe contain? Select all that apply!!

• galaxies

• gas & dust

• all matter and energy that exists now, in the past, and in the future!

• star systems

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True of False: Up until the 20th century, humans believed that our galaxy was the universe because they didn't know there were other galaxies.

• True

• False

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How do we obtain images of distant galaxies?

• The Eiffel Tower

• International Space Station

• Hubble Space Telescope

• The Smithsonian Planetarium

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How do we measure distance in space?

• meters

• miles

• years

• lightyears

True or False: Galaxies are moving toward us in the Universe.

• True

• False

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Red Shift occurs when the frequency of light from galaxies gets stretched out because the galaxies are moving _____.

• up

• away

• closer

• sideways

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The universe is _____.

• shrinking

• expanding

• unchanging

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What supports the idea that the universe is expanding?

• Red Shift from galaxies

• Gravity

• Cosmic Background Radiation

• Hubble Space Telescope

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According to the Big Bang Theory, what was the universe like prior to the "big bang"?

• A large, expansive space

• A single hot, chaotic mass.

• Very cold

• The same as it is now.

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