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 C.

Arno Penzias

 D. Vesto Slipher

4. According to the big bang theory, how much time was needed to produce the light
elements hydrogen and helium?

 A. 3 minutes

 B. 5 hours

 C. 7 million years

 D. 13.8 billion years

5. What happens when something redshifts?

 A. Its energy increases.

 B. Its frequency increases.

 C. Its size increases.

 D. Its wavelength increases.

6. What does the increase in wavelength of light from a galaxy mean?

 A. The galaxy is moving towards the Earth, and the universe is expanding.

 B. The galaxy is moving towards the Earth, and the universe is being compressed.

 C. The galaxy is moving away from the Earth, and the universe is being
compressed.

 D. The galaxy is moving away from the Earth, and the universe is expanding.

7. Sequence the following products of big bang nucleosynthesis from lowest to


highest by mass.

 A. Hydrogen> deuterium> helium> lithium

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