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Based upon the expansion rate of the universe from Hubble's Law the Universe is estimated to be
a) 13.8 billion years old
b) 4.6 billion years old
c) 24.7 billion years old
d) 1 billion years old

Which of the following are in the correct order from SMALLEST to LARGEST
a) Universe, Planet, Galaxy, Solar System
b) Universe, Galaxy, Planet, Solar System
c) Planet, Solar System, Galaxy, Universe
d) Solar System, Galaxy, Planet, Universe

Evidence for the Big Bang theory includes
a) a finite Universe that is unchanging
b) a steady state Universe that has no end and no beginning
c) the existence of a contracting Universe driven by gravity
d) Red Shift of galaxies and Cosmic Background Radiation

In the 1920's American astronomer Edwin Hubble helped show that the Milky Way was
a) the center of the Universe
b) one galaxy among billions in the Universe
c) the largest and youngest galaxy in the Universe
d) not the galaxy that we live in

According the Big Bang theory
a) stars destroy elements
b) the Universe is getting smaller
c) aliens are coming for us all
d) the Universe is larger today than it was yesterday

The afterglow or the heat generated from the Big Bang
a) fills all of space and can be picked up on a television screen
b) can no longer be detected
c) does not provide any information about the Universe
d) is mostly sound traveling through space

Why is light from the Andromeda galaxy blue shifted?
a) the blue shift shows that Andromeda is moving away
b) Andromeda is in our local group and is moving closer
c) the wavelength of light does not change
d) Andromeda is in a different local group

Billions and billions of stars, dust clouds, and star systems are known as
a) planets
b) constellations
c) galaxies
d) planetary nebulae

According to Hubble's Law, the most distant galaxies in the Universe are
a) moving away the fastest
b) moving away the slowest
c) moving closer the slowest
d) moving closer the fastest

Galileo's proof of a heliocentric Solar System was his observation that
a) the Sun had spots
b) Venus goes through phases
c) Saturn had rings
d) the Moon had craters

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