Earth's Place in Space

Scientists believe that the universe began as an explosion called...

• The Big Bang Theory

• The Copernican revolution

• Heliocentric Model

• Geocentric Model

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Which 3 pieces of evidence support the Big Bang Theory?

• Heliocentric Model, Geocentric Model, and Planetarium Model.

• Galileo Galilie, Aristarchus, and Ptolemy

• Background Radiation, Red-Shifting, and galaxies moving away from each other

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The first element formed following the Big Bang was...

• Hydrogen

• Peroxide

• Helium

• Carbon

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The study of the universe is called....

• Cosmology

• Astrology

• Doppler Effect

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Edwin Hubble discovered that our universe is much larger than just our own...

• planet

• solar system

• galaxy

• universe

The shift of wavelengths of light towards the red end of the spectrum; happens as a light source moves away from us...

• Doppler Effect

• Blue Shift

• Red Shift

• spectrum

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According to Hubble's Law, the further away a galaxy is from us, the _______ (slower/faster) it appears to be moving.

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According to the Big Bang Theory, the universe started ______ years ago.

• 1 Billion

• 13.7 Billion

• 1 Million

• 100 Billion

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The Big Bang is...

• A theory related to explosions on Earth

• A theory based on how Earth will end.

• A theory that explains the origins of the universe

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What is true about the background radiation of the universe?

• A tiny amount of heat is left over from the Big Bang

• The temperature of the universe is 0 degrees

• Galaxies and the space between them are the same temperature.

• There is not evidence for the Big Bang beyond the expanding universe.

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