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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Black holes can capture matter particles and what other type of particles?
(a) Quarks.
(b) Virtual.
(c) Gluons.
(d) Gamma.

2. Black holes are speculated to be clumped together due to what?
(a) Collapse of the universe.
(b) Gravity.
(c) Movement.
(d) Expansion of the universe.

3. Gravitational force is always what?
(a) Repulsive.
(b) Present.
(c) Negated by other forces.
(d) Attractive.

4. The uncertainty principle says that certain pairs of quantities (like position and velocity of a particle) cannot be determined with what?
(a) Experiments.
(b) Relational theory.
(c) Accuracy.
(d) Mathematics.

5. Using low level radiation to detect black holes is in what stage of research?
(a) Exploratory.
(b) Theory.
(c) Analytical.
(d) Testing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hawking believes that if science does discover a complete theory of the universe, then humans will have come to know what?

2. Laplace, at the beginning of the 19th century, postulated what idea?

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

4. What force is the weakest of the four categories of forces?

5. Superstring theory lacks what kind of evidence?

(see the answer key)

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