Physics 9702 · AS & A Level · Hubble's law and the Big Bang theory

Hubble's law and the Big Bang theory — practice question

(a(i))[2]

State Hubble’s law in words.

(a(ii))[2]

Explain how cosmologists use observations of emission spectra from stars in distant galaxies to determine that the Universe is expanding.

(b)[3]

Explain how Hubble’s law and the idea of the expanding Universe lead to the Big Bang theory of the origin of the Universe.

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