Red-shift 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..

Answer 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..

Answer 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..

Answer 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..

Answer 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..

Answer 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..

Answer 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..

Answer 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..

Answer 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..

Answer 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..

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

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

Giving a vague answer instead of directly addressing: (Physics only) State that cosmic microwave background radiation provides evidence for the Big Bang theory..

Answer by clearly explaining how to (Physics only) State that cosmic microwave background radiation provides evidence for 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) Explain why the Big Bang theory is currently the only theory that can explain cosmic microwave background radiation..

Answer by clearly explaining how to (Physics only) Explain why the Big Bang theory is currently the only theory that can explain cosmic microwave background radiation..

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

Giving a vague answer instead of directly addressing: (Physics only) Interpret red-shift data to compare the relative movement of galaxies..

Answer by clearly explaining how to (Physics only) Interpret red-shift data to compare the relative movement of galaxies..

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

Giving a vague answer instead of directly addressing: (Physics only) Apply WS 1.2 when evaluating evidence for theories about the universe..

Answer by clearly explaining how to (Physics only) Apply WS 1.2 when evaluating evidence for theories about the universe..

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

Giving a vague answer instead of directly addressing: (Physics only) Apply MS 2c and MS 4a when interpreting red-shift data or graphical evidence..

Answer by clearly explaining how to (Physics only) Apply MS 2c and MS 4a when interpreting red-shift data or graphical evidence..

Galaxies, universe expansion and cosmology common mistake 1

Giving a vague answer instead of directly addressing: (Physics only) State that galaxies are large collections of stars..

Answer by clearly explaining how to (Physics only) State that galaxies are large collections of stars..

Galaxies, universe expansion and cosmology common mistake 1

Giving a vague answer instead of directly addressing: (Physics only) State that the universe contains billions of galaxies..

Answer by clearly explaining how to (Physics only) State that the universe contains billions of galaxies..

Galaxies, universe expansion and cosmology common mistake 1

Giving a vague answer instead of directly addressing: (Physics only) Use the Milky Way as an example of a galaxy..

Answer by clearly explaining how to (Physics only) Use the Milky Way as an example of a galaxy..

Galaxies, universe expansion and cosmology common mistake 1

Giving a vague answer instead of directly addressing: (Physics only) Explain that cosmology uses observations to develop and test explanations for the universe..

Answer by clearly explaining how to (Physics only) Explain that cosmology uses observations to develop and test explanations for the universe..

Galaxies, universe expansion and cosmology common mistake 1

Giving a vague answer instead of directly addressing: (Physics only) Link galaxy observations to evidence for expansion of the universe..

Answer by clearly explaining how to (Physics only) Link galaxy observations to evidence for expansion of the universe..

Galaxies, universe expansion and cosmology common mistake 1

Giving a vague answer instead of directly addressing: (Physics only) Explain how red-shift observations and cosmic microwave background radiation support the Big Bang theory..

Answer by clearly explaining how to (Physics only) Explain how red-shift observations and cosmic microwave background radiation support the Big Bang theory..

Galaxies, universe expansion and cosmology common mistake 1

Giving a vague answer instead of directly addressing: (Physics only) Distinguish the universe from a galaxy..

Answer by clearly explaining how to (Physics only) Distinguish the universe from a galaxy..

Galaxies, universe expansion and cosmology common mistake 1

Giving a vague answer instead of directly addressing: (Physics only) Distinguish evidence for the Big Bang theory from the theory itself..

Answer by clearly explaining how to (Physics only) Distinguish evidence for the Big Bang theory from the theory itself..

Galaxies, universe expansion and cosmology common mistake 1

Giving a vague answer instead of directly addressing: (Physics only) Explain that scientific theories about the universe are supported, changed or replaced when new evidence is available..

Answer by clearly explaining how to (Physics only) Explain that scientific theories about the universe are supported, changed or replaced when new evidence is available..

Galaxies, universe expansion and cosmology common mistake 1

Giving a vague answer instead of directly addressing: (Physics only) Apply WS 1.6 when explaining how evidence supports or challenges cosmological models..

Answer by clearly explaining how to (Physics only) Apply WS 1.6 when explaining how evidence supports or challenges cosmological models..