Honors Big Bang Quiz

Our Big Bang Balloon activity showed galaxies are moving away with farther galaxies are moving faster. Who discovered this phenomenon?

• Hubble

• Penzias

• Wilson

Answer explanation

Hubble's Law is that Galaxies are moving away and that farther galaxies are moving faster. His equation is v=Hd

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Our Big Bang Balloon activity showed galaxies are moving away with farther galaxies are moving faster. If we rewind the data we can see extrapolate that

• The universe was smaller and hotter in the past

• The universe was larger and hotter in the past

• The universe was larger and colder in the past

• The universe was smaller and colder in the past

Answer explanation

Hubble's Law is that Galaxies are moving away and that farther galaxies are moving faster. His equation is v=Hd

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According to the Big Bang the Universe started with as super atom (a singular point) that contained all the ______ in the Universe today.

• energy
• matter

• both because E=mc^2

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As the Universe expanded it started to cool and form atoms. Which equation explains how we can make atoms from energy and energy from atoms?

• v=Hd

• E=mc^2

• v=frequency x wavelength

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Which of the following is evidence for the Big Bang Theory (choose all correct answers... there's more than 1)

• Galaxies are moving away from us with the farthest galaxies moving fastest

• Cosmic Background Microwave Radiation

• The composition of the Universe is approximately 75% H, 24% He, and trace amounts of Li.

• The Universe is hotter today than it was in the past

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The early Universe was too hot for atoms to form. What were the first three elements to form as it cooled?

• H, He, Li

• H, Be, B

• Li, C, O

• He, N, Fe

Today, the Cosmic Background Radiation is very cold, only 2.725 K above absolute zero, thus this radiation shines primarily in the _____________________ portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, and is invisible to the naked eye.

• Microwave

• Gamma Ray

• Visible Light

• Radio Waves

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Since light travels at a constant (the same) speed across great distances, it takes a long time to reach us on Earth. Therefore, astronomers observing distant objects are looking into the past. We observe Andromeda, the nearest big galaxy, as it was about ________ because Andromeda is 2.5 million light-years away.

• 2.5 million years ago

• 2.5 years ago

• 2.5 thousand years ago

• none of these

True or False: We can use spectrometers to determine which elements are in which stars

• True

• False

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If the elemental fingerprints of the star are shifted to the red section it shows that the galaxy is:

• moving away from us

• moving towards us

• staying at the same distance from us

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