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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 Elementary Particles and the Forces of Nature.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the uncertainty principle developed?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1926.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1929.

2. Who created the idea that a star can collapse and become a black hole?
(a) Alexander Friedmann.
(b) Robert Wilson.
(c) Roger Penrose.
(d) Arno Penzias.

3. What is one of the colors of quarks?
(a) Purple.
(b) White.
(c) Red.
(d) Yellow.

4. In order to explain how black holes become a big bang, Hawking needs to include what?
(a) Particle physics.
(b) The theory of relativity.
(c) The theory of everything.
(d) Quantum mechanics.

5. Scientists try to create explanations for the way the universe works that always do what?
(a) Are complex.
(b) Are developed in think tanks.
(c) Work mathematically.
(d) Are simple and easy to understand.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many miles does light travel in one earth year?

2. How close is the closest star, other than the sun, to earth?

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

4. Why did the Christian church adopt Ptolemy's view of the universe?

5. What is one of the categories of force-carrying virtual protons?

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