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

2. Stephen Hawking has what disease?
(a) Lou Gehrig's disease.
(b) Ancel Hoffman disease.
(c) Cancer.
(d) AIDS.

3. Who proposed the elliptical orbits of the planets?
(a) Galileo.
(b) Einstein.
(c) Kepler.
(d) Newton.

4. Who brought forth the idea that the earth and planets revolve around the sun?
(a) Copernicus.
(b) Ptolemy.
(c) Galileo.
(d) Aristotle.

5. Who created the law of motion?
(a) Galileo.
(b) Newton.
(c) Hawking.
(d) Aristotle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Scientists try to create explanations for the way the universe works that always do what?

2. Philosophers try to understand the universe using what method?

3. Aristotle thought that the Earth was what?

4. Hawking is what type of physicist?

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

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