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What is the Big Bang Theory?
The dominant scientific theory about the origin of the Universe
What is the approximate age of the Universe?
13.7 billion years
What does a cosmologic
red shift
imply?
objects are moving
a w a y
from us
Describe the concept of the expansion of space, and compare the velocities of expansion with distances of galaxies further away from us.
Further = Faster
the galaxy is moving away from us
What is
CMB
(
C
osmic
M
icrowave
B
ackground Radiation)?
The temperature or energy left over from the Big Bang
What does the latest evidence imply about the fate of our universe?
will probably expand forever
About how much
dark
matter
and
dark
energy
make up our know universe?
dark matter = 25%
dark energy = 70%
How fast does the light travel in miles per second?
186,000 miles per second
Who first proved that galaxies are located outside our own galaxy?
Edwin Hubble
What three galactic type make up the Hubble classification of galaxies?
Elliptical
Spiral
Irregular
Where is the location of the older and younger stars in the typical spiral galaxies?
central old
yellow stars
younger
blue stars
along spiral arms
Author
Anonymous
ID
239577
Card Set
Our Universe
Description
Unit 3
Updated
2013-10-08T22:04:24Z
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