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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. What question is among the unanswerable questions children ask, according to the Introduction?
(a) Why is there a universe?
(b) What happens when we die?
(c) Why does time only go in one direction?
(d) Why are we here?

2. A black hole has zero what?
(a) Expansion.
(b) Mass.
(c) Volume and surface area.
(d) Curvature.

3. From what location was the Introduction written?
(a) Ithaca, AZ
(b) Ithaca, NJ
(c) Ithaca, NY
(d) Ithaca, CA

4. As a consequence of quantum mechanics, waves sometimes behave like what?
(a) Particles.
(b) Rays.
(c) Waves.
(d) Radiation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The disease Stephen Hawking has affects what?

2. What does a particle with 0 spin look like?

3. When was the uncertainty principle developed?

4. In what year did Edwin Hubble discover galaxies outside of our own?

5. The distance light travels in an earth year is called what?

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