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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 Black Holes.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How far away is our sun from the earth in terms of light?
(a) 9 light months.
(b) 9 light minutes.
(c) 8 light minutes.
(d) 8 light months.

3. Hawking is what type of physicist?
(a) Theoretical.
(b) Micro.
(c) Particle.
(d) Astro.

4. For satellites orbiting the earth, time does what in relation to the ground of the earth?
(a) Runs almost at the same pace.
(b) Speeds up.
(c) Remains the same.
(d) Slows down.

5. The disease Stephen Hawking has affects what?
(a) His ability to reason.
(b) His emotions.
(c) His mind.
(d) His body.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who proposed the elliptical orbits of the planets?

3. Who developed the uncertainty principle?

4. Stars without enough mass to become a black hole can become what?

5. What is the name of the particles that make up light?

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