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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) The two dimesions.
(b) Space-time.
(c) Three dimensional space.
(d) The spectrum.

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

3. Who discovered the theory of gravity?
(a) Einstein.
(b) Galileo.
(c) Hubble.
(d) Newton.

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

5. The universe has how many dimensions?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. The writer of the Introduction hints that time might be able to move in what direction?

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

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

4. Who created the relativity formula that states energy equals mass multiplied by the speed of light squared?

5. Groups of atoms create what?

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