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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 Elementary Particles and the Forces of Nature.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When was the uncertainty principle developed?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1926.

3. The universe is largely made up of what?
(a) Stars.
(b) Planets.
(c) Dark matter.
(d) Empty space.

4. How far away is our sun from the earth in terms of light?
(a) 9 light minutes.
(b) 8 light months.
(c) 9 light months.
(d) 8 light minutes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Light moves along what sort of lines?

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

3. Heisenberg and Erwin Shrodinger developed what reformulation of standard mechanics?

4. Aristotle and who believed that time is not absolute?

5. Who demonstrated that an atom is made up of electrons orbiting a nucleus made up of protons?

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