Big Bang Theory and Galaxies

Observations of space indicate that most matter in the universe is ___.

• hydrogen, helium, and dark matter

• gold and plutonium

• oxygen and water vapor

• carbon

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Big Bang theorists believe that there should be energy left over from the Big Bang, and it should be in the form of ___.

• low level microwave energy

• extreme heat

• a swirling vortex

• visible light

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What instrument has allowed us to look deep into space to observe things far away that give us hints to the past?

• The Hubble telescope

• The Eiffel Tower

• Binkley's barometer

• The Smith Space Balloon

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How did the discovery of Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation support the Big Bang Theory?

• It suggests that Hydrogen and Helium were the first elements to form.

• It confirms the age of the Earth to be around 5 billion years old.

• It supports the idea that the universe used to be hotter.

• It demonstrates that the universe continues to expand.

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Which of the following is not strong evidence supporting the Big Bang Theory?

• Presence of cosmic microwave background radiation.

• The frequency of the light from distant galaxies is shifted slightly towards the red

• The estimated age of the Earth matches the estimated age of the universe.

• Abundance of Hydrogen and Helium in the universe.

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As part of the modern theory of the origins of the elements, it is hypothesized that before the formation of the stars, most of the matter in the universe consisted of what atoms?

• hydrogen and helium

• nitrogen and carbon

• silicon and lithium

• uranium and radium

Galaxies that are REDSHIFTED are:

• actually BLUE

• really NEAR earth

• invisible or not visible

• moving AWAY from us.

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A galaxy showing BLUE SHIFT is ___.

• very cold

• moving TOWARDS OR TO us

• dying

• about to supernova

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The CMB (Cosmic Background Radiation) is:

• the remaining energy from the big bang.

• incredibly cool.

• a cloud of light

• only located in certain places in the universe.

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Ever since the universe began, the universe has been

• expanding

• contracting

• stays the same size

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