View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of matter might account for gravitational forces that cannot be explained by the mass of our universe?
(a) Dark matter.
(b) Clear matter.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Black hole matter.

2. What is one of the varieties of quarks?
(a) Strange.
(b) Quirky.
(c) Random.
(d) Odd.

3. Groups of atoms create what?
(a) Electrons.
(b) Protons.
(c) Matter.
(d) Empty space.

4. What theory best describes the singularities of black holes and big bangs?
(a) Theory of relativity.
(b) Molecular engineering.
(c) Theory of everything.
(d) Quantum mechanics.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The disease Stephen Hawking has affects what?

2. If Hawking's model of the universe is used, black holes do what with their matter?

3. If we created a black hole by exploding a very large hydrogen bomb what would happen?

4. Galileo found the moons of what planet using his telescope?

5. The development of what kind of technology depends upon the theory of quantum mechanics?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 218 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample