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Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 1hrs 2mins

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Class
Date
1.

Cosmic radiation comes from ....

a)

Nuclear bombs

b)

Nuclear Power stations

c)

Space

d)

Earth's core

e)

Isotopes in objects

2.

What does CMB stands for?

a)

Cell and Molecular Biology

b)

Cosmic Microwave Background

c)

Neither

d)

Critical Mass Balance

3.

What is CMB?

a)

electromagnetic atoms

b)

radiation that fills the universe and can be detected in every direction

c)

a faint glow of light that fills the universe

d)

entire universe

4.

CMB existed before the big bang?

a)

True

b)

False

5.

What is Hubble's Law?

a)

The farther the galaxy, the faster away it is moving.

b)

The theory of the universe's creation.

c)

Theory that the universe is made of matter and the anti-matter.

6.

The Big Bang refers to

a)

The creation of the solar system

b)

The creation of the moon

c)

The origin of the Universe

d)

The origin of the heavy elements in a supernova

e)

None of the above

7.

What is the temperature of cosmic background radiation?

a)

about 0 degrees Celsius

b)

above 3,000 degrees Celsius

c)

about 270 degrees Celsius

d)

almost absolute zero

8.

As the galaxy moves away from us, we see it as:

a)

white shift

b)

blue shift

c)

dark matter

d)

red shift

9.
If a star is being observed from Earth and it's light has shifted towards the red side of the electromagnetic spectrum it would be...
a)
Moving towards the Earth
b)
Moving away from the Earth
c)
This is a trick question that cannot be answered
d)
It isn't a star, it is a very large blueberry.
10.
The vast majority of galaxies in our universe are moving away from us.  We know this because we observe __________ in the galaxies absorption spectra.
a)
Redshift
b)
Blueshift
c)
Turbulance
d)
Superposition
11.
An object that is moving VERY fast away from Earth would have ________ than an object that is moving very slow away from Earth.
a)
More Redshift
b)
More Blueshift
c)
Less Redshift
d)
Less Blueshift
12.

The farther away a galaxy is from Earth...

a)

the slower that galaxy is moving away from Earth.

b)

the faster that galaxy is moving away from Earth.

c)

the faster that galaxy is moving toward Earth.

d)

the slower that galaxy is moving toward Earth.

13.

Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation is a form of _________.

a)

Matter

b)

Energy

c)

Visible Light

d)

Water

14.

As galaxies move away from our galaxy

a shift on the electromagnetic spectrum is noticed. This phenomena is

called _____________.

a)

redshift

b)

blueshift

15.

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

a)

Microwaves are found everywhere in the universe.

b)

Microwaves occurred at the time of the Big Bang

c)

Microwaves are useful in our everyday lives

16.
What were the original two elements in our universe?
a)
Lithium and Carbon
b)
Hydrogen and Neon
c)
Helium and Chlorine
d)
Hydrogen and Helium
17.

The "afterglow" of the energy from the origin of the universe that we see today.

a)

Cosmic microwave radiation

b)

sunlight

c)

Doppler effect

d)

Cosmic explosions

18.

How is the "Big Bang" described?

a)

an explosion

b)

an expansion

c)

a contraction

19.
How do scientists know what stars are made of? 
a)
The Doppler Effect
b)
Emission Lines
c)
Radio Waves
d)
The Electromagnetic Scpectrum
20.
How do scientists know that stars are moving? 
a)
The Doppler Effect
b)
Emission Lines
c)
Radio Waves
d)
The Electromagnetic Scpectrum
21.
If a star or galaxy is moving away from us, the emission lines will be what?
a)
Blue-shifting
b)
Violet-shifting
c)
Yellow-shifting
d)
Red-shifting
22.

How does the Cosmic MicrowaveBackground Radiation (CMBR) mark and important milestone in the early history of the Earth.

a)

CMBR originated as the first visible light. It marks the time when the universe transitioned from opaque to transparent.

b)

The CMBR originated when the first massive starts in the universe began exploding as supernova shortly after the Big Bang.

c)

The CMBR originated from the initial force that triggered the Big Bang. It is the remnant energy from the previous universe.

23.

When did the universe begin?

a)

1 billion years ago

b)

14 billion years ago

c)

10 billion years ago

d)

50 billion years ago

24.

During the first few minutes after the Big Bang, the universe was opaque. Light could not go through it. Why?

a)

all the photons were being absorbed

b)

the photons were attracted to other particles

c)

there was nothing to produce photons

d)

the mix of particles was so dense that photons could not get through