Cosmology Vocabulary

The breaking down of light to analyze the colors is known as...

• Rainbowification

• Spectroscopy

• Seismology

• Titration

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Cosmic Background Radiation is...

• Alpha Particles from the nearest black hole

• The light from our sun

• The leftover energy from the formation of our sun

• The leftover energy from the Big Bang

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If an object is moving towards an observer fast enough, the light from the object will be...

• Brighter than expected

• Dimmer than expected

• Shifted towards the color blue

• Shifted towards the color red

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If an object is moving away from an observer fast enough, the light from the object will be...

• Brighter than expected

• Dimmer than expected

• Shifted towards the color blue

• Shifted towards the color red

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The two possible fates for our universe are...

• The Big Crunch and the Big Chill

• The Big Bang and the Big Crunch

• The Big Chill and the Big Shake

• The Big Tuna and the Big Brother

Dark Energy is....

• The force causing the universe to expand at a faster and faster rate

• The force causing the universe to contract

• The leftover energy from the Big Bang

• A signal from Aliens

Dark Matter is...

• The leftover energy from the Big Bang

• Unaccounted for matter that is not currently understood

• The force causing the universe to expand at an ever faster rate

• Black Holes

How are distant galaxies moving from our perspective?

• They appear to be moving towards us

• They appear to be moving away from us

• They appear to be moving only a little or not at all

• Motion through space is not possible

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Which description is considered most accurate regarding what actually happened during the Big Bang?

• Two galaxies collided causing an immense explosion as stars crashed into one another

• All of what would become the universe was concentrated in a single small point, or singularity, which rapidly expanded into what is now stars, planets, galaxies, matter, and energy.

• All matter emerged from a massive black hole at the center of the universe.

• Parts of the sun were ripped off by massive internal explosions and were thrown into space where they cooled to become other things, like plants, comets, and other galaxies.

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A date that is commonly accepted by Big Bang theorists for the Big Bang is ____ years ago.

• One hundred thousand

• Two hundred and fifty million

• Thirteen point seven billion

• Ten trillion

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