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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. In the universe, objects move in what type of direction?
(a) In waves.
(b) In curved lines.
(c) In straight lines.
(d) In circular motions.

2. Philosophers try to understand the universe using what method?
(a) Circular arguments.
(b) Religious reasoning.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Disciplined logic.

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

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

5. How many miles does light travel in one earth year?
(a) 5 trillion miles.
(b) 6 trillion miles.
(c) 5.5 trillion miles.
(d) 5.88 trillion miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aristotle thought that the Earth was what?

2. Why did the Christian church adopt Ptolemy's view of the universe?

3. A location on earth's surface is defined by what?

4. As an observer's velocity comes close to the speed of light, the observer's mass does what?

5. How does Hawking define scientific theory?

(see the answer key)

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