Galaxies and Big Bang

What type of galaxy is this?

• Spiral
• Elliptical
• Irregular 
• Irrational

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What Galaxy is Earth located?

• Andromeda

• Milky Way

• Sagittarius

• Snickers

The distance light can travel in one year is ______________

• 15,000 kilometers

• 1 light-year

• 15 Astronomical Units

• 6,000 miles

What are galaxies held together by?

• Gravitational Attraction
• Stars
• Other galaxies
• Dust and Gas

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Which statement is true?

• The galaxies are moving toward us.

• The galaxies are moving away from us.

• The universe remains static or unchanged in motion.

• None of the above

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

How old do scientists think the Universe is?

• 13.8 billion years old
• 4.5 billion years old
• 24,000 years old
• 5 years old

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What does the Big Bang theory suggest?

• The universe was just there
• The Milky Way is the only solar system
• The universe is continually expanding
• The universe is collapsing in toward a single point

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What were the original two elements in our universe?

• Lithium and Carbon
• Hydrogen and Neon
• Helium and Chlorine
• Hydrogen and Helium

As galaxies move away from our galaxy

a shift on the electromagnetic spectrum is noticed. This phenomena is

called _____________.

• redshift

• blueshift

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

What is a galaxy?

• Like a solar system, but made of dust

• A cluster of thousands of stars all floating together in space

• A cellphone made by the Nokia company

• A grouping of hundreds of millions of stars held together by gravity

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