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Primordial Universe Origins Quiz

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Everything came from a primodal universe.

Anaxagoras

Everything is Made of indestructable particle "Atomos"

Leucippus & Democritus

GEOCENTRISM and said that earth isa the center of the cosmos, proposed early solar model.

Aristotle & Ptolemy

Say's sun as the center of solar system and proposed HELIOCENTRISM

Nicolaus copernicus

Steady-state universe

Isaac newton

Who's proposed Big Bang Theory?

George Lemaitre

American astronomer who determined that there are other galaxies in the universe beyond the milky way and he observed that the universe is expanding at constant rate.

Edwin Hubble

Robert Woodrow Wilson is an American astronomer who, along with Arno Allan Penzias, discovered.....

Microwave background radiation

Glow of cosmic microwave background radiation found in the universe... from the big bang

Tangible remnant of leftover light

Spectral lines are shifted towards the....end of the spectrum as the host star moves away from the earth.

Red

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Ancient Cosmological Models

  • Everything originated from a primordial universe, composed of indestructible particles called "Atomos"
  • Geocentrism positioned the Earth at the center of the cosmos, with an early solar model in place

Heliocentrism

  • The Sun is at the center of the solar system, as proposed by heliocentric models

Modern Cosmological Models

  • The Steady-State Universe theory proposes a static, unchanging universe

The Big Bang Theory

  • Proposed by Georges Lemaître, the Big Bang Theory explains the origin and evolution of the universe
  • The universe is expanding at a constant rate, as observed by American astronomer Edwin Hubble
  • Hubble discovered the existence of galaxies beyond the Milky Way

Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation

  • Robert Woodrow Wilson and Arno Allan Penzias discovered the glow of cosmic microwave background radiation in the universe
  • This radiation is a remnant of the Big Bang

Redshift of Spectral Lines

  • As a star moves away from the Earth, its spectral lines are shifted towards the red end of the spectrum

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