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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. All the particles in the universe are what type of spin?
(a) One.
(b) One-half.
(c) Zero.
(d) Two.

2. The universe is largely made up of what?
(a) Planets.
(b) Dark matter.
(c) Empty space.
(d) Stars.

3. The distance light travels in an earth year is called what?
(a) Light time.
(b) Light speed.
(c) A light year.
(d) Light distance.

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

5. The universe has how many dimensions?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

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

7. Aristotle and who believed that time is not absolute?
(a) Newton.
(b) Galileo.
(c) Einstein.
(d) Kapal.

8. If we created a black hole by exploding a very large hydrogen bomb what would happen?
(a) The entire world would be destroyed.
(b) The sun would be destroyed.
(c) The entire solar system would be destroyed.
(d) The inner solar system would be destroyed.

9. How far away is our sun from the earth in terms of light?
(a) 9 light months.
(b) 8 light months.
(c) 8 light minutes.
(d) 9 light minutes.

10. Black holes are similar to the singularity that existed before what event?
(a) The destruction of cluster galaxies.
(b) The creation of the earth.
(c) The expansion of the universe.
(d) The big bang.

11. What is the name for the limit that states the smallest mass a star can have in order for it to produce a black hole?
(a) Rustinmaliyan limit.
(b) Subrahmanyan limit.
(c) Torontareian limit.
(d) Chandrasekhar limit.

12. In what year did Edwin Hubble discover galaxies outside of our own?
(a) 1924.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1942.

13. What does a particle with 0 spin look like?
(a) Identical in all directions.
(b) Different from different directions.
(c) Different only if spun half way around.
(d) Different after It makes two full rotations.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Stephen Hawking has what disease?

2. What is another name for a neutron star?

3. Which virtual particle carries the electromagnetic force?

4. What question is among the unanswerable questions children ask, according to the Introduction?

5. What star system has a fairly certain black hole?

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