Origin of the Universe

How does Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation support the Big Band Theory?

• Microwaves are found everywhere in the universe.

• Microwaves are useful in our everyday lives

• Microwaves occurred at the time of the Big Bang

• None of the above

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Edwin Hubble discovered that the universe is expanding from his observation of __________

• Photons

• Red Shift

• Gravitational Pull

• Conservation of Momentum

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Which of the following is based on the Big Bang theory?

• ancient astronomy

• modern cosmology

• astrophysics

• astronomy

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Who among the following first suggested the Big Bang theory in the 1920s when he theorized that the universe began as a primordial atom?

• Vesto Slipher

• George Lemaitre

• Edwin Hubble

• Fred Hoyle

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The Big Bang was actually an expansion of space itself and the beginning of time.

• True

• False

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The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation was observed to have all the characteristics expected from the Big Bang scenario.

• True

• False

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Quarks were created during what time fraction at the beginning of everything?

• 10^-35 s

• 10^-32 s

• 10^-9 s

• 10^-6 s

Who among the following found in his telescope observations that the farther away the galaxy was, the faster it appeared to be moving away from us?

• George Lemaitre

• Fred Hoyle

• Vesto Slipher

• Edwin Hubble

Who among the following developed the Big Bang Theory?

• George Gamow

• George Lemaitre

• Fred Hoyle

• Edwin Hubble

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Cosmologists believe that as the universe expanded and cooled, these fluctuations structured the formation of galaxies.

• True

• False

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