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

2. As a consequence of quantum mechanics, waves sometimes behave like what?
(a) Rays.
(b) Radiation.
(c) Waves.
(d) Particles.

3. Why did the Christian church adopt Ptolemy's view of the universe?
(a) Because it gives room for the existence of heaven and hell.
(b) Because it gives room for the Biblical account of creation.
(c) Because it gives room for the existence of God.
(d) Because it gives room for the existence of other worlds.

4. All the particles in the universe are what type of spin?
(a) Two.
(b) Zero.
(c) One-half.
(d) One.

5. What does a particle with 0 spin look like?
(a) Different after It makes two full rotations.
(b) Identical in all directions.
(c) Different only if spun half way around.
(d) Different from different directions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who developed the uncertainty principle?

2. Scientists start their understanding of the universe with what?

3. Who published a paper on Brownian motion in 1905?

4. What is one of the colors of quarks?

5. A black hole results from a large star using up what type of fuel?

(see the answer key)

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