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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8 The Origin and Fate of the Universe.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gravity acts only upon what type of particles?
(a) Matter.
(b) Wave.
(c) Positive.
(d) Virtual.

2. Hawking is what type of physicist?
(a) Particle.
(b) Theoretical.
(c) Micro.
(d) Astro.

3. In what year did Edwin Hubble discover galaxies outside of our own?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1942.

4. What shape did Aristotle think the Earth was?
(a) Oval.
(b) A sphere.
(c) Flat.
(d) A disk.

5. Why do the theories of quantum mechanics and general relativity need to be unified?
(a) To accurately describe the fate of the universe.
(b) To accurately describe future events.
(c) To accurately describe the very small and the very large.
(d) To accurately calculate observations.

Short Answer Questions

1. Heisenberg and Erwin Shrodinger developed what reformulation of standard mechanics?

2. How does Hawking define scientific theory?

3. The theory of quantum mechanics best describes what world?

4. As a consequence of quantum mechanics, waves sometimes behave like what?

5. What types of numbers can be used to run time backwards?

(see the answer key)

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