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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What year did the church declare Copernicanism false and erroneous?
(a) 1614.
(b) 1617.
(c) 1615.
(d) 1616.
2. Why did the universe not collapse back on itself shortly after the big bang?
(a) Gravity interfered.
(b) Particles became real and less dense.
(c) We don't know.
(d) There was too much acceleration.
3. What does the P stand for in combinations of operations?
(a) The positve of a negative.
(b) The particular charge of a particle.
(c) The mirror image.
(d) The place a particle holds.
4. According to Hawking, when the universe has lost all order, life will be what?
(a) Fun.
(b) Non-existent.
(c) Creative.
(d) Impossible.
5. The uncertainty principle says that certain pairs of quantities (like position and velocity of a particle) cannot be determined with what?
(a) Experiments.
(b) Accuracy.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Relational theory.
Short Answer Questions
1. Hawking calls the possibility of the universe collapsing "the big ____?"
2. Hawking believes that if science does discover a complete theory of the universe, then humans will have come to know what?
3. When Einstein said he was not coming back to Germany, what was the headline in the paper?
4. What is the purpose of an arrow of time?
5. What type of matter might account for gravitational forces that cannot be explained by the mass of our universe?
Short Essay Questions
1. The Catholic Church allowed Galileo to write a book, but said that it must do what?
2. String theory implies what about other dimensions?
3. Hawking says that when the universe loses all order, what will happen with life?
4. When did the early ideas that the universe is deterministic fall apart?
5. What is one theory about what happens when particles match up with their anti-particles on the event horizon of a black hole?
6. What is the mathematical problem regarding the origination of the universe?
7. Hawking considers Galileo to be what?
8. Einstein preferred what over the fleeting nature of politics?
9. Real time is described in math using what?
10. What does the psychological arrow of time represent?
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