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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. As an observer's velocity comes close to the speed of light, the observer's mass does what?
(a) Stays the same.
(b) Decreases to almost nothing.
(c) Increases to almost infinity.
(d) Covers more space.

2. Who proposed the idea that there are such things called quanta?
(a) Roger Primrose.
(b) Max Plank.
(c) Stephen Hawking.
(d) Albert Einstein.

3. Who created the idea that a star can collapse and become a black hole?
(a) Alexander Friedmann.
(b) Arno Penzias.
(c) Roger Penrose.
(d) Robert Wilson.

4. Quanta are made of what?
(a) Packets of emitted electromagnetic radiation.
(b) Packets of emitted gamma radiation.
(c) Packets of emitted hydroelectric radiation.
(d) Packets of emitted astroelectric radiation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For satellites orbiting the earth, time does what in relation to the ground of the earth?

2. In order to explain how black holes become a big bang, Hawking needs to include what?

3. Who discovered the theory of gravity?

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

5. What is another name for a neutron star?

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