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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8 The Origin and Fate of the Universe.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What theory says that the universe has always existed and always will?
(a) Grand unified theory.
(b) Theory of everything.
(c) Quantum mechanics.
(d) Particle physics.

2. Why did the Christian church adopt Ptolemy's view of the universe?
(a) Because it gives room for the existence of other worlds.
(b) Because it gives room for the Biblical account of creation.
(c) Because it gives room for the existence of heaven and hell.
(d) Because it gives room for the existence of God.

3. Hawking used what kind of space-time to reach the conclusion that the universe is similar to a sphere?
(a) Aristotelian.
(b) Euclidean.
(c) Ptolemaic.
(d) Newtonian.

4. The general theory of relativity best describes what world?
(a) The world of galaxies.
(b) The world of high speeds.
(c) The world of large objects in space.
(d) The world of large bodies of mass.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. If Hawking's model of the universe is used, black holes do what with their matter?

2. Groups of atoms create what?

3. In order to explain how black holes become a big bang, Hawking needs to include what?

4. Gravity acts only upon what type of particles?

5. What theory best describes the singularities of black holes and big bangs?

(see the answer key)

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