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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. Scientists try to create explanations for the way the universe works that always do what?
(a) Are developed in think tanks.
(b) Are simple and easy to understand.
(c) Are complex.
(d) Work mathematically.

2. As an observer's velocity comes close to the speed of light, the observer's mass does what?
(a) Stays the same.
(b) Decreases to almost nothing.
(c) Increases to almost infinity.
(d) Covers more space.

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

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

5. The only constant in the universe is what?
(a) The speed of light.
(b) Space.
(c) Time.
(d) The speed of sound.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What shape did Aristotle think the Earth was?

3. Time is not separate from space, but is combined with it to form what?

4. In the universe, objects move in what type of direction?

5. From what location was the Introduction written?

(see the answer key)

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