Red-shift common mistakes

Common mistakes

• Red-shift and evidence for an expanding universe common mistake 1

  Giving a vague answer instead of directly addressing: (Physics only) Describe red shift as an increase in the observed wavelength of light from a galaxy..

  Fix itAnswer by clearly explaining how to (Physics only) Describe red shift as an increase in the observed wavelength of light from a galaxy..

• Red-shift and evidence for an expanding universe common mistake 1

  Giving a vague answer instead of directly addressing: (Physics only) State that light from galaxies moving away from Earth is shifted to longer wavelengths..

  Fix itAnswer by clearly explaining how to (Physics only) State that light from galaxies moving away from Earth is shifted to longer wavelengths..

• Red-shift and evidence for an expanding universe common mistake 1

  Giving a vague answer instead of directly addressing: (Physics only) Explain that the further away a galaxy is, the faster it is moving away..

  Fix itAnswer by clearly explaining how to (Physics only) Explain that the further away a galaxy is, the faster it is moving away..

• Red-shift and evidence for an expanding universe common mistake 1

  Giving a vague answer instead of directly addressing: (Physics only) Explain that more distant galaxies show a greater red shift..

  Fix itAnswer by clearly explaining how to (Physics only) Explain that more distant galaxies show a greater red shift..

• Red-shift and evidence for an expanding universe common mistake 1

  Giving a vague answer instead of directly addressing: (Physics only) State that red shift provides evidence that the universe is expanding..

  Fix itAnswer by clearly explaining how to (Physics only) State that red shift provides evidence that the universe is expanding..

• Red-shift and evidence for an expanding universe common mistake 1

  Giving a vague answer instead of directly addressing: (Physics only) Link red shift to the idea that galaxies are moving away from each other..

  Fix itAnswer by clearly explaining how to (Physics only) Link red shift to the idea that galaxies are moving away from each other..

• Red-shift and evidence for an expanding universe common mistake 1

  Giving a vague answer instead of directly addressing: (Physics only) Distinguish red shift as observational evidence from the Big Bang theory as an explanation..

  Fix itAnswer by clearly explaining how to (Physics only) Distinguish red shift as observational evidence from the Big Bang theory as an explanation..

• Red-shift and evidence for an expanding universe common mistake 1

  Giving a vague answer instead of directly addressing: (Physics only) Describe the Big Bang theory as the theory that the universe began from a very small region that expanded..

  Fix itAnswer by clearly explaining how to (Physics only) Describe the Big Bang theory as the theory that the universe began from a very small region that expanded..

• Red-shift and evidence for an expanding universe common mistake 1

  Giving a vague answer instead of directly addressing: (Physics only) Explain that the observed expansion of the universe supports the Big Bang theory..

  Fix itAnswer by clearly explaining how to (Physics only) Explain that the observed expansion of the universe supports the Big Bang theory..

• Red-shift and evidence for an expanding universe common mistake 1

  Giving a vague answer instead of directly addressing: (Physics only) Describe cosmic microwave background radiation as radiation left over from the early universe..

  Fix itAnswer by clearly explaining how to (Physics only) Describe cosmic microwave background radiation as radiation left over from the early universe..