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

2. Black holes are similar to the singularity that existed before what event?
(a) The expansion of the universe.
(b) The creation of the earth.
(c) The destruction of cluster galaxies.
(d) The big bang.

3. Edwin Hubble's observation that the universe is expanding supports what theory?
(a) The Dark Matter theory.
(b) The Big Bang theory.
(c) The Dark Bang theory.
(d) The Universe Expansion theory.

4. In order to explain how black holes become a big bang, Hawking needs to include what?
(a) Particle physics.
(b) Quantum mechanics.
(c) The theory of everything.
(d) The theory of relativity.

5. Who said, "God does not play dice."
(a) Erwin Schrodinger.
(b) Albert Einstein.
(c) Werner Heisenberg.
(d) Max Plank.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question is among the unanswerable questions children ask, according to the Introduction?

2. What travels at the speed of 186,000 miles per second?

3. All the particles in the universe are what type of spin?

4. How far away is our sun from the earth in terms of light?

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

(see the answer key)

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