The Universe in a Nutshell Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Universe in a Nutshell Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can one not curve space without also curving?
(a) Functions.
(b) Spacetime.
(c) Gravity.
(d) Time.

2. What is a p = 2 brane?
(a) A geometrical unit.
(b) A ladder.
(c) A wall.
(d) A surface.

3. How were people's views of space-time changed because of Einstein's work?
(a) Space-time became understood as a passive feature.
(b) No one's idea of space-time was changed.
(c) Space-time became irrelevant.
(d) Space-time became understood as a dynamic feature.

4. What theory of Einstein's contradicted Newton's law of gravity?
(a) Pacificism.
(b) Specifism.
(c) Conscience.
(d) Relativity.

5. How did the universe initially expand?
(a) Increasingly quick.
(b) Markedly slow.
(c) Fully and then not at all.
(d) Rapidly and then more slowly.

6. How does Hawking think we should try to understand the beginning of the universe?
(a) In terms of scientific arguments.
(b) In terms of scientific laws.
(c) In terms of philosophy.
(d) In terms of religious theories.

7. What have serious effects on a quantum theory of gravity?
(a) Fourth state fluctuations.
(b) Second state fluctuations.
(c) Ground state fluctuations.
(d) Third state fluctuations.

8. What human conceptions did Einstein's papers change?
(a) Time, ciphers, and values.
(b) Space, time, and reality.
(c) Morals, virtues, and predilections.
(d) Love, warp speed, and imaginary time.

9. Where did Einstein receive his degree?
(a) The Seattle School of Law.
(b) Simmons Seminary.
(c) Technical Teaching School.
(d) The Federal Polytechnic School.

10. What was everywhere when the universe was small?
(a) Quantum effects.
(b) Particle effects.
(c) Molecular effects.
(d) Atomic effects.

11. If there is a low amount of matter in the universe what will happen?
(a) The universe will stop expanding in two span.
(b) The universe will explode.
(c) The universe will never expand.
(d) The universe will expand forever.

12. What does Hawking believe any good scientific theory should be rooted in?
(a) The work of mathematician Karl Popper.
(b) The philosophy of George Markus.
(c) The philosophy of science advanced by Karl Popper.
(d) The scientific work of Isaac Newton.

13. Who were unconvinced by the ideas of an infinite past and future?
(a) Lifshitz and Hawking.
(b) Penrose and Hawking.
(c) Popper and Newkowitz.
(d) Shalob and Khalatnikov.

14. What two things are considered capable of shaping space-time, according to Einstein?
(a) Mass and energy.
(b) Time and conclusion.
(c) Gravity and space.
(d) Matter and weight.

15. Because of the curvature of space-time, how do paths appear to bend?
(a) As if moved by magnets.
(b) As if moved by a field.
(c) As if moved by gravity.
(d) As if moved by a plane.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hawking and Hartle believe the universe may not have?

2. How many galaxies are there?

3. What can we not coherently ask about the way the universe is?

4. What equation shows mass and energy are equivalent?

5. When was Einstein born?

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