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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. How close is the closest star, other than the sun, to earth?
(a) About 5 light years distant.
(b) About 5 light years distant.
(c) About 4 light years distant.
(d) About 3 light years distant.

2. When was the uncertainty principle developed?
(a) 1926.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1919.

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

4. The theory of quantum mechanics best describes what world?
(a) The small world of sub-atomic particles.
(b) The small world of particles.
(c) The small world of molecules.
(d) The small world of atoms.

5. Who created the idea that a star can collapse and become a black hole?
(a) Robert Wilson.
(b) Roger Penrose.
(c) Alexander Friedmann.
(d) Arno Penzias.

Short Answer Questions

1. Galileo found the moons of what planet using his telescope?

2. Hawking co-authored a paper in what year that explains the big bang theory?

3. As a consequence of quantum mechanics, waves sometimes behave like what?

4. Who said, "God does not play dice."

5. Hawking is what type of physicist?

(see the answer key)

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