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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Fifteen, Prospects.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the characteristics of a wave?
(a) Frequency, wavelength, and amplitude.
(b) Energy level, polarity, and speed.
(c) Frequency, polarity, and wavelength.
(d) Amplitude and energy.

2. According to modern physics, which of the following may cease to exist at the center of a black hole?
(a) Energy.
(b) Space.
(c) Time.
(d) Strings.

3. Under string theory, which of the following is true regarding extra dimensions?
(a) They must all be space-dimensions.
(b) Some or all of them might be time-dimensions.
(c) They must all be space-dimensions, or they must all be time-dimensions.
(d) They must all be time-dimensions.

4. What is the quantum, or messenger particle, of the strong force?
(a) The gluon.
(b) The hadron.
(c) The baryon.
(d) The muon.

5. In what important way does string theory affect the cosmological model of the big bang?
(a) The big bang could have created multiple universes.
(b) The universe is infinite, but has no boundaries.
(c) The universe started at a certain minimum size.
(d) The big bang created strings, not particles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the quantum, or messenger particle, of the weak force?

2. The advent of fermionic vibrational patterns resulted in the creation of _____.

3. The discovery of the tearing of space-time came from cooperation between experts in physics and _____.

4. How does the shape of the extra "curled up" dimensions affect the vibration of strings?

5. In M-theory, what role does duality play?

(see the answer key)

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