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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 The Expanding Universe.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aristotle thought that the Earth was what?
(a) In orbit around the sun.
(b) Its own galaxy.
(c) Bigger than the sun.
(d) Stationary.

2. A location on earth's surface is defined by what?
(a) Location, time and depth.
(b) Longitude, latitude and altitude.
(c) Height, width and depth.
(d) Altitude, degree and time.

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

4. The disease Stephen Hawking has affects what?
(a) His body.
(b) His emotions.
(c) His ability to reason.
(d) His mind.

5. Unlike children, scientists and philosophers, most adults use what to explain away the fundamental questions of the universe?
(a) Dreams.
(b) Religion.
(c) Common sense.
(d) Logic.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How close is the closest star, other than the sun, to earth?

3. What shape did Aristotle think the Earth was?

4. In what year did Stephen Hawking enter the Royal Society of London?

5. Hawking co-authored a paper in what year that explains the big bang theory?

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