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Smuggler's Run: CMB

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is definitely present in space after an explosion?

a)

Sound

b)

Light

c)

Neither Light nor Heat

d)

Only Sound

2.

Which of the following is a characteristic of explosions both on Earth and in space?

a)

Sound

b)

Light

c)

Silence

d)

Darkness

3.

Why is the glow microwave light and not visible?

a)

Because the universe has contracted

b)

Because the universe has expanded

c)

Because the universe has remained the same

d)

Because the universe has disappeared

4.

What happens to waves as the universe expands?

a)

They shrink

b)

They stretch out

c)

They disappear

d)

They remain unchanged

5.

Cosmic Background Radiation is...

a)

Alpha Particles from the nearest black hole

b)

The light from our sun

c)

The leftover energy from the formation of our sun

d)

The leftover energy from the Big Bang

6.
CMB stands for:
a)
Colorful Mystic Background Rehearsal.
b)
Cosmic Mini Butterfly Repellent.
c)
Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation.
d)
Cute Microwave Button Reversal.
7.

Where is the CMB cosmic background radiation located in space?

a)

near a star

b)

near a black hole

c)

everywhere

d)

near a supernova

8.

Who were the scientists credited with first detecting the CMB radiation in 1965?

a)

Dave Wilkinson

b)

Robert Dicke

c)

Ralph Alpher

d)

Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson

9.

The change in wavelength that allows us to determine if an object if moving toward us or away from us

a)

Whiteshift and Blueshift

b)

Redshift and Greenshift

c)

Redshift and Blueshift

10.

Galaxies that are REDSHIFTED are:

a)

actually BLUE

b)

really NEAR earth

c)

invisible or not visible

d)

moving AWAY from us.

11.

What are two important pieces of evidence we have for the Big Bang?

a)

Ptolemy’s work on epicycles and Hubble’s law (the expansion of the Universe)

b)

Doppler Effect (the redshifting of the Universe) and cosmic background radiation

c)

The fact that we have multiple Universes to compare and study and cosmic background radiation (CBR)

d)

The abundance of hydrogen, helium, and lithium found in the Universe and Ptolemy’s work on epicycles

12.
The universe is expanding.  This means that:
a)
Galaxies are getting bigger.
b)
Atoms are getting bigger.
c)
The universe is creating more matter.
d)
The amount of space between galaxies is increasing.