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What is the name of the probe that measured differences across the sky in the cosmic microwave background?
What is the name of the probe that measured differences across the sky in the cosmic microwave background?
- Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE)
- Wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe (WMAP) (correct)
- Planck satellite
- Explorer 80
What creates light elements such as deuterium, lithium, and helium according to the Big Bang theory?
What creates light elements such as deuterium, lithium, and helium according to the Big Bang theory?
- Heated protons and electrons (correct)
- Boiling 'soup' with electrons, quarks, and other elementary particles
- Galaxy formation era
- Quarks forming protons and neutrons
What type of galaxy is primarily filled with cold molecular hydrogen gas according to the text?
What type of galaxy is primarily filled with cold molecular hydrogen gas according to the text?
- Triangulum
- Milky Way (correct)
- Sombrero
- Andromeda
What pulls a gas cloud into a disk according to the Nebular Hypothesis?
What pulls a gas cloud into a disk according to the Nebular Hypothesis?
Which layer of Earth's atmosphere merges with solar wind?
Which layer of Earth's atmosphere merges with solar wind?
What effect does Earth's magnetic field have on storms of charged particles from the sun?
What effect does Earth's magnetic field have on storms of charged particles from the sun?
Which type of planet is primarily gaseous?
Which type of planet is primarily gaseous?
Which hypothesis involves a rogue star passing close to the sun?
Which hypothesis involves a rogue star passing close to the sun?
What do dust particles provide sites for in the Proto-planet Hypothesis?
What do dust particles provide sites for in the Proto-planet Hypothesis?
What is the highest layer of Earth's atmosphere according to the text?
What is the highest layer of Earth's atmosphere according to the text?
What is the highest cloud in Earth's atmosphere?
What is the highest cloud in Earth's atmosphere?
Which layer of the Earth's atmosphere gets colder with altitude?
Which layer of the Earth's atmosphere gets colder with altitude?
Which layer of the Earth's atmosphere is tasked with holding all the air plants need for photosynthesis and animals need to breathe?
Which layer of the Earth's atmosphere is tasked with holding all the air plants need for photosynthesis and animals need to breathe?
Which type of crust underlies ocean basins and is composed of dense iron, magnesium, silicate, and igneous rocks?
Which type of crust underlies ocean basins and is composed of dense iron, magnesium, silicate, and igneous rocks?
What is the thickest layer of the Earth?
What is the thickest layer of the Earth?
What is the basic unit of life?
What is the basic unit of life?
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What are molecules primarily constituted of?
What are molecules primarily constituted of?
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