physci (meanings)

Cards (10)

  • CHEMISTRY: determines if a molecule is polar or non-polar given its structures
  • PHYSICS: described how energy is harnessed from different sources
  • VESTO SLIPHER (1910): observed that celestial bodies move away from earth
  • SPECTOGRAPH: device used to visualize dispersing radiation or mapping the spectrum
  • GEORGES LEMAITRE (1927): proponent of the Big Bang Theory
  • GRAVITY: pulls galaxies together
  • DARK ENERGY: pulls galaxies apart, away from each other
  • REDSHIFT (Edwin Hubble): changes of color due to distance
  • PRIMEVAL ATOM: no explosion, only expansion; millions or bullions of years ago.. the universe came from a single atom
  • COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND (Robert Wilson and Arno Penzias): remnants and shockwaves