EVERYDAY SCIENCE

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EARTH SCIENCE

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A major piece of evidence supporting the Big Bang Theory and the expansion of the universe is the observation of wavelengths of stars in distant galaxies show a
A
red shift and are moving away
B
red shift and moving towards
C
blue shift and moving away
D
blue shift and moving towards
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Doppler red-shift of light observed from distant stars and galaxies gives evidence that the universe is expanding (moving away from a central point). This allows for Big Bang Theory, because after a “bang” occurs all of the matter moves away from the point of origin.

Detailed explanation-2: -What evidence is there to support the Big Bang theory? Two major scientific discoveries provide strong support for the Big Bang theory: • Hubble’s discovery in the 1920s of a relationship between a galaxy’s distance from Earth and its speed; and • the discovery in the 1960s of cosmic microwave background radiation.

Detailed explanation-3: -Some pieces of evidence used to prove the big bang theory are moving galaxies, cosmic background, and the age of the universe. The main three types of galaxies are spiral, which bullets in the middle with arms that Kirby out words. Elliptical, round flat and ball. And irregular, no certain shape.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Big Bang theory says that the universe came into being from a single, unimaginably hot and dense point (aka, a singularity) more than 13 billion years ago. It didn’t occur in an already existing space. Rather, it initiated the expansion-and cooling-of space itself.

Detailed explanation-5: -In 1929, Edwin Hubble provided the first observational evidence for the universe having a finite age. Using the largest telescope of the time, he discovered that the more distant a galaxy is from us, the faster it appears to be receding into space. This means that the universe is expanding uniformly in all directions.

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