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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 The Uncertainty Principle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hawking co-authored a paper in what year that explains the big bang theory?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1977.

2. How close is the closest star, other than the sun, to earth?
(a) About 4 light years distant.
(b) About 5 light years distant.
(c) About 5 light years distant.
(d) About 3 light years distant.

3. The disease Stephen Hawking has affects what?
(a) His emotions.
(b) His mind.
(c) His ability to reason.
(d) His body.

4. Unlike children, scientists and philosophers, most adults use what to explain away the fundamental questions of the universe?
(a) Common sense.
(b) Religion.
(c) Logic.
(d) Dreams.

5. Who developed the uncertainty principle?
(a) Stephen Hawking.
(b) Marie Curie.
(c) Max Plank.
(d) Werner Heisenberg.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who proposed the idea that there are such things called quanta?

2. Galaxies contain what?

3. Why do the theories of quantum mechanics and general relativity need to be unified?

4. Philosophers try to understand the universe using what method?

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

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