Big Bang Theory Vocab Flashcard

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Tool to measure light wavelengths

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Spectroscope

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Red shift idea developed in 1929 from distant galaxies' light.

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Edwin Hubble

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Most accepted theory of universe creation

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Big Bang Theory

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Unit for light wavelengths

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Angstrum

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Everything in the universe is moving away from each other.

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Red Shift

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Objects moving closer together

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Blue Shift

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Range of wavelengths/frequencies of radiation (light)

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Electromagnetic Spectrum

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Age of the universe?

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13.8 billion years

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Red Shift means

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galaxies are moving away from each other.

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Big Bang created:

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Time and Space