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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 The Expanding Universe.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who proposed the elliptical orbits of the planets?
(a) Einstein.
(b) Newton.
(c) Kepler.
(d) Galileo.

2. From what location was the Introduction written?
(a) Ithaca, NJ
(b) Ithaca, CA
(c) Ithaca, NY
(d) Ithaca, AZ

3. The writer of the Introduction hints that time might be able to move in what direction?
(a) Forwards.
(b) A repeat cycle.
(c) Backwards.
(d) Sideways.

4. Unlike children, scientists and philosophers, most adults use what to explain away the fundamental questions of the universe?
(a) Logic.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Religion.
(d) Common sense.

5. Aristotle thought that the Earth was what?
(a) In orbit around the sun.
(b) Stationary.
(c) Its own galaxy.
(d) Bigger than the sun.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Christian church adopt Ptolemy's view of the universe?

2. Galileo found the moons of what planet using his telescope?

3. How close is the closest star, other than the sun, to earth?

4. Scientists start their understanding of the universe with what?

5. The disease Stephen Hawking has affects what?

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