Hubble's Law and the Big Bang Theory
 

Hubble's Law and the Big Bang Theory problem 6


Figure I below shows the visible part of the emission spectrum from hydrogen gas in a laboratory on the Earth. The numbers indicate the wavelength, in , represented by each line.


I



The same part of the emission spectrum from hydrogen as in Figure I above, observed in light from stars in a distant galaxy, is shown in Figure II below. The numbers indicate the wavelengths in .


II



The spectrum shows the same pattern as Figure I but with different wavelengths.


  • State the name of the phenomenon that gives rise to the change in the wavelengths.


  • State what this phenomenon shows about the motion of the galaxy.


 

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