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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1903, who won the Nobel Prize in physics for discovering radioactivity?
(a) Marie Curie and Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen.
(b) René Just Haüy and Jean Becquerel.
(c) Marie Curie, Pierre Curie, and Henri Becquerel.
(d) Louise Désirée Lorieux, Jean Becquerel, and Henri Becquerel.

2. The British astronomer Martin Rees hypothesizes that there could be an infinite number of what?
(a) Electromagnetic frequencies.
(b) Speeds of light.
(c) Subatomic particles.
(d) Different universes.

3. Between 1980 and 2003, how many supernovas did the Reverend Robert Evans of Australia discover using a simple backyard telescope?
(a) 7.
(b) 42.
(c) 36.
(d) 11.

4. Fred Hoyle came up with the term "Big Bang" while trying to:
(a) Disprove the theory.
(b) Prove the theory.
(c) Show how life evolved on Earth.
(d) Simplify how the universe came to exist.

5. Who postponed his honeymoon in order to write a scientific paper about the movements of electrons?
(a) Ernest Rutherford.
(b) Albert Einstein.
(c) Niels Bohr.
(d) James Chadwick.

Short Answer Questions

1. In addition to being a seventeenth-century astronomer, Christopher Wren designed:

2. After noticing an unusual phenomenon with uranium salts and a photographic plate, Henri Becquerel asked one of his graduate students to investigate the matter. Who was this student?

3. In the 1700s, people were finding holes in theories. For example, if the thoughts on erosion were completely correct, then:

4. When radiation was first discovered, it was sometimes added to:

5. Sir Isaac Newton wrote "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy," which explains his laws of what?

(see the answer key)

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