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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the uncertainty principle developed?
(a) 1926.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1920.

2. The disease Stephen Hawking has affects what?
(a) His mind.
(b) His ability to reason.
(c) His emotions.
(d) His body.

3. Hawking co-authored a paper in what year that explains the big bang theory?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1977.

4. To observe black holes you must observe what?
(a) Their cause.
(b) Their effects.
(c) Their distance from the nearest star.
(d) Their mass.

5. How does Hawking define scientific theory?
(a) A model of the universe that meets common sense expectations.
(b) A model of the universe with a set of rules.
(c) A model of the universe made up of molecules.
(d) A model of the universe that predicts some events, but isn't accurate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who proposed the elliptical orbits of the planets?

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

3. The uncertainty principle says that certain pairs of quantities (like position and velocity of a particle) cannot be determined with what?

4. What is one of Hawking's three possibilities for the unification of physics theory?

5. A closed string is defined as what?

(see the answer key)

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