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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Quantum physics first emerged when who theorized that energy came in discrete units called quanta?
(a) Plato.
(b) Isaac Newtwon.
(c) Max Planck.
(d) Aristotle.

3. Which astronomer discovered that some nebulae had spiral structures?
(a) William Parsons.
(b) John Calvin.
(c) Tycho Brahe.
(d) James Keeler.

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

5. What is a branch of physics that studies the existence and interactions of particles that are the constituents of what is usually referred to as matter or radiation?
(a) Particle physics.
(b) Heliocentricism.
(c) Triangulation.
(d) Cartography.

6. When was Charles Darwin born?
(a) 1798.
(b) 1809.
(c) 1853.
(d) 1902.

7. The first step in the exploration of intergalactic space was taken by what mathematician?
(a) Johann Lambert.
(b) John Harrison.
(c) Jean Richer.
(d) Aristotle.

8. Where was William Herschel from?
(a) England.
(b) Germany.
(c) Spain.
(d) France.

9. What was the name of Charles Darwin's grandfather who had written the book, "Zoonomia"?
(a) James Darwin.
(b) Erasmus Darwin.
(c) Edwin Darwin.
(d) Johann Darwin.

10. Who was the first physicist to conceptualize the vacuum genesis?
(a) Mikolai Kopernik.
(b) Edward Tryon.
(c) James Keeler.
(d) Joseph Fraunhofer.

11. Where was René Descartes born?
(a) Germany.
(b) England.
(c) France.
(d) Greece.

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

13. Scientists were able to confirm that the same elements found in the sun were also present where?
(a) In the earth.
(b) In other galaxies.
(c) In humans.
(d) In the stars.

14. 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.

15. What astrophysicist first referred to a single quantum of energy that erupted and unleashed the universe as the "big bang"?
(a) Edwin Hubble.
(b) Claudius Ptolemy.
(c) Fred Hoyle.
(d) Georges Lemaitre.

Short Answer Questions

1. Although Darwin wrote his theory in a 230-page essay, he did not publish it for how long?

2. There is suspicion that there may be undetected matter which astronomers refer to as what?

3. What established a linear time-line in history?

4. Who estimated that the existence of over one hundred thousand such spiral nebulae was possible?

5. What are fuzzy patches of glowing material that can be observed throughout the universe?

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