Hubble's Law

Hubble's Law

9th - 12th Grade

10 Qs

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Hubble's Law

Hubble's Law

Assessment

Quiz

Science

9th - 12th Grade

Easy

NGSS
HS-ESS1-2, HS-ESS1-4, HS-PS4-3

Standards-aligned

Created by

Charles Martinez

Used 10+ times

FREE Resource

10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

Astronomer Edwin Hubble discovered (in 1929) that all galaxies are

rushing toward each other.

getting larger by galactic mergers

rushing away from each other.

spiral in shape

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Hubble's Law states that most galaxies are receding away from us at a speed that is proportional to their

size.

mass.

quasars.

distance

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

A galaxy that is moving toward the earth will have which property?

Its absorption lines will be very dim.

Its absorption lines will be blueshifted.

Its absorption lines will be redshifted.

Its absorption lines will be very wide.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

A galaxy is at a distance of one billion light years from Earth. Which of the following is true?

We see the galaxy as it was one billion years ago.

We see the galaxy as it was when the universe was one billion years old.

We see the galaxy the way it will be in one billion years.

We see what our galaxy will be like in one billion years.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

You observe three distant galaxies and note their apparent velocities:

  • BFG-01 40,000 km/s
  • BFG-02 80,000 km/s
  • BFG-03 20,000 km/s

Which of the following is true?

BFG-01 is farthest away from Earth.

BFG-02 is closest to Earth.

BFG-03 is closest to Earth.

Nothing can be learned from their apparent velocities.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Our universe is

expanding.

shrinking.

staying the same size.

We don't know what it's doing.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

How is redshift related to distance?

The greater the redshift, the less the distance

The less the redshift, the greater the distance

The greater the redshift, the greater the distance

There is no relationship between redshift and distance

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

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