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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 The Uncertainty Principle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who proposed the idea that there are such things called quanta?
(a) Albert Einstein.
(b) Stephen Hawking.
(c) Max Plank.
(d) Roger Primrose.

2. Groups of atoms create what?
(a) Electrons.
(b) Empty space.
(c) Protons.
(d) Matter.

3. Galileo found the moons of what planet using his telescope?
(a) Neptune.
(b) Jupiter.
(c) Saturn.
(d) Mars.

4. A black hole has zero what?
(a) Volume and surface area.
(b) Curvature.
(c) Mass.
(d) Expansion.

5. In the universe, objects move in what type of direction?
(a) In circular motions.
(b) In curved lines.
(c) In waves.
(d) In straight lines.

Short Answer Questions

1. What shape did Aristotle think the Earth was?

2. Unlike children, scientists and philosophers, most adults use what to explain away the fundamental questions of the universe?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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