1. The document is a student activity worksheet about the Big Bang theory and early universe. It contains multiple choice and short answer questions about key concepts like the expansion of the universe, redshift, cosmic microwave background radiation, dark matter, and evidence that supports the Big Bang model.
2. Questions cover topics such as how the universe is like rising bread dough in terms of expansion, how astronomers can infer the age of the universe from its expansion, why scientists think the expansion is accelerating, and why astronomers believe dark matter exists based on gravitational effects.
3. The student correctly answered multiple choice questions about concepts like the Doppler effect, general relativity, and what radiation provides evidence of the Big Bang, as well as short
1. The document is a student activity worksheet about the Big Bang theory and early universe. It contains multiple choice and short answer questions about key concepts like the expansion of the universe, redshift, cosmic microwave background radiation, dark matter, and evidence that supports the Big Bang model.
2. Questions cover topics such as how the universe is like rising bread dough in terms of expansion, how astronomers can infer the age of the universe from its expansion, why scientists think the expansion is accelerating, and why astronomers believe dark matter exists based on gravitational effects.
3. The student correctly answered multiple choice questions about concepts like the Doppler effect, general relativity, and what radiation provides evidence of the Big Bang, as well as short
1. The document is a student activity worksheet about the Big Bang theory and early universe. It contains multiple choice and short answer questions about key concepts like the expansion of the universe, redshift, cosmic microwave background radiation, dark matter, and evidence that supports the Big Bang model.
2. Questions cover topics such as how the universe is like rising bread dough in terms of expansion, how astronomers can infer the age of the universe from its expansion, why scientists think the expansion is accelerating, and why astronomers believe dark matter exists based on gravitational effects.
3. The student correctly answered multiple choice questions about concepts like the Doppler effect, general relativity, and what radiation provides evidence of the Big Bang, as well as short
1. The document is a student activity worksheet about the Big Bang theory and early universe. It contains multiple choice and short answer questions about key concepts like the expansion of the universe, redshift, cosmic microwave background radiation, dark matter, and evidence that supports the Big Bang model.
2. Questions cover topics such as how the universe is like rising bread dough in terms of expansion, how astronomers can infer the age of the universe from its expansion, why scientists think the expansion is accelerating, and why astronomers believe dark matter exists based on gravitational effects.
3. The student correctly answered multiple choice questions about concepts like the Doppler effect, general relativity, and what radiation provides evidence of the Big Bang, as well as short
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NAME: ______Clarissa A.
Bergante___________________ SCORE: ______________
YR & SEC: ___BTVTE-2A____ GROUP NO. _______ DATE: __2-25-20__
ACTIVITY NO. ____
THRESHOLD 1 - THE BIG BANG A. In the space provided, write the letter of the description that best matches the term or phrase.
A. universe F. cosmic background radiation
B. red shift G. dark matter
C. big bang theory H. general relativity
D. blue shift I. dark energy
E. Doppler effect J. cosmology
E 1. an observed change in the frequency of a wave when the source or observer is moving C 2. theory that all matter and energy in the universe exploded 10 to 15 billion years ago and began expanding in all directions. D 4. apparent shift toward shorter wavelengths of light when a luminous object moves toward the viewer H 6. theory that matter distorts space A 7. sum of all space, matter and energy G 8. matter not visible through current methods, but observable through gravitational interactions between galaxies
B 10. apparent shift toward longer wavelengths of light when a luminous object moves away from the viewer 16 F 12. steady but faint microwaves from all over the sky THE BIG BANG I 13. unexplained high speed of galaxies going into outer space J 14. the study of the nature, structure, origin and fate of the universe
B. Encircle the letter of the term or phrase that best completes each statement or best answers each question.
1. What is the fundamental force of attraction between bodies of mass?
A. Gravity C. Matter B. Atom D. Thermonuclear fusion
2. Before the invention of the telescope, what did ancient astronomers use to try to determine the distance of stars from Earth? A. Spectroscopes C. Satellites B. Parallax D. Microscopes
3. The theory that the Universe is expanding is supported by the ___________.
A. blueshift of light from distant galaxies C. redshift of light from distant galaxies B. nuclear fusion occurring in the Sun D. radioactive decay occurring in the Sun
4. Hubble used collective learning in order to determine that the Universe was expanding. Which of the following scientists provided Hubble with the evidence he needed to figure out if certain stars (Cepheid variable stars) were moving away from us? A. Nicolas Copernicus C. Ptolemy B. Henrietta Leavitt D. Isaac Newton
5. Space based telescopes, such as the Hubble Space Telescope, allow astronomers to see further away than they can with telescopes on Earth. Seeing more distant objects is in effect equivalent to seeing A. the edges of the universe C. further back in time. B. into other universes. D. further forward in time.
ITSO 6. The _________________ states that the universe began when a dense, hot, super massive singularity violently exploded. A. steady state theory C. big bang theory B. string theory D. big crunch theory
7. Which is NOT evidence to support the big bang theory?
A. red shift of galaxies C. galactic clusters B. cosmic background radiation D. abundance of light elements (H, He and Li)
8. Which fate of the universe do scientist currently believe to be true?
A. open universe C. flat universe B. closed universe D. accelerating universe
9. Radiation left over from the big bang is called
A. cosmic radio waves C. gamma ray bursts B. cosmic microwaves background radiation D. cosmic x-ray radiation
10. The universe is mostly made up of
A. dark matter C. atoms B. dark energy D. empty space
C. Read the question and write the answer in the space provided.
1. How is the universe like rising raisin bread dough?
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2. How can astronomers infer approximately how long the universe has been expanding? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________
3. Scientists think that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate. Why?
