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- 1. Multiple Choice
Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation is a form of _________.
Matter
Energy
Visible Light
Water
- 2. Multiple Choice
The "afterglow" of the energy from the origin of the universe that we see today.
Cosmic microwave radiation
sunlight
Doppler effect
Cosmic explosions
- 3. Multiple Choice
What does CMB stands for?
Cell and Molecular Biology
Cosmic Microwave Background
Neither
Critical Mass Balance
- 4. Multiple Choice
Who discovered it?
Arno Penzias
Robert Wilson
Georges Lemaitre
Arno Penzias & Robert Wilson
- 5. Multiple Choice
What is CMB?
electromagnetic atoms
radiation that fills the universe and can be detected in every direction
a faint glow of light that fills the universe
entire universe
- 6. Multiple Choice
CMB existed before the big bang?
True
False
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThe CMB is:the remaining energy from the big bang.incredibly hot.visible to the human eye.only located in certain places in the universe.
- 8. Multiple Choice
The temperature of the universe:
is constant.
varies between 20 to 6,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
has increased to about 10,000 degrees Celsius.
has cooled to about 2.7 Kelvin.
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThe universe is ____________ years old.8.13 billion13.8 billion1.83 billion381 million
- 10. Multiple Choice
This is a picture of:The CMB.The Milky Way.The universe in the future.A redshifted star. - 11. Multiple ChoiceThis thermal energy left over from the big bang is visible on your Tv set in the form of static.Solar radiationUV radiationcosmic background radiatiionnuclear radiation
- 12. Multiple Choice
The temperature of the universe is _____________.
random
uniform
increasing
decreasing
- 13. Multiple Choice
How does Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Radiation support the Big Bang Theory?
CMB radiation is found everywhere in the universe.
CMB radiation occurred at the time of the Big Bang
CMB radiation are useful in our everyday lives
CMB radiation is found on only on the outer parts of the universe.
- 14. Multiple Choice
How does Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation support the Big Bang Theory?
Microwaves are found everywhere in the universe.
Microwaves occurred at the time of the Big Bang
Microwaves are useful in our everyday lives
- 15. Multiple Choice
How is the "Big Bang" described?
an explosion
an expansion
a contraction
- 16. Multiple Choice
All the left over radiation left over from the big bang, is spread evenly throughout the universe
Cosmic Background Radiation
Universal Expansion
Radioactive Decay
Redshift/BlueShift
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the Big Bang theory suggest?The universe was just thereThe Milky Way is the only solar systemThe universe is continually expandingThe universe is collapsing in toward a single point
- 18. Multiple ChoiceCMB stands for:Colorful Mystic Background Rehearsal.Cosmic Mini Butterfly Repellent.Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation.Cute Microwave Button Reversal.
- 19. Multiple ChoiceThe Big Bang:is NOT an explosion in space.is an expansion OF space.is our best explanation for the beginning of the universe.All of the above.
- 20. Multiple Choice
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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