Astronomy: The Universe Online Practice

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Question
What type of evidence does cosmic background radiation provide about the origins of the universe?(1 point)
Responses

It pinpoints the size of the original universe.
It pinpoints the size of the original universe.

It supports predictions of the composition of the early universe.
It supports predictions of the composition of the early universe.

It verifies that the early universe was once extremely hot.
It verifies that the early universe was once extremely hot.

It proves that the universe is expanding.

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The correct response is:

It verifies that the early universe was once extremely hot.

Cosmic background radiation is a remnant from the Big Bang and is evidence of the hot, dense state of the early universe.