Big Bang Theory Quiz 13 (25 MCQs)

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1. We see more helium in the Universe than could have been made in stars. This means that

2. What led Edwin Hubble to conclude that the galaxies are moving apart from each other?

3. What is the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation?

4. Gravitational force occurs

5. When viewed from Earth, the light from a very distant galaxy shows a blue shift. This is evidence that this distant galaxy is

6. Irregularly shaped rocks that orbit the sun

7. What has been happening to the matter in the universe since the Big Bang occurred?

8. All of the following are used as proof of the big bang theory EXCEPT

9. How much of the nebula matter became the Sun?

10. Fusion occurs in stars when

11. A supergiant might explode and become a _____

12. Well, if that _____ a movie, I _____ go see it.

13. All of the matter and energy in the Universe was once contained in

14. Which color on the visible light spectrum has the shortest wavelength and highest frequency?

15. What is the best estimate of how long ago the universe formed?

16. Our Sun is currently in the _____ stage of its life cycle.

17. What type of nuclear fusion is going on in the main sequence of a star? (Hint: _____ into _____ )

18. As a star moves away from us, the wavelength increases and the frequency decreases causing the star's spectrum to shift

19. Galaxies in the universe _____

20. Cosmic background radiation is _____

21. First one to describe why waves change in wavelength and frequency when the object transmitting the waves are in motion

22. A _____ ion is composed of more than one atom and behaves as a unit and carries a charge.

23. Cosmic microwave radiation (CMB) presents itself in the Universe in the form of

24. What evidence exists to support the Big Bang Theory?

25. What can the spectrum of a star tell us?