Origin of the Universe

Which evidence best supports the Big Bang Theory?

• Impact craters on Earth

• Cosmic background radiation

• Terrestrial and Jovian planets

• Blue Shift

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Which visible light color has the shortest wavelength?

• Violet

• Green

• Yellow

• Red

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Which evidence best supports the theory that the universe began with a massive explosion?

• Cosmic background radiation in space

• Radioactive dating of bedrock on Earth

• Life cycle of stars

• Planetary axes are parallel

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A piece of evidence supporting the Big Bang Theory is the observation that the light and wavelength of stars is distant galaxies are...

• Red, appearing shorter

• Red, appearing longer

• Blue, appearing shorter

• Blue, appearing longer

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14 billion years ago represents the approximate age of...

• Earth

• Earth's Moon

• Our solar system

• The universe

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Light from distant galaxies most likely shows a...

• Redshift, universe expanding

• Redshift, universe contracting

• Blueshift, universe contracting

• Blueshift, universe expanding

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According to astronomers, the age of the universe is about...

• 1.3 billion years

• 4.6 billion years

• 7.9 billion years

• 13.8 billion years

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