Origin of the Earth Quiz #1 Review

Oscillating Universe Theory states ____

• The universe is a never-ending cycle of big bangs and big crunches.

• The universe has always been and continues to be the same.

• A very, very fast expansion and acceleration of the universe happened milliseconds after the big bang.

• The universe came from a very dense, very hot "fireball" that exploded and expanded into existence.

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The Big Bang Theory states _______

• The universe is a never-ending cycle of big bangs and big crunches.

• The universe has always been and continues to be the same.

• A very, very fast expansion and acceleration of the universe happened milliseconds after the big bang.

• The universe came from a very dense, very hot "fireball" that exploded and expanded into existence.

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The ________theory states that the universe has always been and continues to be the same.

A scientist who studies earthquakes is a _________

• oceanographer

• meteorlogist

• geologist

• oceanographer

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____ means stars and galaxies are emitting a color that is shifting toward the red end of the color spectrum.

• Blue shift

• Color shift

• Red shift

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During a redshift the light's wavelengths are longer and ____ frequent, and the star galaxy is moving ______.

• more, towards the object

• more, away from the object

• less, towards the object

• less, away from the object

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Steady state theorists support the perfect cosmological principle, which suggests the universe looks the same from all directions, but ____over time.

Many scientists agree that the universe is about____years old.

• 1 million

• 3 billion

• 13 billion

• 30 million

He originally suggested that galaxies are moving farther away. He also suggested that the distance of a galaxy is proportional to its recessional speed. He is _____.

• Robert Tolman

• Albert Einstein

• Georges Lemaitre

• Edwin Hubble

The Doppler effect suggests that sound waves are relative to the observer. You know if an object is coming or going from the sound it makes. Light waves follow the Doppler effect also. However, instead of sound changing, you know if an object is coming or going _____.

• from the sound of light

• from the brightness of the light

• from the color of the light

• from the twinkle of the light

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