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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 The Arrow of Time.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many questions are left unanswered prior to the development of math that incorporates quantum mechanics?
(a) Three.
(b) Six.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

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

3. What does the letter C stand for in combinations of operations?
(a) Changing matter particles for virtual particles.
(b) Changing positive particles for negative particles.
(c) Changing particles for antiparticles.
(d) Changing heavy particles for light particles.

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

5. Hawking used what kind of space-time to reach the conclusion that the universe is similar to a sphere?
(a) Aristotelian.
(b) Newtonian.
(c) Euclidean.
(d) Ptolemaic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who created the law of motion?

2. The disease Stephen Hawking has affects what?

3. When Hubble discovered other galaxies, in what direction were they moving?

4. To observe black holes you must observe what?

5. In what year did Stephen Hawking enter the Royal Society of London?

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