How Did the Universe

Form?
Day 2

Warm ups
1. Scientists have noticed that other galaxies appear
redshifted. What does it mean for a galaxy to
appear redshifted?
2. If all other galaxies appear redshifted, what does
that mean about our universe?

Doppler effect for light waves

Scientists have observed that from earth, all other

galaxies look redshifted, meaning we see their light
as a longer wavelength than it actually is.

What does this tell us about the movement of all

other galaxies in the universe?
All other galaxies are moving away from us.

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Objective: I can explain how the universe formed
using evidence from cosmic microwave background
radiation

If you back up the expansion of the

universe what do you start with?
Ideas:

Penzias and Wilson Find a Clue

WMAP Satellite

WMAP = Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe

Oldest Light in the Universe How

it Traveled to Us Video

If you back up the expansion of the

universe what do you start with?
CMBR shows us that when the universe was first
forming, it was a hot mass of dense gas that
scattered photons of light in all directions