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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. Hawking co-authored a paper in what year that explains the big bang theory?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1970.

2. Scientists try to create explanations for the way the universe works that always do what?
(a) Are complex.
(b) Are simple and easy to understand.
(c) Are developed in think tanks.
(d) Work mathematically.

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

4. When Hubble discovered other galaxies, in what direction were they moving?
(a) Away from earth.
(b) Away from each other.
(c) Towards earth.
(d) Towards each other.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The point at which the force of a black hole becomes so strong that nothing can escape is called what?

2. Who proposed the idea that there are such things called quanta?

3. Who created the idea that a star can collapse and become a black hole?

4. The theory of quantum mechanics best describes what world?

5. What is one of the varieties of quarks?

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