The Tradition of Response (Leaving Cert Religious Education): Quizzes
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What is cosmology?
What is cosmology?
Scientific study of universe origins
How long ago did the universe begin according to the Big Bang Theory?
How long ago did the universe begin according to the Big Bang Theory?
13.7 billion years ago
What is a singularity?
What is a singularity?
Point of infinite density
Which American astronomer discovered galaxies moving apart?
Which American astronomer discovered galaxies moving apart?
Edwin Hubble
When did Hubble discover the expanding universe?
When did Hubble discover the expanding universe?
1920s
What did Hubble observe about galaxies?
What did Hubble observe about galaxies?
They are moving away from each other
What observation indicated galaxies were moving away?
What observation indicated galaxies were moving away?
Redshift in light
What does the Expanding Universe Theory provide?
What does the Expanding Universe Theory provide?
Evidence supporting the Big Bang
What did the Big Bang create?
What did the Big Bang create?
Space and time simultaneously
What happened after the singularity formed?
What happened after the singularity formed?
It rapidly expanded
What does the expanding universe suggest about the past?
What does the expanding universe suggest about the past?
Universe was smaller
How can science and religion relate in cosmology?
How can science and religion relate in cosmology?
They complement each other