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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 Black Holes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who brought forth the idea that the earth and planets revolve around the sun?
(a) Copernicus.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Galileo.
(d) Ptolemy.

2. Philosophers try to understand the universe using what method?
(a) Religious reasoning.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Circular arguments.
(d) Disciplined logic.

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

4. Galileo found the moons of what planet using his telescope?
(a) Neptune.
(b) Saturn.
(c) Mars.
(d) Jupiter.

5. To observe black holes you must observe what?
(a) Their mass.
(b) Their cause.
(c) Their distance from the nearest star.
(d) Their effects.

Short Answer Questions

1. What star system has a fairly certain black hole?

2. If we created a black hole by exploding a very large hydrogen bomb what would happen?

3. What theory best describes the singularities of black holes and big bangs?

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

5. A black hole has zero what?

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