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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One element of quantum physics was that one could either determine where a particle was or its what?
(a) Quantum mechanics.
(b) Trajectory in motion.
(c) Alchemy.
(d) Chronometry.

2. What theorized that the spiral and elliptical nebulae were clouds of gas that were forming new stars?
(a) The "island universe."
(b) The "nebular hypothesis."
(c) Quantum mechanics.
(d) The Tychonic system.

3. In Chapter 15, the author writes that physicists learned that when an electron was elevated into a higher orbit, it moved from lower to higher orbit without what?
(a) Gaining momentum.
(b) Traversing the intervening space.
(c) Gaining or losing heat.
(d) Gaining or losing energy.

4. Who estimated that the existence of over one hundred thousand such spiral nebulae was possible?
(a) John Calvin.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) James Keeler.
(d) William Parsons.

5. According to the inflationary theory, the radius of the universe increased by how many times during less than the first second of time after which the quantum stability caused the expansion to slow?
(a) 1005.
(b) 2010.
(c) 1050.
(d) 2003.

6. According to the author in Chapter 19, what has demonstrated that man cannot be a detached observer?
(a) Darwinian evolution.
(b) Black holes.
(c) Quantum physics.
(d) Astrophysics.

7. What does SETI stand for?
(a) Stationary energy transmission intelligence.
(b) Search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
(c) Satellite for elliptical integers.
(d) Static energy for transintelligence.

8. What is defined as a sacred narrative explaining how the world and humankind came to be in their present form?
(a) Alchemy.
(b) Asceticism.
(c) Myth.
(d) Heliocentricism.

9. There is suspicion that there may be undetected matter which astronomers refer to as what?
(a) Quantum flux.
(b) Parallax.
(c) Dark matter.
(d) Micrometer.

10. The "probability" nature of quantum physics bothered what physicist who thought a some point a quantum theory of certitudes would be developed?
(a) Albert Einstein.
(b) Archimedes.
(c) Robert Hooke.
(d) Jean Richer.

11. What is the religious belief that humanity, life, the Earth, and the universe are the creation of a supernatural being, most often referring to the Abrahamic God?
(a) Triangulation.
(b) Creationism.
(c) Asceticism.
(d) Heliocentricism.

12. What German mathematician provided evidence that every conservation law is based on symmetry?
(a) Emmy Noether.
(b) Jean Richer.
(c) Albert Einstein.
(d) William Parsons.

13. Quantum physics first emerged in what year?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1796.
(c) 1818.
(d) 1905.

14. Where was Albert Einstein born?
(a) Germany.
(b) England.
(c) France.
(d) Poland.

15. What is a device that uses electromagnetic fields to propel charged particles to high speeds and to contain them in well-defined beams?
(a) Micrometer.
(b) Lepton.
(c) Spectrometer.
(d) Particle accelerator.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Charles Darwin from?

2. In Chapter 9, the author discusses how there were two schools of thought about elliptical nebulae. One was the theory of what by Kant and Lambert?

3. What Russian scientist theorized that the beginning of the universe may have started with a core so hot and dense that it created nuclear fusion and created the elements now known to man?

4. Which astronomer discovered that some nebulae had spiral structures?

5. What refers to the change in frequency of a wave for an observer moving relative to the source of the wave?

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