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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 Black Holes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which virtual particle carries the electromagnetic force?
(a) Electron.
(b) Magnetron.
(c) Proton.
(d) Photon.

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

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

4. Stars without enough mass to become a black hole can become what?
(a) Blue giants.
(b) Red dwarfs.
(c) Red giants.
(d) White dwarfs.

5. How many quarks make up a proton or neutron?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Most people believe that since the universe had a beginning it must have a what?

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

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

5. Who published a paper on Brownian motion in 1905?

(see the answer key)

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