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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A location on earth's surface is defined by what?
(a) Longitude, latitude and altitude.
(b) Location, time and depth.
(c) Height, width and depth.
(d) Altitude, degree and time.

2. Why do the theories of quantum mechanics and general relativity need to be unified?
(a) To accurately describe the very small and the very large.
(b) To accurately calculate observations.
(c) To accurately describe the fate of the universe.
(d) To accurately describe future events.

3. Who created the relativity formula that states energy equals mass multiplied by the speed of light squared?
(a) Newton.
(b) Galileo.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Einstein.

4. What else can we not see, besides black holes?
(a) Black matter.
(b) Photon matter.
(c) Clear matter.
(d) Light waves.

5. Hawking calls the possibility of the universe collapsing "the big ____?"
(a) Explosion.
(b) Smash.
(c) Crunch.
(d) Bang.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Edwin Hubble discover galaxies outside of our own?

2. What does chemistry allow us to calculate?

3. How far away is our sun from the earth in terms of light?

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

5. What shape did Aristotle think the Earth was?

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