Which of the Following Statements About the Implications of Hubble's

question 15

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about the implications of Hubble's Law is FALSE?

• A) the law implies that the whole universe must be expanding
• B) the law can be used to measure distances to remote galaxies for which we can measure a Doppler shift
• C) the law does NOT require us to be at the center of the expanding universe
• D) if you were observing the universe from a distant galaxy, you would NOT see all the galaxies (except those in your own group) moving away from YOU
• E) although galaxies move away from each other, they themselves are not expanding in size

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