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- 1. Multiple Choice
When we see the Andromeda galaxy, we are seeing it as it was 2.3 million years ago. Why?
it takes light that length of time to travel
light travels really slow in outer space
light travels faster than sound
it is an ancient galaxy
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which does the existance of cosmic background radiation support?
the Big Bang Theory
the inflationary model
critical density
Hubble constant
- 3. Multiple Choice
which would cause the universe to collapse in on itself to make a closed universe?
momentum of outward expanision
force of gravity
critical density
Hubble constant
- 4. Multiple Choice
Our galaxy is called
Centaurus A
Andromeda
the Milky Way
Triangulum
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which type of galaxy is illustrated?
spiral
elliptical
irregular
it's not a galaxy
- 6. Multiple Choice
According to latest theories, the Big Bang happened
3 million years ago
about 13.8 billion years ago
3 billion years ago
4.5 billion years ago
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is the origin of the cosmic background radiation?
it is a remnant of the Big Bng
it is emitted by radio galaxies
it is dark energy
it is emitted by stars
- 8. Multiple Choice
In the Big Bang model, which describes a universe that will stop expanding and begin to contract?
flat
open
closed
elliptical
- 9. Multiple Choice
Our Sun is just one of many millions of stars in a froup of stars called a
universe
solar system
cosmos
galaxy
- 10. Multiple Choice
What was in part of the Milky Way prior to 4.6 billion years ago?
nothing
a cloud of dust and gas
other planets
a supernova star
- 11. Multiple Choice
The light from most distant galaxies is ____.
always infrared
shifted toward the red end of the spectrum
always ultraviolet
shifted towards the blue end of the spectrum
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which galaxy shape is not a part of Hubble's classification system?
spherical
spiral
elliptical
irregular
- 13. Multiple Choice
the study of cosmology is concerned with
the nature of the universe
the origin of the universe
the evolution of the universe
all of these
- 14. Multiple Choice
the Milky Way contains a large central bulge made up mostly of
young stars
old red stars
dust and gas
remnants of supernovas
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which scientist was the first to find evidence that the universe is expanding
Albert Einstein
Galileo Galilei
Edwin Hubble
Stephen Hawking
- 16. Multiple Choice
At what time point in the Universe's history did all the forces in nature appear along with particles, neutrons, protons, and electrons?
One second after the Big Bang
Three minutes after the Big Bang
500,000 years after the Big Bang
1 million years after the Big Bang
- 17. Multiple Choice
Edwin Hubble's discoveries were so important that he had something named after him.
What was it?
The Hubble bridge
The Hubble satellite
The Hubble space orbiter
The Hubble space telescope
- 18. Multiple Choice
Because light takes time to travel through space, we see objects as they were when the light was given out, not as they are now.
True
False
- 19. Multiple Choice
The unit of length that astronomers use is the
light year
meter
mile
kilometer
- 20. Multiple Choice
Our universe is made up of at least a
million galaxies
million stars
billion galaxies
hundred planets
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