View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, the universe could have emerged from nothing without violating any natural laws since the energy emitted from celestial objects (positive) is balanced by what, resulting in a net zero amount of energy?
(a) Dark matter.
(b) Quantum flux.
(c) Gravity.
(d) Parallax.

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

3. Who elevated spectroscopy to an exact science?
(a) Nicole Oresme.
(b) William Parsons.
(c) Mikolai Kopernik.
(d) Joseph Fraunhofer.

4. 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) Particle accelerator.
(c) Lepton.
(d) Spectrometer.

5. SETI was first proposed in 1959 by Giuseppe Cocconi and whom?
(a) Philip Morrison.
(b) Isaac Newton.
(c) Albert Einstein.
(d) James Williams.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The question that has plagued everyone from ordinary man to astrophysicist is what, according to the author in Chapter 19?

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?

4. According to the author, the vacuum genesis argues that something came from nothing and the quantum genesis advocates the application of the random nature of ______ to the early universe.

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. How have advancements in the sciences improved mankind, according to the author in Chapter 19: "Mind and Matter"?

2. What was indicated by Einstein's theory of relativity, according to the author in Chapter 11: "The Expansion of the Universe"?

3. Who was the first physicist to conceptualize the vacuum genesis? How was his work perceived according to the author in Chapter 18: "The Origin of the Universe"?

4. How are nebulae defined in Chapter 8: "Deep Space"? What are the different classes of nebulae?

5. What schools of thought does the author describe regarding elliptical nebulae in Chapter 9: "Island Universes"?

6. What led to the origination of spectroscopy and astrophysics, according to the author in Chapter 10: "Einstein's Sky"?

7. What does the author state mankind has come to with the universe in Chapter 20: "The Persistence of Mystery"? Why?

8. What discoveries does the author describe regarding spiral nebulae in Chapter 9: "Island Universes"?

9. What does the author assert to be the scientist's method and approach in Chapter 20: "The Persistence of Mystery"?

10. How does the author compare telescopes and accelerators in Chapter 17: "The Axis of History"?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,010 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample