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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which scientist is credited with determining that the universe is expanding with his studies on red shift.
Einstein
Hubble
Armstrong
Collins
What does Hubble's Law state?
the most distant galaxies moving away from earth are moving the fastest
the most distant galaxies moving away from earth are moving the slowest
the most distant galaxies are moving towards earth the fastest
the closest galaxies to earth are not moving
The concept of an expanding universe gave way to which theory
steady state theory
big crunch theory
big bang theory
red shift theory
According to the Big Bang Theory, how old is the universe?
6,000 years old
6-10 million years old
6.4 billion years old
13-15 billion years old
What are the two key pieces of evidence to support the Big Bang Theory
red shift
the size of the galaxies
cosmic background radiation
fusion
According to the doppler effect, if an object is moving towards you the light will shift towards the _________ part of the light spectrum.
red
yellow
blue
black
According to the doppler effect, if an object is moving away from you the light will shift towards the _________ part of the light spectrum.
red
yellow
blue
black
NASA's Chandra Observatory is a telescope designed to detect _______ emissions from very hot regions of the universe.
radio waves
microwaves
ultraviolet radiation
x-ray
What is the name of our galaxy?
Snickers
Milky Way
Milk Dud
Andromeda
The sun and its planetary system (where we live!) formed in the outer reaches of our galaxy about how many years ago?
6,000 years
4.6 millions years
4.6 billions years
13-15 billions years
