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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. Groups of atoms create what?
(a) Protons.
(b) Matter.
(c) Electrons.
(d) Empty space.

2. The idea of the big bang arises from what phenomena?
(a) The expanding universe.
(b) The theory of relativity.
(c) The decreasing universe.
(d) The theory of light.

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

4. In order to explain how black holes become a big bang, Hawking needs to include what?
(a) The theory of everything.
(b) The theory of relativity.
(c) Particle physics.
(d) Quantum mechanics.

5. What shape did Aristotle think the Earth was?
(a) A disk.
(b) A sphere.
(c) Flat.
(d) Oval.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aristotle thought that the Earth was what?

2. Who proposed the elliptical orbits of the planets?

3. How many miles does light travel in one earth year?

4. Stephen Hawking has what disease?

5. Who discovered the theory of gravity?

(see the answer key)

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