What Evidence Supports the Galactic Fountain Model

question 14

Multiple Choice

What evidence supports the galactic fountain model?

• A)We see a jet of ionized gas shooting out of the bulge of our galaxy.
• B)We have mapped several spiral arms of the Milky Way Galaxy.
• C)We see hot gas above the disk of the galaxy and cool gas that appears to be raining down from the halo.
• D)We have observed a lot of water molecules in the interstellar medium.
• E)We have no evidence yet for the galactic fountain model.

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