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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Our Future?, Star Trek or Not?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does one set of possibilities lie in relation to using the laws of physics to explore the galaxy?
(a) SNA.
(b) RNA.
(c) DNA.
(d) MNA.

2. What does Hawking explain particles do not have?
(a) Well-defined positions or velocities.
(b) Molecular shapes.
(c) Easily-shaped positions.
(d) Round-bodied physics.

3. What does supersymmetry imply?
(a) That strings have a spin property.
(b) That gamma rays have a spin property.
(c) That molecules have a spin property.
(d) That particles had a spin property.

4. What does the Schrodinger equation specify?
(a) The rate at which light function changes with speed.
(b) The rate at which wave function changes with time.
(c) The rate at which satellites operate particle states.
(d) The rate at which bell curves change with motion.

5. What can quantum theory represent?
(a) The dimensions of spacetime.
(b) The curves of space and time.
(c) The shaping of space and time.
(d) The model of a timewarp.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is doubling its computational power every eighteen months?

2. What did Newton's model suggest about time and space?

3. In what realm of physics is it important to consider the Schrodinger equation?

4. How can one find black holes?

5. What characteristic of black holes has been stated as never having been observed?

(see the answer key)

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