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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Isaac Newton.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Heisenberg and Erwin Shrodinger developed what reformulation of standard mechanics?
(a) Quantum mechanics.
(b) Relativity mechanics.
(c) Atomic mechanics.
(d) Theoretical mechanics.

2. What question is among the unanswerable questions children ask, according to the Introduction?
(a) Why is there a universe?
(b) Why are we here?
(c) What happens when we die?
(d) Why does time only go in one direction?

3. Most people believe that since the universe had a beginning it must have a what?
(a) A birth.
(b) An end.
(c) A middle.
(d) A timeline.

4. What does Hawking say math is useful for?
(a) Communicating about our observations.
(b) Communicating in a single language.
(c) Describing everything we know.
(d) Describing what we observe in the known universe.

5. What is the unit of measurement for particle energy?
(a) Electron volts.
(b) Electric particle volts.
(c) Electric volts.
(d) Eclectic volts.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The manuscript of Galileo's second major book was smuggled to a publisher located where?

3. What is another name for a neutron star?

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

5. Philosophers try to understand the universe using what method?

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