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Quick questions on Cosmology and the Big Bang: redshift, Hubble's law and the expanding Universe - OCR A-Level Physics A

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State Hubble's law and define each term. [2 marks]
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A galaxy shows a redshift of z=0.010z = 0.010. Find its recession speed. Take c=3.0×108 m s1c = 3.0 \times 10^{8}\ \text{m s}^{-1}.
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State two pieces of evidence for the Big Bang. [2 marks]

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