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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Isaac Newton.

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) Who?
(c) How?
(d) When?

2. A long time friend of Galileo's held which high office in the church?
(a) Priest.
(b) Bishop.
(c) Pope.
(d) Cardinal.

3. What is entropy?
(a) Amount of disorder in a system.
(b) Amount of disintegration in a system.
(c) Amount of velocity in a system.
(d) Amount of movement in a system.

4. If we created a black hole by exploding a very large hydrogen bomb what would happen?
(a) The sun would be destroyed.
(b) The entire solar system would be destroyed.
(c) The inner solar system would be destroyed.
(d) The entire world would be destroyed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Einstein said that politics are for the present but equations are for how long?

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

3. Superstring theory lacks what kind of evidence?

4. What star system has a fairly certain black hole?

5. What is the second law of thermodynamics?

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