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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of the categories of force-carrying virtual protons?
(a) Gravityions.
(b) Electrons.
(c) Stickons.
(d) Gluons.

2. In what year did Stephen Hawking enter the Royal Society of London?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1973.

3. Light moves along what sort of lines?
(a) Wavy.
(b) Straight.
(c) Curved.
(d) Tilted.

4. Galileo found the moons of what planet using his telescope?
(a) Mars.
(b) Saturn.
(c) Jupiter.
(d) Neptune.

5. A black hole results from a large star using up what type of fuel?
(a) Hydrogen.
(b) Liquid.
(c) Helium.
(d) Gaseous.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who brought forth the idea that the earth and planets revolve around the sun?

2. Unlike children, scientists and philosophers, most adults use what to explain away the fundamental questions of the universe?

3. What is the fate of black holes according to Hawking's model of the universe?

4. What theory says that the universe has always existed and always will?

5. Stars without enough mass to become a black hole can become what?

(see the answer key)

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