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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11 Conclusion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hawking believes that scientists are too taken up with the "what" of the universe to ask which question?
(a) Why?
(b) When?
(c) How?
(d) Who?

2. Some particles might match up with their anti-particles at what point?
(a) When they fall into a black hole.
(b) Before they enter a black hole.
(c) When they escape a black hole.
(d) When they get crushed in a black hole.

3. What is one question we ask to make sense of the world around us?
(a) Why am I here?
(b) What do I do on earth?
(c) Why is the world the way it is?
(d) Why do I think the way I do?

4. How close is the closest star, other than the sun, to earth?
(a) About 3 light years distant.
(b) About 5 light years distant.
(c) About 5 light years distant.
(d) About 4 light years distant.

5. How many miles does light travel in one earth year?
(a) 5.88 trillion miles.
(b) 6 trillion miles.
(c) 5 trillion miles.
(d) 5.5 trillion miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Galaxies contain what?

2. When Hubble discovered other galaxies, in what direction were they moving?

3. How many black holes are estimated per cubic light year of space?

4. The distance light travels in an earth year is called what?

5. Superstring theory lacks what kind of evidence?

(see the answer key)

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