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Question #1
Hubble and Humason noticed that the galaxies that they studied are moving
A.   through space.
B.   not at all.
C.   with space.
D.   outside of space.
Question #2
How do astronomers detect the motion of distant galaxies?
A.   By noting the sudden appearance of new galaxies where none was previous seen.
B.   By observing shifts in emission or absorption lines of the galaxies.
C.   By tracking the disappearance of the most distant galaxies, one by one.
D.   By observing the steady dimming of the galaxy's light.
Question #3
Astronomers have found the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation. What is the nature of this radiation?
A.   It is a bright, almost uniform, x-ray glow.
B.   It is a weak background of cosmic neutrinos.
C.   It is a faint, almost uniform, radio signal.
D.   It is a weak and very patchy glow at visible wavelengths.
Question #4
How was the CMB created?
A.   The burst of radiation from the big bang as it cooled down.
B.   The formation of quarks in the big bang.
C.   The combined effect of billions of distant quasars.
D.   The fusion of H into He by the first stars.
Question #5
The "Hubble Age" is the calculated age of the universe, according to the Hubble constant. Astronomers have calculated the Hubble age to be
A.   67.8 billion years.
B.   6500 years.
C.   13 billion years.
D.   4.65 billion years.
Question #6
The fact that Hubble and Humason noticed that galaxies were moving away from us was measured by the galaxies'
A.   luminosity.
B.   galactic type.
C.   redshift.
D.   hydrogen content.
Question #7
A galaxies recessional velocity is dependent on its
A.   galactic type.
B.   distance from us.
C.   acceleration.
D.   luminosity.
Question #8
The cosmic microwave background radiation corresponds to the universe's present day temperature of
A.   millions of degrees, in any scale!
B.   ~3 ºC.
C.   ~3 ºF.
D.   ~3 K.
Question #9
What do astronomers infer from the motion of distant galaxies?
A.   The universe is spinning.
B.   The universe is contracting.
C.   The universe is expanding.
D.   The universe is imploding.
Question #10
The "Hubble constant" is a constant (a number) that defines the expansion rate of the universe. The Hubble constant has been measured from a graph of the Hubble Law to be
A.   ~68 mph/km
B.   ~40,000 miles/s
C.   ~70 km/s/Mpc
D.   13 billion years
Question #11
Which of the following is NOT a proposed form of dark energy?
A.   æther, quintessence
B.   quintessence
C.   æther, quarks
D.   Einstein's cosmological constant
Question #12
Our understanding of the expansion of the Universe has changed with time. It is only since the year ___ that astronomers have theorized the existence and effects of dark energy.
A.   1980
B.   1988
C.   1995
D.   1998
Question #13
Ω0 =
A.   13 billion
B.   42
C.   73%
D.   1
Question #14
Dark energy accounts for approximately what percent of the mass-energy density of the universe?
A.   27%
B.   5%
C.   100%
D.   73%
Question #15
The shape of the Universe is
A.   positive
B.   saddleback
C.   flat
D.   negative
Question #16
Astronomers believe that the expansion rate of the universe is
A.   increasing.
B.   decreasing.
C.   incalculable.
D.   remaining the same.
Question #17
According to astronomers, the final fate of our universe is to
A.   shrink slowly and collapse in the "big crunch."
B.   implode instantaneously.
C.   disappear in the blink of a deity's eye.
D.   expand forever.
Question #18
Due to the expansion of the Universe, space
A.   is expanding while its contents remain motionless
B.   and all its contents are shrinking, faster and faster
C.   neither getting bigger, nor smaller
D.   itself is expanding, faster and faster
Question #19
The change in the expansion rate of the universe is theorized to be caused by
A.   dark chocolate.
B.   dark matter.
C.   dark nebulae.
D.   dark energy.

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