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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 point at which the force of a black hole becomes so strong that nothing can escape is called what?
(a) Last chance.
(b) Event horizon.
(c) Escape horizon.
(d) Crush point.

2. What theory says that the universe has always existed and always will?
(a) Particle physics.
(b) Theory of everything.
(c) Quantum mechanics.
(d) Grand unified theory.

3. For satellites orbiting the earth, time does what in relation to the ground of the earth?
(a) Speeds up.
(b) Slows down.
(c) Remains the same.
(d) Runs almost at the same pace.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. If something can escape the event horizon of a black hole, it would be explained by thinking about the behavior of what?

2. To observe black holes you must observe what?

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

4. In what year did Wolfgang Pauli bring the exclusion principle to physics?

5. Scientists start their understanding of the universe with what?

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