The Idea of Inflation Makes One Clear Prediction That, Until

question 9

Multiple Choice

The idea of inflation makes one clear prediction that, until the discovery of an accelerating expansion, seemed to contradict the available observations. What is this prediction?

• A)The universe should be geometrically "flat" (in the four dimensions of spacetime).
• B)Inflation predicts that the entire universe must be far larger than the observable universe.
• C)Inflation predicts that the temperature of the cosmic microwave background should be almost (but not exactly)the same everywhere.
• D)Inflation predicts that the early universe should have regions of enhanced density that could have acted as "seeds" for the formation of galaxies and large structures.

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