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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11 Conclusion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The distance light travels in an earth year is called what?
(a) Light speed.
(b) A light year.
(c) Light time.
(d) Light distance.

2. How many miles does light travel in one earth year?
(a) 5.5 trillion miles.
(b) 5.88 trillion miles.
(c) 5 trillion miles.
(d) 6 trillion miles.

3. Hawking is what type of physicist?
(a) Astro.
(b) Micro.
(c) Theoretical.
(d) Particle.

4. Who developed the uncertainty principle?
(a) Max Plank.
(b) Werner Heisenberg.
(c) Stephen Hawking.
(d) Marie Curie.

5. Which of the following is not an arrow of time recognized by Hawking's book?
(a) Thermodynamic.
(b) Physiological.
(c) Psychological.
(d) Cosmological.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gravity acts only upon what type of particles?

2. Groups of atoms create what?

3. To illustrate the concept of disorder in a system, Hawking uses what example in Chapter 9?

4. What is the name for the limit that states the smallest mass a star can have in order for it to produce a black hole?

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

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