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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 Space and Time.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Time is not separate from space, but is combined with it to form what?
(a) Space-time.
(b) The two dimesions.
(c) Three dimensional space.
(d) The spectrum.

2. Philosophers try to understand the universe using what method?
(a) Disciplined logic.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Circular arguments.
(d) Religious reasoning.

3. Who created the relativity formula that states energy equals mass multiplied by the speed of light squared?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Einstein.
(c) Galileo.
(d) Newton.

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

5. Aristotle and who believed that time is not absolute?
(a) Newton.
(b) Galileo.
(c) Einstein.
(d) Kapal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What shape did Aristotle think the Earth was?

2. Scientists start their understanding of the universe with what?

3. A location on earth's surface is defined by what?

4. The disease Stephen Hawking has affects what?

5. What travels at the speed of 186,000 miles per second?

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